Bridgeport, CT – The Bridgeport Bluefish (3-2) defeated the Somerset Patriots (2-3) 7-4 Wednesday afternoon from Harbor Yard. The Bluefish won their third straight game while the Patriots lost their third straight game.  

Bridgeport, CT – The Bridgeport Bluefish (2-2) defeated the Somerset Patriots (2-2) 4-1 Tuesday evening from Harbor Yard. All four Bluefish runs occurred with two outs as they won the series opener.  

625 New Brunswick Rd., Somerset, NJ 08873 (732) 563-4213 Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Board & Card Games (such as Dominoes & Checkers) – Available Daily Body & Brain Yoga with Lucy Pagnetti – Monday, 10:30 a.m. ($5.00 suggested donation/class) Bridge Lessons – Every Friday, 10:30 a.m. Chair Tai Chi with Bobbi Joels – Every Other Tuesday, 10:30 …

Peg Wright, founder and CEO of the Center for Great Expectations in Somerset, on April 27 was named a New Jersey Hero of 2015 by First Lady Mary pat Christie. Wright, who founded the center in 1998, is the third NJ Hero for the year and the 34th since the program was started by Mrs. Christie in 2010.

Waldorf, MD – The Somerset Patriots (2-1) and Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (1-2) split a doubleheader from Regency Furniture Stadium Sunday afternoon.  

About 660 ridders participated in the 2015 Tour de Franklin walk and ride benefitting the Franklin Township Food Bank, according to food bank executive director Frank Hasner. Hasner said $62,000 was raised during the ride.

By Mark Grieco, Somerset.  In 1779, a skirmish was fought in East Franklin between local Patriots and Loyalists raiders led by Colonel John Simcoe. The Patriots were fighting to defend liberties which they believed were being attacked by the Crown. The Loyalists had an unswerving allegiance to the Crown and, arguably, to a far-flung empire that trampled the rights of …

Volunteers with the township’s Shade Tree and open Space committee’s celebrated Arbor Day April 25 by planting 40 trees in the Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve on Skillmans Lane. The trees planted were American Holly, anew ere supplemented by cranberry bushes, said Chris Williams of the Shade Tree Committee.

Nearly six months to the day the removal of the original began, a new steeple was placed atop Kingston Presbyterian Church on Route 27. The entire process took about three hours, with first the bell vault being replaced, then the spire and finally – to applause and cheers from onlookers – the finial.

A dance recital, two fundraisers and a social event were among the “happenings” April 24 in township schools. MacAfee Road School’s administration and staff staged a “pasta night” to help raise money for a new playground.