Basking Ridge News

The annual Memorial Day Parade in Bernards Township - held on a rotating annual basis in either Basking Ridge Center or Liberty Village - is always a brief but heartfelt occasion.

The streets of Basking Ridge were filled with the callouts of children, the smells of sausages, onions and other tempting foods, and the sounds of music Saturday as Bernards Township's 19th annual Charter Day was celebrated.

The sights and sounds of Charter Day 2013 were almost too much to take in all in one day.

The Matheny Prom, which every year provides a real-life school celebration for the adult students and patients at the Matheny Medical and Education Center in Peapack-Gladstone, was held last week with volunteers from Ridge and Bernards high schools in attendance through the Junior Friends of Matheny.

Mayor Carolyn Gaziano is inviting residents to join two upcoming fitness events during the next few weeks, beginning with a walking tour of Basking Ridge trees that will meet in front of the historic oak tree by The Presbyterian Church of Basking Ridge.

Brian T. Kerwin of Basking Ridge, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in sport management from DeSales University on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

On Thursday, May 23, the Chabad center will celebrate its 21th year with a gala dinner at the Grand Summit Hotel in Summit.

Donald Andrews, whose last known address before his arrest was in Basking Ridge, was arrested in 2010 following an investigation into a woman who was sexually assaulted in Elizabeth on Halloween night in 2009, according to Assistant Prosecutor Colleen Ruppert, who prosecuted the weeks long trial.

Seventeen Level 6, five Level 7 and thirteen Level 8 Madison Area YMCA Rosettes gymnasts competed at the YMCA 2013 State Championship Meet hosted by the Madison Area YMCA in Madison on May 5. Gymnasts from three YMCAs in New Jersey competed alongside the Rosettes gymnasts.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know to apply sunscreen. There's lifesaving reason to: About 3.5 million cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed this year.

Sandra Hockridge, who will retire after 26 years as Watchung Hills Regional High School's Adult School director/administrator, has compared her position to that of an artist who is faced with a huge, blank canvas that has to be filled in with all kinds of themes, colors, motifs.

On-and-off sprinkles haven't stopped the 19th annual Bernards Township Charter Day celebration in downtown Basking Ridge , with festivities, friends and food bringing out a fair crowd, anyway.

If you possibly could have avoided seeing the banners in town, or hearing children talk, here's the news - this Saturday is the return of Charter Day, Bernards Township's annual celebration of the founding of the township of Bernardston by order of British King George II in 1760.

BaseCamp Adventure Outfitters, part of the Bernardsville and Basking Ridge community for almost 10 years, will be closing its doors on June 30.

A man who previously served a prison sentence for rape was found guilty today in Superior Court in Elizabeth of sexually assaulting another woman in 2009.

With Somerset Valley YMCA CEO Paul Kieltyka out on medical leave, Bedminster resident Karyn Lightcap has been named as the interim CEO.

BERNARDSVILLE - The driver of a Pennsauken-based coffee company vehicle smashed into a 74-year-old Bernardsville woman's car last week when attempting to make a left-hand turn, according to police.

The Bernards Township Health Department is holding its annual Male Cancer Screening on Thursday, June 13 and on Thursday, June 20, from 6-8 p.m. at the Fellowship Village Wellness Center located at 8000 Fellowship Road in Basking Ridge.

With Somerset Valley YMCA CEO Paul Kieltyka out on medical leave, Bedminster resident Karyn Lightcap has been named as the interim CEO.

The annual Exhibition of Inspirational Women: Who Inspires You? - held this past weekend at the Somerset Hills YMCA - announced its winners granted awards through the Lucia Bocchino Fund, in an artistic endeavor set up by her daughter, Serena Bocchino of Basking Ridge.