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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.

In Your Opinion:  The BOE Numbers Game – FHS Students are Casualties 

By John Felix, Somerset. 37th Day Term Superintendent; 608th Day FHS Principal; 20th Year BOE Officer 

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FR&A Pictorial: Franklin Township Police Participate In National Unity Tour To D.C.

UPDATED: Lt. Darrin Russo sent along this picture of Team Franklin after they finished the tour.  

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Patriots Blank Skeeters 4-0

Sugar Land, TX – The Somerset Patriots (9-5) shutout the Sugar Land Skeeters (6-8) 4-0 Friday night from rainy Constellation Field. The game was delayed one hour and forty nine minutes at the start due to rain. The Patriots have won three of the first four games of this lengthy six game series in Texas. Somerset scored three runs in …

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Italian Deli/Market Approved For Kingston

Kingston will soon be getting a new Italian deli and market on Route 27. The Planning Board at its May 7 meeting approved expansion plans for a building at 4587 Route 27, owned by township resident Gennaro Costabile.

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Quail Brook Senior Center Celebrates ‘Older Americans Month’

May is “Older Americans Month,” and the Quail Brook Senior Center, 625 New Brunswick Rd., has scheduled a variety of events to celebrate. May 12 – 10:30 a.m. – Performance Poet Glenis Redmond

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WWE Legend Jerry “The King” Lawler To Appear At Somerset Patriots Game

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots will welcome WWE Legend Jerry “The King” Lawler to the ballpark on Saturday, May 17th for the team’s 7:05 pm game at TD Bank Ballpark against the Sugar Land Skeeters. Lawler will be on site to meet fans, take pictures, and sign autographs on the concourse throughout the game.

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UPDATED: School Board Accepts Bevere’s Resignation, Decision Criticized By Parents

UPDATE: Orvyl Wilson, the school district’s director of school management, has been named acting principal at the high school. Wilson served as the high school principal from 2001 to 2008 and as acting principal from April through July 2012. District spokeswoman Mary Clark said the issue of Wilson’s compensation “is under review and will be determined by Board of Education policy …

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Patriots Swat Skeeters 7-1

Sugar Land, TX – The Somerset Patriots (8-5) beat the Sugar Land Skeeters (6-7) 7-1 Thursday afternoon from humid Constellation Field. The Patriots have won two of the first three games in this lengthy six game series. In the top of the first inning right fielder Luis Montanez hit a RBI sacrifice fly to give the Patriots an early 1-0 …

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Petco Shares Steps to Keep Pets Healthy in Honor of Pet Cancer Awareness Month

SAN DIEGO, April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Roughly six million new cancer diagnoses are made in dogs and a similar number in cats each year. Just like with humans, detecting cancer early and being healthy enough to fight the disease means this diagnosis…

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Awesome Stuff: Pets Need Innovative Technology Too

For this week's awesome stuff of interesting or bizarre crowdfunding projects, we're going to go with three crowdfunding projects involving technology for pets. Yes, pets. I've got a cat and a dog and a bunch of fish, and I've never once thought about…

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