The annual clothing drive to benefit the Franklin High School Project Graduation program is set for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 18 at Sampson G. Smith School. Items that are acceptable include gently used clothing, shoes, handbags, stuffed animals, blankets and curtains.

Update 2: Danielsen will be sworn in in the Assembly chamber at 1 p.m. on Oct. 16. Update: Danielsen was elected to fill Chivukula’s seat on Oct. 5.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced their schedule for the 2015 season.  

A 19-year-old township resident who suffered stab wounds in an Oct. 13 altercation with a New Brunswick teenager has been charged in the youth’s murder. Dequan S. Rogers of Alcorne Street was charged Oct. 14 with 1st Degree Murder, 2nd Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Handgun. Bail was set by the Superior Court …

The controversy over a sound system in Middlebush Park will likely erupt again at the Oct. 14 Township Council meeting, as a large contingent of Pop Warner families are expected to attend to oppose an ordinance banning speakers in the park. The council on Sept. 22 passed a resolution banning any type of sound system in the park, which is …

The 4th Annual CanalFest will feature arts and crafts, food and music when it kicks off at 11 a.m. Oct. 18 at East Millstone Park. The annual festival is a fundraiser for the Franklin Township Food Bank as well as being an opportunity for township residents to learn about township businesses and organizations and mingle with fellow residents, according to a …

(Editor’s Note: Charges against Subramanian were dropped by Virginia authorities.) A Somerset man wanted in Virginia on charges that he and his girlfriend kidnapped and terrorized a man was arrested Oct. 3 by Somerset County Sheriff’s Officers.

Registration for boys’ and girls’ baseball and girls’ softball will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 11, 18 and 25 at the baseball complex, 51 DeKalb St. Participants are encouraged to fill out forms online at www.ftblbaseball.org.

“Kultar’s Mime,” a play that explores the horrors of two pogroms in world history, is set to be presented from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at Rutgers University’s Cook Student sCenter, 59 Biel Rd. in New Brunswick. The play is being produced by the Bridgewater-based Sikh Research Institute.

Gregory Lane was the scene of an attempted and a successful thft of car wheels on Oct. 5. One resident reported that she felt something was not right with her car as she was backing it out of her parking spot. The victim said she checked to see what was wrong, and noticed that her two front wheele were missing …