Basking Ridge News

Newark's money? Somebody tell Christie to get a clue. Well, that didn't take long.

Susan and Allison Ivan are heading out of town for a while to reap the benefits of years of dance classes.

Independent candidate Chris Daggett took the podium in a banquet room of Dolce in the Basking Ridge section of the township just before 9:45 p.m. and conceded in the race for governor, thanking his family, running mate Frank Esposito and supporters amid cheers from the crowd.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett votes in Basking Ridge and then campaigns in Fort Lee Added by Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger on November 3, 2009 at 4:00 PM Bea Daggett, left, and her husband, independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett, talk with Alexi Quinones, center, as he campaigns in Fort Lee.

A small bus carrying six special-needs adults from the Matheney Medical and Educational Center was rear-ended in traffic on North Maple Avenue at about 3:10 p.m. Monday, township police said.

Carolyn Gaziano and John Malay, Republican candidates for Bernards Township Committee, are scheduled to attend two upcoming candidates events hosted by Ridge Oak Senior Center and Fellowship Village retirement community this week, according to their campaign manager, John Carpenter.

A Roman Catholic priest who was stabbed to death in his rectory was remembered Saturday as a"quiet voice of peaceful love" at his burial Mass in northern New Jersey.

While parts of Central Jersey are some of the most affluent areas in the nation, there are people living here facing serious financial hardship.

The Bernards Township Health Department -- which serves Chester, the Mendhams and Long Hill in Morris County -- has scheduled three H1N1 Influenza vaccination clinics for those at high risk.

SOMERVILLE, N.J. - An Illinois man has admitted banking more than $470,000 in paychecks from a New Jersey company for whom he never worked.

BERNARDS TWP. - Hundreds of Somerset County Democrats turned out at Dolce in Basking Ridge on Wednesday for the Somerset County Democratic Committee's Gala Dinner.

The last debate in New Jersey's red hot race for governor had a surprising twist.

Dr. Randal Pinkett, Season 4 winner of NBC's hit reality show The Apprentice, will be the guest speaker at the Somerset County Democratic Committee's Gala Dinner on Wednesday, October 21st.

Young trick or treaters are invited to the annual safe trick or treat event sponsored by the Bernards Township Regional Chamber of Commerce, to be held in the downtown Basking Ridge section between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat., Oct.

Mariano Legaz was appointed in August to the position of vice president for strategic sourcing and purchase-to-pay systems, part of supply chain services for Verizon Services Operations.

The spectacular leaps and maneuvers of horsemanship that centuries ago were meant to inspire fear on the battlefield are scheduled to be displayed at performances of Herrmann's Original Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria from Oct.

Elijah's Promise is asking the community to help raise funds for its goal of serving more than 100,000 meals at the nonprofit's soup kitchen this year, by participating in the first "Gobble for Good" Turkey Trot.

Among the three major candidates for governor, independent Chris Daggett is the closest thing to an average New Jersey taxpayer.

Somerset County Park Commission Lord Stirling Stable has announced the dates for the Fall Equine Mini-Workshop 102, designed for individuals who are seeking to gain experience and confidence around horses through a combination of non-riding activities and hands-on experience.

TRENTON, N.J. - First, independent Chris Daggett raised $340,000 for his upstart campaign for governor, enough to get him 2-to-1 matching funds.