Bridgewater News

February 13, 2012 Brother Industries Ltd. , Bridgewater, N.J., has been named a Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 Global Innovator, recognized for its achievements as one of the world's most innovative companies.

Borders closed down several months ago, and, with the former store's sign still on the building, nothing has yet to take its place.

This afternoon, the full State Senate will vote on a bill to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey.

Roman Jewelers will be hosting an appraisal event at their Central New Jersey Jewelry Stores.

On Friday, January 20, the Central Jersey Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry presented eleven of its prestigious "Contractor of the Year" awards to seven local remodeling companies at its Evening of Excellence Awards Dinner at Bridgewater Manor in Bridgewater, NJ.

Politics professor and outspoken gay-marriage critic Robert George told The Daily Princetonian on Thursday night that he supports Governor Chris Christie's plan to call a referendum on gay marriage.

There's romance, there's fitness, there's music, there's family fun. Really, what more can you ask for? A comprehensive list of them all so you can decide what to do this weekend.

Four-time Olympian, author and businesswoman Joetta Clark Diggs began a partnership with Sanofi U.S. , with its headquarters in Bridgewater, to bring free, fun and productive fitness programs to students at Robert Morris School in South Bound Brook, according to a release from her organization.

Your teens are holding a car wash at the high school Saturday. The grandparents volunteered to take the younger children to a movie Sunday afternoon.

Representatives from Pfizer spoke before the township council Monday about their plans for the American Cyanamid Superfund site that is located mostly in Bridgewater-but for the council members, the biggest concern centered around what could be done if any of the contaminants from the site leak into the air during remediation.

Bridgewater Township Police recently arrested a woman for hindering apprehension-and found she had a warrant for her arrest out of Middlesex Borough.

United Way of Northern New Jersey Women's Leadership Council is holding a women's money management seminar and networking event on Wednesday, Feb.

It started with the vision of two twenty-somethings-to create their own clothing line.

Adam Bernstein, 10, with his 5 year old dog Timber, at home in Bridgewater. Bernstein will be attending a Giants event tomorrow as a guest of Governor Chris Christie.

The Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center in Bridgewater will be holding its 13th annual Purim Carnival on Sunday, March 4, from 1-4 p.m. at the JCC, located at 775 Talamini Road in Bridgewater.

Every Monday, we will bring you a little look ahead at a few of the stories that are on tap for Bridgewater Patch over the next seven days.A We'll provide the day a story is scheduled to post on the site so you can be sure to check back on that date to read about all the news you want to know.

Allen Kurdyla listens to the comments of a citizen at the February 2, 2012 meeting of the Bridgewater Township Council.

Are you looking for someone to take long walks with you on the beach or just sit with you at night and keep you company? Are you looking for your one true love? Maybe that someone exists in the form of a furry, four legged friend? Friends of Somerset Regional Animal Shelter want you to know they are having special Valentine's adoption day on ... (more)

Caritas Chamber Chorale will be presenting two evenings of Taize Prayer, titled "Psalms and Alms - Taize Prayer for Africa," to benefit the Adorno Fathers' St.

Steven Kenneth and Irene Ann Ives, Ship Bottom, formerly of Bridgewater, would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Marie Ives, Somerville, to Gerald Marion Blount, Mahopac, NY.