Far Hills News

HARDING -- Owners of businesses on Route 202/Mount Kemble Avenue are worried that a bridge replacement project planned for next spring could hurt sales if customers need to take long detours.

Service has been restored on the NJ Transit rail line between Bernardsville and Summit stations, but delays remain up to 30 minutes.

HIT: The Middlesex Borough Council is taking steps to appoint Ron Dobies as borough administrator.

Somerset County Park Commission Leonard J. Buck Garden will present 'Ground Covers & Vines What You Didn't Know,' a lecture by Cynthia Megill on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 from 9:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.. The forum will take place at Leonard J. Buck Garden, 11 Layton Road in Far Hills, New Jersey.

At the NY Hall of Science's 9-hole Rocket Park Mini Golf , players can learn scientific concepts like escape velocity while putt-putting. Bushwick's The Putting Lot has nine holes, each designed by a different artist or architect, all on the theme of urban sustainability.

Summer's here, but children and teens should not stop reading. Local libraries are participating in the 'Be Creative @ Your Library' summer-reading program for young children.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is headed back to the farm next week with a pair of holiday-themed benefit concerts programs held outdoors.

Forget July 4. The big extravaganza in the Somerset Hills, complete with symphony music, fine food and an after-dark display by the world famous Fireworks by Grucci company, is Music at Moorland, set this year for June 25.

The following indictments have been handed up by a Somerset County grand jury: - Frank Aguilar, 31, of New York City, indicted on a charge of passing a bad check for $1,600 in Far Hills on Oct.

The physics of a golf ball's flight through the air. Over the past year, 2,700 clubs and 800 balls have trickled in to the USGA's headquarters in Far Hills.

State police still are investigating a fiery fatal accident Thursday morning that tied up traffic on Interstate 78 for most of the day.

Address of businesses Butler's of Far Hills opened The Annex last December to display unique decorative pieces, mostly antiques, that shoppers and other designers can select to do their own interior decorating.

Montgomery County Water Services is replacing and updating water main equipment at the intersection of Far Hills Avenue and Dorothy Lane.

The Montgomery County Water Services department will start replacing water main equipment at the intersection of Far Hills Avenue and Dorothy Lane on Tuesday, June 9, according to a release issued by the department on Friday, June 5. Work on the water main is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday and completed by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 12.

Military veterans who traded rifles for resumes flocked to a job fair just for them Thursday - and said their service is more of a barrier than a blessing in the search for employment.

Although the township facility where the Somerset Hills YMCA has been conducting programs and running a child-care center will close July 31, many of the programs will continue at various locations in the township, Far Hills and Peapack-Gladstone areas.

On June 13 the Morris Area Freewheelers Bicycle Club will hold its first Revolutionary Ramble, a bicycle tour to raise money for 13 first aid squads and highlight the area's Colonial-era history.

The idea of the edible schoolyard - which was first promoted by Berkeley, Calif.

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Communities throughout the state have Memorial Day commemorations planned, ranging from wreath-laying ceremonies to community picnics to townwide parades.