Somerset News

HILLSBOROUGH - Few people are excited about the costs of automobile insurance, but drivers in Central Jersey do have something to be cheerful about.

"They say you need to have eyes in the back of your head. You never know when your enemies are going to come." - Parsippany Councilman Brian Stanton PARSIPPANY - The council president who had been accused of political bribery lashed out a friend Tuesday night, after investigators said they didn't find any offense to prosecute.

The Mason Gross Extension Division is set to partner with Central Jersey's Bravura Youth Orchestra to develop a rigorous course of study called the Young Artist Program.

The 17th annual Catholic Marketing Network International Trade Show is set for Aug.

Sometimes there's just not enough days in the week, but every Wednesday we'll give you an idea of something to do to relax, spend time with family and just take some time for yourself.

During a competition held in April, two Horticultural Technology students from Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School earned medals at a NJ State FFA Competition held at Rutgers University.

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Mark your calendar for Sunday, May 19, 2013. Second Chance for Animals is organizing the Paws for a Cause Dog Walk on behalf of the Franklin Township Animal Shelter.

Roberta Pasquale died on Thursday, May 9, in New Brunswick at 71. Mrs. Pasquale was born and raised in Dunkirk, N.Y. She attended and graduated from the Villa Maria Academy.

The April 28 race was held in memory of Paul Chrzaszcz, a 2006 graduate of the school who drowned last June at the age of 24.

A A'Fifteen-year-old Symone Burgess of Somerset was a top winner at Project Fabricland'A ATMs Design and Sewing Competition Sunday.

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Authorities say the owner of $4 stores in northern New Jersey allowed patrons to make more than $5 million in fraudulent food stamp transactions.

On Tuesday, May 14th, The Garden Club of Westfield will host a presentation of "Different Shrub Roses". Jeff VanPelt, Supervisor of the Rudolph W. Vander Goot Rose Garden in Somerset, New Jersey, will speak about varieties of shrub roses that he considers special.

FRANKLIN - A New Brunswick man was arrested carrying nearly $800 in illegal drugs in a convenience store parking lot, authorities said.

Charges were filed Monday against a man police believe installed video cameras in showers at a campground in the Poconos.

Summit, New Providence, Berkeley Heights, Chatham and Westfield have all be approved to receive a New Jersey Clean Communities grant.

It originally began 21 years ago as a small tasting event and fund-raiser in the cafeteria of the PeopleCare Center in Bridgewater.

The Plainfield disc jockey who fired a handgun wildly at a group of partygoers in the Somerset section of Franklin in 2010, killing one teenager and seriously injuring another, is expected to spend up to 23 years in state prison.