Bridgewater News

As a proud veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who is currently preparing to spend this Veterans Day on yet another deployment, I find it tragic that so many of my fellow Americans view November 11 as just another day off work.

TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey soldier was among those wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood.

One of the victims wounded during the Fort Hood massacre Thursday has been identified as 20-year-old Alan Carroll, a resident of Bridgewater, N.J., officials confirmed.

For more than a decade, Rachael Ray has wowed you with her flavorful dishes on TV.

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty in a drunken driving crash that killed his fiancee.

With Howell driving in the final minute, Sayreville linebacker Alex Yanuzzelli sacked and stripped Howella s quarterback.

On top of a state question about open space bonding, residents in several towns will be voting on local questions concerning open space, the membership of a local governing board and the purchase of an ambulance.

I would like to encourage those Bridgewater residents who, like myself, will be voting in next Tuesday's election to consider Dan Hayes for Bridgewater Township Council.

A township man was sentenced Friday to seven years in state prison on a charge of vehicular homicide.

People for Animals, a nonprofit animal welfare organization serving New Jersey, will sponsor a dog adoption event on Sunday, November 15 from 11:00 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Pet Smart store located in Bridgewater's Promenade Mall, intersection of Route 28 and Route 287.

The Township Planning Board members continued to mull proposed zoning changes along Route 22 during their meeting Monday.

Mayor Patricia Flannery has decided not to veto an ordinance allowing firefighters and rescue squad volunteers to hold coin-toss fundraisers in the street, Township Administrator Jim Naples said.

BRIDGEWATER - Authorities have accused a New Jersey teacher of sending sexually explicit texts to a 15-year-old female student.

A Bridgewater-Raritan High School teacher has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly sending sexually explicit texts, emails and images to a 15-year-old student, the Somerset County prosecutor's Office said Sunday.

A Somerville motorist ran a red light, leading to an accident involving two other vehicles that left a woman with injuries, according to police.

An unsuccessful search for drugs and lockdown status Friday at Bridgewater-Raritan High School has reinforced the school's zero-tolerance policy for illegal substances, a district official said.

BRIDGEWATER - Chris Daggett's driver left a loaded gun in a loaner car used by the independent candidate for New Jersey governor.

A township man, already indicted on charges of aggravated assault and bias intimidation, was indicted Wednesday on a forgery charge.

What was supposed to be simple trip to his auto dealership instead generated questions for Independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett after his driver accidentally left a loaded gun in a loaner car.

Chris Posbergh of Branchburg, Christina O'Brien of Bridgewater, Lisa Magulak and Amanda Weinstein of Hillsborough and Daniel Lang of South Plainfield have been selected to represent Somerset County at the 2009 National 4-H Congress scheduled for Nov.