What started out as an idea borne during a night on the school roof came to fruition April 21, with the ribbon-cutting of the new Pre-K and Kindergarten playground at MacAfee Road School. With students, staff and community members looking on, schools Superintendent John Ravally and two MacAfee students cut the ceremonial blue and gold ribbons marking the official opening …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots, and the team’s concessionaire Centerplate, have once again teamed up with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to offer fans a nutritious twist to traditional ballpark food with the Healthy Plate Concession Stand.  

Two robotics teams from Cedar Hill Preparatory School will be among the United States’ representatives in Leipzig, Germany at the end of June when they compete in the RoboCup Junior World Championship. The teams from the Cedar Grove Lane school won the RoboCup Junior USA Championship, held April 17 at Horace Mann School in New York City, for Best Overall and Best …

The longest-running sport Karate tournament in the nation returned to Franklin Township April 17, although in a different venue. The 51st International Association of Martial Artists’ Karate, Kung-Fu and Tae Kwon Do Championship was held at the Holiday Inn on Davidson Road. In prior years the event, hosted by Gary Alexander, a 10th-Degree Black Belt in Isshin-Ryu Karate, was held …

With the start of the 2016 campaign less than a week away, the Somerset Patriot invited their fans to TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater for their annual Fan Fest. In addition to meeting mascots Sparkee and Slider – and manager emeritus Sparky Lyle – fans were treated to a Patriots’ inter-squad game, as well as variety of games and activities …

More than 300 people showed up at The Imperia on Easton Avenue April 15 for food, wine, bourbon and cigars, and all for a good cause. The event was the second annual Franklin Township PBA Local 154 Wine & Spirits Tasting and, according to the event’s co-organizer, it was a success.

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Detectives from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office have interviewed “numerous people” in their investigation of the April 9 shootout in New Brunswick between a township resident and police that left the man dead. That was one of the bits of information revealed by the Rev. DeForest Soaries, head pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, during a telephonic press conference April …

It’s been nearly a week since a 27-year-old township resident was killed in what authorities have said was a gunfight with township police. Diahlo Grant early in the morning of April 9 allegedly led two police officers on a short chase from the area of Somerset and Home streets, through a ravine and into New Brunswick. The officers had recognized …

More than 400 job-seekers showed up that the Imperia on Easton Avenue April 13 hoping to make a connection with their next employer. The event was the second job fair sponsored by state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17). Co-hosting was state Asemblyman Andrew Wicker, (D-16), the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Imperia.