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Bill Bowman is an award-winning, 40-year veteran of community news. He has written for weekly and daily newspapers, and state, national and international magazines. His investigations have resulted in the first-in-the-nation state program to purchase thermal imaging cameras for all NJ fire departments and fire academies, the halting of a massive land development deal marred by influence peddling, and the creation of a web-based database charting violations against New Jersey senior-citizen facilities.

McCarrick Care Center Wins Joint Commission Accreditation

The Margaret McLoughlin McCarrick Care Center on Dellwood Lane recently became one of only six nursing care centers in the state to be accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation’s leading accrditor of health care institutions. Joint Commission standards focus on “key patient-care processes that contribute to improved outcomes for all patients and residents in nursing facilities,” according to a …

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Police Log: May 22 – May 24, 2014

May 22 A car driven by Kendall Sasser of Franklin Park scraped a post near a gas pump at a Route 27 gas station. Police said he turned too closely to the pump.

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Lost Cat No Longer: Tripod Is Home!

“Tripod” is a three-legged cat who had been missing since May 23. He’s mainly white, but has dark spots on his tail and face, and two round dark spots on one side.

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FR&A Pictorial: Township Celebrates Memorial Day With Parade, Ceremony

   

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Patriots Crush Blue Crabs 9-1

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 9-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Monday afternoon. The Blue Crabs took a 1-0 lead on a solo home run by C.J. Ziegler (6) in the top of the fourth inning.

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Patriots Top Blue Crabs 3-2

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 3-2 at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. The Patriots took a 1-0 lead in the first on an error that allowed Eddy Martinez-Esteve to reach first safely.

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FR&A Pictorial: FHS 1994 State Champion Football Team Holds Reunion

Members of the Franklin High School 1994 football team gathered May 24 at the Imperia on Easton Avenue to relive their state championship season.

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Patriots Outlast Blue Crabs 2-1 In 13 Innings

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 2-1 in 13 innings at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening.  

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Blue Crabs Edge Patriots 3-2

Bridgewater, NJ- The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs defeated the Somerset Patriots 3-2 at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening. Amadeo Zazueta’s two run home run (1) in the top of the second gave the Blue Crabs a 2-0 lead.

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UPDATE: 19-Year-Old Somerset Man Killed In Crash On Cedar Grove Lane Remembered As ‘Quiet,’ ‘Well-Liked’

  [wpgmappity id=”12″] The 19-year-old Somerset man who was killed May 22 after he was involved in a head-on automobile accident on Cedar Grove Lane was remembered by a former principal as being well-liked and quiet.

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