Somerville News

A Rita's Ice formerly in the Downtown Somerville Shopping Center will open its new home on West Main Street by mid-month, according to one of its owners.

To make the project fit into the neighborhood of older homes, Norwood developer Joe LaRosa created a contemporary version of a large Mansard-style house, with sloping roof and dormer windows as well as projecting bays that offer front, side and back decks.

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.

An appellate court has upheld the conviction of a local man on cocaine and weapons charges on South Bridge Street five years ago.

A borough man was charged recently with hitting another man in the face with a cane and then kicking him while down, police said.

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A former Rutgers quarterback has filed suit against a leading video game manufacturer for using his likeness in a football simulation game without his permission.

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 Plainfield man has been indicted on charges of burglarizing a township restaurant five times between April 17 and May 25.

One day before the country celebrates Independence Day, the public is invited to pack a picnic lunch and help commemorate a more local anniversary in Somerville: the centennial year of the historic Somerset County Courthouse.

THE SIXTH ANNUAL Immaculate Conception School - Immaculata High School Race4Freedom will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 27.

Superior Court facilities in both New Brunswick and Somerville will be closed Monday, June 29, along with the rest of the statewide court system, because of New Jersey's fiscal woes.

A New Brunswick man was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for possessing a half pound of marijuana in the area of the Parkside Public Housing Facility and Naaman Williams Park.

This burglar didn't plan well. A 24-year-old Edison man faces charges related to the break-in early Tuesday at a Dunellen pharmacy - a shop located across from police headquarters.

A 20-year-old borough man was arrested June 22 on numerous drug charges in a parking lot at the corner of Mercer Street and Route 22.

A week ago Friday was a big, nostalgic, day for Somerville. To start several months of Somerville's 100th year anniversary activities, more than 1,000 residents and friends attended the opening of a 50-year-old time capsule ... heard some good speeches about the Somerset County seat by Mayor Brian Gallagher and former Mayor David Hollod and others ...

The public is invited to a community forum Monday, June 22, on a variety of public-safety issues.

Decades of memories came tumbling down Monday when Central School 2 was demolished.

UNLAWFUL LODGING, 9:21 p.m. June 3: Police on routine patrol saw someone sleeping in a planter box in front of 73 W. Main St.

In this Oct. 18, 2005 file photo, former NBA star Jayson Williams sits in the back of a courtroom in Hackensack, N.J. A judge on Monday, June 22, 2009 will consider whether Williams should be sentenced for covering up a fatal shooting at his mansion in 2002, given his recent erratic behavior, including an assault arrest in North Carolina.