Bridgewater, NJ- A day after Will Oliver tossed a complete-game shutout win to force a deciding Game 5, Somerset Patriots starter Roy Merritt (2-0) followed suit on Sunday with a second-straight complete game shutout of the Long Island Ducks to win the Liberty Division Championship. With the 4-0 win, the Somerset Patriots will take on the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots got the lift they needed in the form of a 4-0 complete game shutout by Will Oliver (1-0) over the Long Island Ducks to even up the Liberty Division Series on Saturday night. The win forces a deciding Game Five at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday evening.  

Two township Girl Scouts turned their love for animals into a project benefitting the Franklin Township Animal Shelter. The girls, Anji Centolanza and Kayla Lancaster, built an outdoor display cabinet that was mounted on the shelter’s exterior front wall Sept. 25.

Two missed extra points and an incomplete hail-Mary pass as time ran out led to defeat for the Franklin High School Warrior football team in their home opener Sept. 25. The Warriors, 1-2, lost a heartbreaker to the Minutemen of Elizabeth High School, 14-12.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Long Island Ducks defeated the Somerset Patriots 9-4 in Game Three of the Liberty Division Championship Series at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday night. The Ducks now lead the best-of-five series 2-1. The 7,835 fans in attendance set a new Atlantic League Playoff record.  

Muslims from around the region gathered at the Masjid-e-Ali mosque on Cedar Grove Lane Sept. 24 to celebrate their annual Feast of Sacrifice. Known as Eid Al-Adha, the holiday is the second feast holiday in the Islamic calendar, and considered by some to be the most important of all Islamic holidays.

Central Islip, NY- The Long Island Ducks held off a late Somerset Patriots rally with one of their own to take Game Two of the Liberty Division Championship Series 5-4 at Bethpage Ballpark on Thursday night.  

Children whose mothers are clients of the Center for Great Expectations were recently the beneficiaries of a Manchester woman’s hobby. The children on Sept. 22 received a delivery of 10 hand-made knitted stuffed animals and dolls made by Joyce Cunliffe, a retiree who said she picked up the craft to keep her mind busy after she retired.

The Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center, located at 190 Lord Stirling Road in Basking Ridge, New Jersey has opened registration for the October Young Explorers Club, a science and nature program for children age infant to 5 years old with a parent. Because it is never too early to get little ones outdoors to experience the wonders of …

Sept. 15 Prafulla Desai of Princeton was cited for careless driving after his car rear-ended one on Route 27 driven by Daniel Musch, also of Princeton. Musch was preparing to turn into a driveway when his car was struck.