A Starbucks Coffee house is not the most traditional place to hold a wedding, but what else would one expect from a couple who became engaged over a plate of sushi? Jeff and Christine Feldman say they wouldn’t have had it any other way. The township residents were married July 13 in a short ceremony in the Starbucks in Cedar Grove …

A 22-year-old township man was among five people arrested on drug-related charges in an investigation that netted more than $21,000 worth of cocaine. Jose Juan Lozada-Rojas of Home Street was arrested July 16 after he allegedly sold an undercover detective 60 grams of cocaine near Somerset Street, according to a release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

  Township police have turned to the public in their search for a man they believe burglarized a Hillcrest Avenue home on July 13.

The stars were in alignment July 16 for the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, which saw the board swiftly approve three applications for variances. The board approved a Kingston couple’s request to build a covered porch on the front of their home, a Somerset man’s application for an addition on his home, and a new businesses’ application to install a …

Three weeks of auditioning, writing and rehearsing came to a head July 16 for more than two dozen local teens as they took to the stage at Villagers Theatre. The students were part of the Villagers’ Teen Performance Workshop camp, which gives youths aged 12 to 16 years a taste of what it’s like to prepare and put on a theatrical …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have signed left-handed pitcher Evan DeLuca.  

Bridgewater, NJ – The Camden Riversharks (2-6, 30-48) defeated the Somerset Patriots (4-4, 54-24) 3-2 Thursday evening at TD Bank Ballpark.  

Bank of America won Planning Board approval July 14 to erect a standalone drive-through ATM kiosk in a Hamilton Street parking lot, but it remains to be seen whether the company will go ahead with the project. That’s because in approving the plan, the board required Bank of America to abide by all suggestions included in township planning staff reports, …

About 96 percent of township teachers are “effective” or “highly effective,” according to the state’s new educator evaluation system. The new system, called “AchieveNJ,” evaluated teachers and school leaders based on ” multiple measures of educator practice and student achievement,” according to a press release from the state Department of Education.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (4-3, 54-23) defeated the Camden Riversharks (1-6, 29-48) 12-3 Wednesday evening at TD Bank Ballpark in game two of a day-night doubleheader. The Patriots completed the doubleheader sweep as Somerset won game one 3-2 in 12 innings.