Authorities have charged a Sayreville man with the Aug. 3 armed robbery of a township resident. Christopher Boston, 19, of Smith Street, Sayreville was charged with First Degree Robbery, police said.

The Renaissance Community Development Credit Union’s 6th Annual Bike-a-Thon is set for 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. The ride, proceeds of which go to support prostate cancer awareness and the importance of early detection, begins and ends at the credit union offices at 55 Fuller St. in Somerset.

The Board of Education is preparing to “market” to residents a proposed $85 million referendum which would result in a new elementary school and a realignment of elementary and middle school grade configurations. Plans are drawn for the work, which includes about $45 million for a new Pre-Kindergarten to 5th grade school on Claremont Road – designed to hold between …

A $5,000 reward has been posted for information into last weekend’s multiple shootings that left a township man wounded and included a shootout in a parking lot. Police have no new information on the incidents, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Jack Bennett said Wednesday.

A move to lower the passing grade for Franklin High School students from 67 to 60 is being studied by the Board of Education. The board at its August meeting pulled a proposed policy that would do just that, saying it needed more time to study the issue.

Two Somerset men were indicted Aug. 28 on drug-related, weapons and attempted murder charges. A Grand Jury returned indictments on multiple charges against Pablo Hernandez-Garcia, 26 and Luis Carreon, 24 in connection with a July incident in the township.

The next targeted “Buy One, Bring One” Friday food donation event is Sept. 20. There is a blue, “BOBO” donation bin in the townshoip municipal building on DeMott Lane.