Somerset News

The county Roads and Bridges Division has announced five road and bridge closings in July and August.

A coalition of environmental groups called on Gov. Jon S. Corzine to support a water tax to replenish the fund, or to dedicate a portion of existing sales tax revenues for the acquisition of open space, ...

North Star Hotels Group has announced that Megan Margulis has been appointed hotel sales manager at its Somerset Holiday Inn and that Amy Connolly has been named the corporate sales manager at the company's ...

Bridgewater firefighters and rescue squad personnel are responding to an overturned vehicle on the outer lanes of southbound Interstate 287, north of the Route 202-206 interchange.

The Somerset County Parks Commission is ready to kick off two events for young golfers ages 8-17 as part of its Junior Golf Program.

A part-time clerk in Somerset County, stung by an unprecedented $1,000 fine for willfully withholding public records last year, now has more than half a dozen new complaints filed against him by the town's ...

Somerset Medical Center's already progressive equipment just got another upgrade, thanks to a donation from the National Starch and Chemical Foundation.

Bedminster is pulling out of a long-term arrangement it had with Bernards Township for shared health services, and neighboring Bernardsville is exploring the prospect as well.

A Franklin Township man accused of stabbing his stepdaughter's boyfriend was indicted today for attempted murder.

The Convention of the National Apostolate of Maronites was started 45 years ago to remind the two American dioceses of the Maronite Catholic Church and its mainly Lebanese-American parishioners of their ...

Like his boss, Msgr. Maroun Asmar was a carpenter before he was called into full-time ministry.

The Somerset Hills were filled with music Thursday night as Moorland Farms was transformed into an outdoor concert hall for the benefit of Somerset Medical Center.

Because most of his life has been dedicated to community service, it's no surprise that the top priority for Bill King, the borough's new police chief, is community policing.

The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Somerset and Hunterdon counties have completed the landscaping of four homes being built by Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity on Girard Avenue in Franklin.

Five hours after a Franklin man was shot to death on Jones Avenue and Comstock Street early Friday, a 21-year-old city man was arrested on charges of cocaine possession and simple assault at his girlfriend's ...

It's a good bet most people in Central Jersey - or anywhere, for that matter - know someone who has been affected by cancer in some way, shape or form.

TRENTON - The New Jersey Senate on Monday approved revamping the state's affordable housing laws after a tense debate over whether the measure would make housing accessible throughout the state or promote ...

If the new township municipal judge's name sounds familiar, that's because his father had the same job.

Seniors are invited to enjoy a variety of educational and entertaining programs in June at the Somerset County Senior Wellness Center, 202 Mt.

HILLSBOROUGH - Dorothy Ambruso of Merritt Drive, a 25-year resident of Hillsborough, died early Tuesday morning at Somerset Hospital.