Jan. 24 A car driven by Timothy McDougald of Somerset was turning from Somerset Street to Franklin Boulevard when it hit Marlon Spann of New Brunswick as Spann was crossing the street. Spann complained of pain to his right side and was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Cathleen DeWitt of Somerset was cited for careless …

Jan. 17 Felix Vargas of Somerset was walking in an Easton Avenue parking lot, to his car, when he was struck from behind by a driverless car. Raymond Goodwin of Somerset told police that he had pulled into a spot, and got out of the car while it was running, with his grandson still inside. He said he must have …

Mrs. Catherine Jean Rebbel passed away Jan. 7 at her home in Flemington. She was 84 years old. Born in Baltimore, Md. to Edward and Evelyn Rossiter, Jean graduated from Patterson Park High School. She’d lived in and around Somerset since 1967 before settling in Flemington in 2002. Over the years, her garrulous, personable nature aided her in her work …

Dec. 27 Mohammad Emad of Somerset was cited for driving an unregistered vehicle after he was involved in a collision at Easton Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Emad said he was traveling through the intersection when his car collided with one driven by Carol Parker of Somerset. Parker said she had the green light. Jeffrey Wells of Plainsboro was …

Dec. 20 Conrado Yson of Monmouth Junction was cited for careless driving after he was involved in an auto accident that resulted in his car striking a bank on Route 27.  Yson’s car was leaving the parking lot of the Kendall Park Post Office, turning left on Rt. 27, when it struck a car driven by Mike Komaromi of North …

Mary “Dolly” Varga passed away late Friday evening at her daughter’s home in Franklin Park. She was 85 years old. Mrs. Varga was born in New Brunswick to Andrew and Mary Juhasz. She lived in Dayton for many years and resided in Franklin Park for over 60 years. She was a founding parishioner of St. Augustine of Canterbury Church in …

The annual fall festival at Snyder’s Farm on South Middlebush Road is in full swing, with warmer-than-normal temperatures greeting the hundreds who showed up Oct. 16. Visitors are taken on a hay ride from the parking lot to the festival site, where they can partake of a variety of games, rides and other attractions. There’s also a corn maze and a pick-your-own …

Three people were injured and Cedar Grove Lane as closed for about one hour during the evening of Aug. 14 after a three-car collision. Police said that at shortly after 5 p.m., a 2001 Nissan Altima driven by Jeffrey Georgiana, 55, of Somerset was traveling north on Cedar Grove Lane when it collided with a 2007 Honda Odyssey, driven by George …

More than 50 people gathered in the courtyard of the Masjid-e-Ali Mosque June 30 to hold a candlelight vigil in remembrance of those killed by terrorists. The event was sparked by the June 28 attack at Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Turkey, in which 44 people were killed and about 240 injured. Alex Kharazi, vice president of the mosque and president …

Messages of peace, compassion and following what one’s heart knows to be right were delivered by several speakers June 18 at the sixth annual Interfaith/Iftar Dinner hosted by Masjid-e-Ali mosque on Cedar Grove Lane. The mosque holds the dinner each year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Christian pastors from township churches, Mayor Phillip Kramer and an Islamic scholar …