The Somerset County Park Commission’s 20th Annual 5K Turkey Trot is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, on Colonial Drive at Colonial Park. The morning of family fun will also include a 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk at 9:00 A.M.

Homeowners who have solar cells installed have a cost-free option to power their homes in the event of a power outage. The option – a battery the size of a small refrigerator – is necessary because solar panels require some power source to operate.

BRIDGEWATER – Somerset County Freeholder Director Mark Caliguire, Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia Walsh, Freeholder Patrick Scaglione and Freeholder Brian Levine were on hand to congratulate the Somerset Patriots on their sixth Atlantic League Championship win during the 2015 baseball season.  

Dozens of members from five township churches walked to help fight hunger Oct. 17 in the 42nd annual CROP Walk. Hosted by Somerset Presbyterian Church on John F Kennedy Boulevard, the walk was done by their congregants as well as members of St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, Middlebush Reformed Church and Holy Trinity Lutheran …

The 5th annual Delaware & Raritan Canal Festival is in the books, the first part of a two-pronged fundraising weekend for the Franklin Township Food Bank. The chilly weather may have kept some people home, but there were still crowds walking up and down Market Street in East Millstone, listening to music from three bandstands, perusing arts and crafts and …

By Skip Schaefer, Somerset. I’ve been a Franklin resident for 28 years and have been going to Board of Education meetings for the last dozen. Witnessed plenty of BOE budget vote rejections that had to be scaled down to be approved. Same with building referendums. However, last December’s “One Less Move” building referendum vote for $85 million passed relatively easily.

By Bill Connell, Somerset. The Township Council makes hundreds of decisions a year. Many people come to meetings for the sideshow of public session and then leave, but the best part is the Consent agenda. This is where you start to understand what it takes to keep the town running. I have been to more than a few meetings where …

A Connecticut-based vocational school hopes to have a township campus in May, now that it has received approval from the Zoning Board. American Institute of West Hartford, Ct., will open a branch in DiSaronno Plaza at 80 Cottontail Lane. The school plans to turn a 6,358-square-foot space in the office building into classrooms and office space.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball has named TD Bank Ballpark, the home of the Somerset Patriots Baseball Club, as the 2015 Ballpark of the Year. The result was based on a unanimous vote from league managers and executives.  

More than $10,000 in cash and jewelry was stolen from a Holland Drive home on Oct. 13. Police said the home’s owner told them he left at 8 a.m. and returned at 7:30 p.m. to find the items missing.