Bridgewater, NJ – After being delayed on consecutive days due to inclement weather, Game Three of the Atlantic League Championship Series was played on Sunday evening with the Somerset Patriots topping the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 7-3 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.  

Somerset County Park Commission Naturalists are looking for individuals, local and civic groups, clubs, businesses, scout troops, and others to design, decorate, and submit a tree for the month-long holiday display. The Park Commission Environmental Education Center will present Somerset County’s most creative and beautiful winter spectacular, the 38th Annual Festival of Trees, from Friday, December 4 through Sunday, December …

Unity Bank will hold its annual customer pumpkin decorating contest from Oct. 13 through Oct. 28.

Several members weren’t happy about doing it, but the Board of Adjustment Oct. 1 approved a developer’s application to build a house on an undersized lot on Hollywood Avenue. The target lot, at the corner of Hollywood and 12th Street, will hold a 1,700-square-foot three bedroom colonial.

It’s not often that Bill Grippo is at a loss for words, but that was the condition in which the MacAfee Road School principal found himself Oct. 1 as he watched a small army of volunteers hard at work in the school’s courtyard. The men and women were hard at work building and staining plant boxes, and staining picnic benches for …

Health screenings, healthy food preparation tips and a blood drive were some of the highlights Oct.1 at the “Workplace Health & Wellness Expo” held at Anew Wellness on Davidson Avenue. The event, which kicked off “Healthier Somerset Month,” was attended by several hundred people during the course of the day.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots, led by Will Oliver (2-0) and timely hitting, took Game Two of the Atlantic League Championship Series 7-2 over the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.  

The Franklin Township Baseball League’s 12 and Under team was acknowledged at the Sept. 29 Township Council meeting for its showing in a national tournament in Cooperstown, NY. The team finished 7-4 and placed 16th out of the 104 teams competing in the Cooperstown National Invitational Tournament at the end of August.

Sept. 22 Jeffrey Corcoran of Helmetta was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended one driven by Kevin Wyre of Plainfield on Route 27.  Corcoran said Wyre stopped suddenly, and he could not stop in time. Wyre said he had stopped for a pedestrian.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs opened the 2015 Atlantic League Championship Series with a 7-3 win over the Somerset Patriots at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening.