Waldorf, MD – The Somerset Patriots (7-6, 53-29) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (7-6, 36-47) 3-1 Tuesday evening from Regency Furniture Stadium.  

The Chinese Christian Church in Somerset, Amwell Road, received Zoning Board of Adjustment approval July 17 to raze an existing building and build a new one in its place. The current building, which is used for the church’s Youth Ministry and some worship services, is rife with code violations, church officials told the board.

Applications for a home addition, a new “bubble” for a township soccer center and a new home were approved at the July 17 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. Amwell Road resident Daniel Cook told the board that he needed to enlarge his home. The plan is to build a master bedroom suite, enlarge the kitchen and build a 0ne-car garage.

A “garden party” was held July 19 in the perennial garden at Colonial Park. Hosted by the Somerset County Park Commission’s Horticultural Department, the “party” featured music, speakers and plant-related items for sale.

Waldorf, MD – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (7-5, 36-46) defeated the Somerset Patriots (6-6, 52-29) 5-1 Monday evening in the series opener from Regency Furniture Stadium.  

A township doctor’s medical license has been revoked over charges that he prescribed “narcotic painkillers that put his patients at risk of addiction, and of continuing to prescribe increasing dosages to patients despite clear evidence that they were abusing drugs,” according to a release from the state Attorney General’s Office. Dr. Ali G. Mansour, who has an office on DeMott Lane, …

Bridgeport, CT – The Bridgeport Bluefish (6-5, 28-53) salvaged the series finale against the Somerset Patriots (6-5, 52-28) by winning 7-6 Sunday afternoon from Harbor Yard.  

Bridgeport, CT – The Somerset Patriots swept a day-night double header over the Bridgeport Bluefish on Saturday.  

Bridgeport, CT – The Somerset Patriots (4-4, 50-27) defeated the Bridgeport Bluefish (5-3, 27-51) 6-1 Friday evening in the series opener from Harbor Yard.  

Township police are investigating the armed robbery of a cab driver on Hempstead Drive. Police Sgt. Philip Rizzo said that just after midnight on July 18, police received a call from a cabby who said he’d been robbed.