Work on the Route 518 bridge between the township and Rocky Hill should resume near the end of November, a state Department of Transportation spokesman said Oct. 27. The $2.75 million bridge replacement project was among those stalled on July 8 when Gov. Chris Christie signed Executive Order 210, which froze funding for all state Transportation Trust Fund-funded road construction projects …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced their schedule for the 2017 season that will feature the team’s 20th Season Anniversary and the 2017 Atlantic League All-Star Game.  

Rupen Patel was all smiles Oct. 26 as he mingled with guests at the grand opening party for his newest property, the Springhill Suites hotel on Cedar Grove Lane. “It turned out beautiful,” said Patel, who also owns The Imperia on Easton Avenue and Fairfield Inn and Suites on Davidson Avenue. “I couldn’t be happier than this.”

A township teenager received one of three Somerset County Disabilities Advocate Awards given at the Oct. 25 Board of Chosen Freeholders meeting in Somerville. Samantha Petersen, 17, received an award for her work raising Seeing Eye puppies for the blind and vision-impaired.

Ms. Vivian Petteway passed away Oct. 23 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville at the age of 82. Ms. Petteway was born in Gates County, NC and was raised in Harlem and Waterbury, CT. She lived in South Bound Brook, before moving to Franklin Township in 1987. Vivian was a member of the First Baptist church of Lincoln Gardens …

Following  through on a promise made in July, the Rev. DeForest “Buster” Soaries Oct. 24 called on the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey to launch a two-pronged investigation into the police shooting of a 27-year-old township man. In an Oct. 24 letter to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, Soaries asked for an investigation into whether Grant’s civil rights were violated by …

Elizabeth Mary Hoffman, 92, passed away on Saturday, October 22 at St. Peter’s University Medical Center in New Brunswick. Mrs. Hoffman was born July 12, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of John and Irma (Adams) Pattison. She relocated in 1963 with her family to Atlanta, Ga. and settled in Somerset  in 1964. Elizabeth was a long-time parishioner at …

By Lt. Robert C. Sanders, Jr., Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, Retired Sheriff Frank Provenzano is running for reelection and I urge everyone to support him. He has initiated several programs that did not exist before he became Sheriff including the K-9 unit, a gang unit, Project Lifesaver, a child safety seat program, a county wide medicine collection, the HERO Campaign …

Bridgewater, NJ- Somerset Patriots left-handed pitcher Nik Turley has signed a contract with the Minnesota Twins organization.