The Board of Education elected a new leadership team at its Jan. 5 reorganization meeting. Ed Potosnak was elected board president and Nancy LaCorte was elected vice president in split votes. Both counts went 6-2 for the winners, with board members Richard Arline and Betty Whalen voting for Arline in both positions. Former board president Julia Presley did not attend …

Somerset resident Milton Anderson has been named chief human resources officer at Barnabas Health of West Orange. In his new position, Anderson will be responsible for corporate human resources and will provide oversight of all Barnabas Health hospital and affiliate human resources departments, according to a release about the appointment.

More than 300 clients of the Franklin Township Food Bank received a special Christmas present this year: Dinner at the Stage House Tavern. Conceived by Stage House marketing director Christine Woodbury and the food bank’s operations manager, Serena Bennerman, the evening saw the clients and their families dine on ham, turkey and all the fixings.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced that single game tickets for the 2015 season will go on sale on Wednesday, January 7th.  

Township officials are hoping the second time is the charm with a $150,000 grant for improvements to Middlebush Park. The Township Council at its last meeting in 2014 approved the submission of a grant application to the American Water Charitable Foundation to build a natural play area in about 28,000 square feet of the park, located near a parking lot.

Dec. 22 Suzy Ismail of Somerset told police she was driving down Route 27 when she felt her steering wheel pull to the right. She said she tried to straighten out the wheel, but could not and her car hit the guardrail.

Two township residents reported items stolen from their unlocked cars around Christmas. On Dec. 24, a Kirby Lane resent reported that someone entered his unlocked Acura Legend sometime over the previous night and stole his wallet and his American Express credit card. The wallet was valued at $50.

Dec. 15 Husnija Mehmedagic of Somerset was cited for failing to keep to the right and Marco Lopez of Somerset was cited for driving an uninsured vehicle after they were involved in an accident on Hillcrest Avenue. The cars’ driver’s side mirrors touched as they passed each other.

A raccoon killed on Shelly Drive has tested positive for rabies. The case is the second in the past month in the township.

Santa Claus made his annual trek around the Millstone Valley Dec. 20, with the last stop being the Millstone Valley Fire Department on Amwell Road. Accompanied by engines from Station 28, Santa started his tour around 3 p.m. in the Wildflower Ridge area, and then continued in East Millstone and Millstone.