Somerset County News

The Somerset County Business Partnership Financial Services Special Interest Group will offer the business community the opportunity to learn how to protect your business interest in the event of a natural or man-made disaster at the "Disaster Recovery Planning" workshop on Thursday, May 23.

The Somerset County Bar Foundation has announced that its 8th Annual Legal Runaround 5K Run/3K Poker Walk will take place on Thursday evening, May 23, at the County Courthouse in Somerville.

Montgomery Township police officer Sean Sullivan was one of six law enforcement professionals honored last week with valor awards by the 200 Club of Somerset County.

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.

Franklin Township police, pictured in this file photo, and the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office announced the arrest of township resident Gladys Flete and Hector Serra-Fortuna, of North Brunswick, on drug charges.

Pig races were part of Somerville's inaugural FestiVille in Downtown Somerville Saturday afternoon.

Owen Harshaney has been charged in connection with a house fire on Brandywine Rise in Green Brook earlier this year.

Chilean Visitor Struck, Killed by Train A Chilean man was killed Tuesday night when he was struck by a NJ Transit train on a bridge over the Passaic River.

WATCHUNG - A Scotch Plains resident was taken into custody in Westfield at 7:55 a.m. on Thursday, May 9, and charged with shoplifting $79.76 worth of cell phones from Walmart on Route 22 earlier in the day.

A Bridgewater resident was arrested Sunday in connection with a robbery at a convenience store on East Main Street in Somerville that afternoon, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano.

"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.

As of this month, a permanent "drop box" where the public can discard unused, expired and potentially hazardous medications has been installed at Bernards Township Police headquarters at 1 Collyer Lane, to be open whenever the police department building is staffed.

The Somerset County Business Partnership, Somerset County's regional Chamber of Commerce, is providing business people the opportunity to make 2013 the year to transition to a path to prosperity by learning about the advantages offered through Business Partnership membership.

Tamira Summers, 39, of Montclair, was found guilty on Friday of stealing more than $1,700 from a developmentally disabled woman living in Bedminster Township.

Parsippany Mayor James Barberio, left, stands near Dr. Louis Valori after a township council meeting.

Tyler Delino, 25, of Long Hill Township in Morris County, was charged today with assault by auto causing a July 2012 crash in Warren Township that seriously injured one of his passengers, according to a complaint filed in Superior Court.

He already has one in Martinsville, and now Woodbridge resident Upul Gunasekera is opening another franchise of the Sylvan Learning Center in Bedminster.

SOMERVILLE - A Princeton man has been charged with robbery after he allegedly threatened a Franklin Township drug store employee with a knife on May 12.

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.

During a hearing today at the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville, Ricco Jones, 36, of Somerville, was sentenced to 10 years for burglary and other offenses in four incidents across Somerset County.