A plan to build 34 townhomes on two Cedar Grove Lane lots will probably come before the Zoning Board of Adjustment sometime this fall, not that the board will have much choice in the matter. That’s because the board must approve the project’s site plan and grant whatever variance waivers it needs as the result of a 2013 lawsuit settlement.

By Somerset County Freeholder Brian Levine. There is an air of exhilaration in the atmosphere at the Republican National Convention at “The Q,” even if attendees were supporting a different GOP candidate. Seeing delegates from all over America in one location is witnessing our democracy in motion.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (6-5, 44-37) defeated the Sugar Land Skeeters (6-6, 41-41) 7-5 at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday evening.  

Submitted by Linda Darby. Eighteen girls and 11 adults from Girl Scouts Heart of NJ Troop 66339 traveled to Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica from July 3-10. The trip was the culmination of 12 years of service, sisterhood and growth for the girls and their families.

A Middlesex man was killed early in the morning of July 18, after his car hit a patch of trees and overturned along Easton Avenue. Police said 61-year-old Pedro Vazquez was entrapped in his Toyota Rav 4 after the 3:45 a.m. crash, and was unconscious and unresponsive when he was extracted. Vazquez was taken to an area hospital, where he was …

A Port Monmouth construction company will supply the township with a concession stand for Middlebush Park. The Township Council awarded the $412,939 contract July 12 to Whirl Construction. The company’s web site says that it has been “a leader in park and playground construction since 1982.”

John S. Clyde passed away on Friday in the presence of his family and his loving dog Sergeant. He had just completed a run at Inman Park in Somerset. He was 28 years old. Mr. Clyde was born in New Brunswick and was a lifetime resident of Franklin Township. He graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in Metuchen and from …

Several dozen members of the township’s Sierra Leonian community gathered at Hempstead Gardens July 16 to remember one of their own killed there last year. Francis Vandy was found by police June 30, 2015 lying in a parking lot at the apartment complex off Route 27, the victim of a gunshot wound to his head. Vandy was pronounced dead at …

Township residents now don’t have to leave Franklin to get their party supplies. A Piscataway family has opened Party On in Cedar Grove Plaza on Cedar Grove Lane.

Township Democrats held their annual summer picnic July 16 in Colonial Park. In addition to the party faithful, special guests attending the JFK Club’s event included candidates for various township, county and federal offices.