Somerset News

In seeking what he described as a better business opportunity, the owner of a popular paint and hardware store on South Main Street has closed shop and moved to a strip mall in the Somerset section of Franklin.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for west central Somerset County and central Hunterdon County.

A 35-year-old Franklin Township woman was kidnapped at gunpoint earlier this week, driven around for hours, then released unharmed, Somerset authorities said today.

SOMERSET/HUNTERDON -- Parades, fireworks, picnics, concerts -- there are plenty of patriotic events on tap as New Jersey celebrates Independence Day.

The Somerset County Business Partnership has partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to provide members with new programs and services.

The Festival begins at 5:00 P.M. on Saturday, July 4, 2009, at North Branch Park on Milltown Road in Bridgewater.

Barbara Lucas, who is retiring as clerk of the Somerset County Board of Freeholders, once had simple advice for all the employees in the clerk's office.

Utilizing a grant from the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority the Regional Center Partnership is moving forward on a study that will define the 'Regional Center Bicycle, Pedestrian & Greenways System.' With the goal of connecting people and places within the Regional Center through alternative methods of transportations the initiative ...

When Gavin O'Shea graduated from Rutgers University in January 2006, he didn't know what his career path would be.

THE SOMERSET COUNTY Park Commission will open another season of free entertainment on Sunday, June 28, when The Party Dolls will perform live in the band shell at Duke Island Park off Old York Road in Bridgewater.

The impact of Thursday's death of pop icon Michael Jackson did not affect Beverly Samuel, 44, of Somerset, until yesterday.

The following indictments have been handed up by a Somerset County grand jury: - Alexis Acosta, 21, of Somerville, indicted on a charge of unlawful taking of a means of conveyance in Somerville on April 19.

A 2008 photo of Eric Criss, who authorities say was the mastermind behind a payroll and forgery scheme.

Charisse Roberts looked out the window of the new home she was helping to build for herself along with volunteers for the Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity.

The warnings are everywhere: Wear sunscreen, or risk getting skin cancer. But even if you do wear sunscreen, there are other steps - such as regular screenings - necessary to ensure melanoma and other issues don't crop up.

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

Stan Belenky, the township tax assessor who caused an uproar among business owners after a reassessment of their properties, has resigned his position effective Friday, June 26.

Artists are needed for the fourth annual Clothesline Exhibition to take place Thursday, July 2, at the Municipal Building, 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset.

Monica Weeks has met many men, but at age 51 she says she still hasn't found her "Barack." Among Weeks and her friends, U.S. President Barack Obama's name has become shorthand for a black man with integrity, character and spirituality, one who loves and values his wife and makes his family a priority - in other words, the kind of man that many ...

Lucius Wilkerson, 62, a grandfather from Franklin Township, was initially charged with attempted murder for the attack on Reginald Walker that occurred May 31, 2008, on Lewis Street in the township.