Basking Ridge News

The Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center has scheduled a unique summer program series for teens age 13 to 15.

Keith Lord has always been a lover of the outdoors with a keen interest in plants.

Ever wonder why you see so many teenagers or young adults riding around in ambulances or serving as emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, at places such as TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater or Raceway Park in Old Bridge? Perhaps it is because they are a lot like Macauley Breault, who decided to pursue a career in health care after getting hooked ...

The following local students attending Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., received degrees at the university's fall commencement ceremony conducted on Dec.

Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center will present "The County Caper," a local version of the popular TV series, The Amazing Race.

Laura J. Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Allen of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards, graduated from Furman University, Greenville, S.C. on May 9. Ashley C. Swiggett of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards graduated on May 17 from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., with a bachelor's degree in chemistry.

Somerset County Park Commission Naturalists have scheduled a weekend of whale watching and exploration of the natural Cape Cod, Massachusetts environment.

"You want to have someplace that you can take your pet and allow him to run," says Carole Metcalfe, arriving with Riley, her golden retriever mix.

Somerset County has 12 newly minted graduates, but not from a high school or university.

Small businesses that use Verizon data lines are facing a rate hike. The Basking Ridge-based telecom giant announced Wednesday that data services for businesses will increase 10 percent on July 1. The company outlined the increases in a full-page adver-tisement that appeared in The Record and about a dozen other newspapers around the state.

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CARELESS DRIVING, 4:18 p.m. June 9: Police investigated a car crash on Main Avenue in Stirling.

Verizon are wising up to the fact that data subscribers want to keep using their WWAN modems even when outside the reach out EVDO Rev.A networks, hence this: the USB1000 Global Modem.A As well as CDMA service while in the US, the Verizon USB1000A supports triband HSPA for when you're abroad; there are also global data plans for regular travelers.

A group of senior citizens got an underlying, important message as part of a special celebration Wednesday that recalled a major development at the end of slavery in the United States.

Say 'I don't know' and 'I don't remember,' the girl was told. Those instructions, authorities said, were given by Jessica Sudol to a young sexual assault victim prepared to testify against her alleged abuser, Sudol's husband, Tomasz, 28.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless today applauded the introduction of the "Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act" by Sens.

Over the past few months have had the opportunity to try several places in this area.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless and Casio introduce the Casio EXILIM, a picture perfect blend of digital camera functionality and entertainment features for the adventure seeker.

Great Swamp Watershed Association's land management team has had a busy spring enhancing the organization's Conservation Management Area, a 50-acre property in Harding Township owned and managed by GSWA for preservation and passive recreation.

The Somerset Hills YMCA has taken the lead in addressing parent concerns about last Friday's arrest of an 18-year-old township man, on child endangerment charges, who worked part-time after school at the YMCA's Mount Airy facility, said YMCA spokespeople.