Recreation

The Somerset County Park Commission award winning Putting Course and the Paddle Boats on Powder Mill Pond at Colonial Park in Franklin Township will open for the season on Saturday, May 7. The Colonial Park Putting Course offers the player gardens and natural landscaping rather than the amusements found at traditional miniature golf courses. Designed over a 1.5 acre site, …

Somerset County Park Commission has announced that courts at the Colonial Park Tennis Center at Mettlers Road in Somerset and Green Knoll Tennis Center in Bridgewater will open for the season on Saturday, April 2. The eighteen courts at Green Knoll and Colonial Park will be open for reserved and open play with a full schedule of tournaments for all …

The Somerset County Park Commission has announced that an HDGolf simulator is now available at the Neshanic Valley Golf Course Learning Center, 2301 South Branch Road in Neshanic Station, New Jersey. The High Definition Golf™ simulator sets the standard for indoor golf accuracy and realism. Revolutionary image processing software combines high resolution digital images, satellite data, and geophysical data into 3D …

Somerset County Park Commission has announced that Quail Brook Golf Course on New Brunswick Road in Somerset, NJ will close for the season at the conclusion of play on Sunday, November 29, 2015. Quail Brook joins Warrenbrook Golf Course on Warrenville Road in Warren Township that closed for the season earlier this month. Remaining open are Spooky Brook at Colonial …

The Somerset County Park Commission has announced that beginning Sunday, September 13, Twilight golf rates, formerly beginning at 3:00 P.M., will now be in effect beginning at 1:00 P.M. The Twilight rates are being moved two hours earlier to enable golfers to enjoy 18-hole play though the fall as the sun sets earlier each day. These earlier rates will be …

The Somerset County Park Commission has announced that the 5th annual Spring Adult Bocce League will begin play at the Colonial Park Bocce Courts on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. The League is open to all adults age 18 and over. League play will be on Tuesday evenings beginning May 5 from 6:30 P.M.to 8:30 P.M. Teams of 2 players will …

Early golf registration discounts are being offered for the first time this year by the Somerset County Parks Commission. Now through Dec. 31, county residents will be given a $5 discount on registrations for the county’s five golf courses. Adult registration is $45 (regularly $50) and Senior and Junior registration is $30 (regularly $35). Out of county registrants will save …

The first thing the township’s recreation supervisor is going to do after she retires is, well, recreate. “I’m going on a cruise in December, for 11 days,” Sue van Aken said. “The southern Caribbean. I haven’t ever been to St. Kitt’s, and I haven’t been to Barbados in years.” Van Aken leaves the township on Oct. 31, after 30 years in …

The Spooky Brook Golf Course in Colonial Park, Somerset, has earned Environmental Stewardship certification from the state Department of Environmental Protection. The course, which is owned and operated by the Somerset County Park Commission, was cited by DEP for hazardous material reduction; water use reduction; transportation energy use reduction, and enhancement projects, according to a release about the award. In …

The Howe Athletic Complex in Colonial Park was recently officially opened. Representatives of the Somerset County Park Commission, state and county officials and members of Gymkhana Cricket Club, Somerset Cavaliers Cricket Club, and Dutch Total Soccer were on hand for the May 22 ribbon-cutting. Located off Colonial Drive at the northeaster corner of the park, the complex includes two adult soccer fields, …