County Freeholders

DisABILITY Services Fair Set for Oct. 1 A free DisABILITY Services Fair is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Thomas J. Kavanaugh VFW Hall, 600 Washington Ave., Manville. People with disabilities, their caregivers, family members, friends and all in the community are invited. The theme of the event summarizes its purpose: “Opening doors and dialogue …

Update: The Freeholders approved the plans and authorized receipt of bids for the project. Original: Replacement of the Six Mile Run bridge on South Middlebush Road is expected to be brought closer to reality at the Somerset County Freeholder’s Aug. 23 meeting. The Freeholders are expected to approve the plans and authorize the acceptance of bids for the replacement of the …

By Somerset County Freeholder Brian Levine. There is an air of exhilaration in the atmosphere at the Republican National Convention at “The Q,” even if attendees were supporting a different GOP candidate. Seeing delegates from all over America in one location is witnessing our democracy in motion. It started as we approached the Quicken Loans arena, known as “The Q,” …

Township Councilman Brian Regan (D-At Large) announced his resignation at the July 14 council meeting. Regan, who has been a councilman for eight years, said he was resigning because he is running for a seat on the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders. “Someone who sits in an elected position should not run for a higher office and sit in …

Residents on 28 roads in the southern part of the township will have their recycling day changed on July 13. The pick-ups will be made on Mondays rather than Fridays, according to a press release from Somerset County. The affected roads are: Balboa Lane, Cabot Way, Canoe Lane, Cartier Drive, Champlain Way, Claremont Road, Cobblers Circle, Columbus Drive, Conservancy Court, Decaire …

The Franklin Township Municipal Youth Services Commission was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Somerset County Freeholders. The money will be used for the commission’s Youth Council, Franklin Youth Prevention and Empowerment and Boys Council programs, according to a release about the award. The grant was one of 21 given to youth services commissions throughout Somerset County. In total, $90,000 …

  Franklin Township officially lost its mayor at 3:10 p.m. on Jan. 6. That’s the time when Brian Levine completed his Oath of Office as a Somerset County Freeholder. With his wife and two daughters by his side, Levine repeated the oath as administered to him by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. Before the meeting, Levine said that he had sent a …

The planned closing of two wells in Colonial Park was not mandated by state environmental regulations, as asserted by a Somerset County official, a state spokesman said Nov. 19. To the contrary, the decision to close the popular wells was an economic one made by the Somerset County Department of Health, according to state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Bob …

  New state regulations banning the use of underground wells as public water sources are forcing the closure of a long-used well in Colonial Park. The well, located in Parking Lot F, near the bocce courts off Mettlers Road, has been used for decades by township residents as the source for their drinking water. But regulations adopted about a year ago …

Somerset County Democrats claim that an announcement made earlier this month about the purchase of open space in the township was released before the purchase was actually completed to help boost the campaigns of Republican freeholder candidates. The Democrats say their case is borne out by an email conversation held by Fran Varacalli, the township’s open space consultant, and Tom Boccino, …