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Goodbye Freeholders, Hello County Commissioners

August 24, 2020 County Freeholders

Somerset County Freeholder Director Shanel Robinson said she welcomes the board’s name change to County Commissioners. (File photo.)

Somerset County’s top elected officials will get a name change come next year, a change that some say is a long time coming.

Gov. Phil Murphy on August 21 signed into law a bill officially changing the name of the state’s County Boards of Chosen Freeholders to County Commissioners.

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