Somerset County News

The Somerset County Park Foundation, in cooperation with the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders, is offering the general public the opportunity to support recreational programs and services provided by the Park Commission while becoming a permanent part of history at TD Bank Ballpark, home of the Somerset Patriots.

ELIZABETH - Two residents have dropped assault charges against an Elizabeth police officer in connection with an incident in early March captured on a video that appeared to show the officer punch a woman outside a North Broad Street night club.

NORTH PLAINFIELD - Three Plainfield residents have been charged after trying to steal a washer and dryer from the basement of a vacant house, authorities said.

Julia Meier, a junior at Bridgewater-Raritan High School , has been selected as one of three high school students in the state as the New Jersey Enthusiastic Reader for the central Jersey region.

BERNARDSVILLE - A man was arrested Sunday after he attacked his neighbor with a broken glass beer bottle, sending the neighbor to the hospital for his stabbing wounds, police said.

Over the last three months, the Bernardsville Board of Education's desire to push through the proposed tree cutting and "regrading" project of the Bernardsville High School/Olcott pocket woodlands appears to have overshadowed their ability to perform the required due diligence.

As of 7:30 a.m. traffic is moving without delays on Route 78 East through Hunterdon County, according to Google Maps.

The Somerset County Traffic Safety Alliance, in conjunction with the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office and the Somerset County Association of Chiefs of Police, has a message for motorists who refuse to wear their seatbelts: BEWARE.

New Jersey voters have agreed 13 times to allow the state to borrow money to buy land for preservation.

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.