Somerset News

A 25-year-old borough man was taken into custody by the Somerset County SWAT team and is undergoing an evaluation after authorities received a report of a suicide threat at his South Third Avenue home.

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Suydam Road is closed between South Middlebush and Canal roads for a complete reconstruction, police said.

Stuart Buckman was 19 years old when he became a Plainfield police officer in 1985.

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The New Brunswick Education Foundation recently hosted its third annual Awards Gala and inducted eight graduates of New Brunswick High School into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner today signed an order appointing Judge Victor Ashrafi of Somerset County to the Appellate Division effective Aug.

In seeking what he described as a better business opportunity, the owner of a popular paint and hardware store on South Main Street has closed shop and moved to a strip mall in the Somerset section of Franklin.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for west central Somerset County and central Hunterdon County.

A 35-year-old Franklin Township woman was kidnapped at gunpoint earlier this week, driven around for hours, then released unharmed, Somerset authorities said today.

SOMERSET/HUNTERDON -- Parades, fireworks, picnics, concerts -- there are plenty of patriotic events on tap as New Jersey celebrates Independence Day.

The Somerset County Business Partnership has partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to provide members with new programs and services.

The Festival begins at 5:00 P.M. on Saturday, July 4, 2009, at North Branch Park on Milltown Road in Bridgewater.

Barbara Lucas, who is retiring as clerk of the Somerset County Board of Freeholders, once had simple advice for all the employees in the clerk's office.

Utilizing a grant from the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority the Regional Center Partnership is moving forward on a study that will define the 'Regional Center Bicycle, Pedestrian & Greenways System.' With the goal of connecting people and places within the Regional Center through alternative methods of transportations the initiative ...

When Gavin O'Shea graduated from Rutgers University in January 2006, he didn't know what his career path would be.

THE SOMERSET COUNTY Park Commission will open another season of free entertainment on Sunday, June 28, when The Party Dolls will perform live in the band shell at Duke Island Park off Old York Road in Bridgewater.

The impact of Thursday's death of pop icon Michael Jackson did not affect Beverly Samuel, 44, of Somerset, until yesterday.

The following indictments have been handed up by a Somerset County grand jury: - Alexis Acosta, 21, of Somerville, indicted on a charge of unlawful taking of a means of conveyance in Somerville on April 19.

A 2008 photo of Eric Criss, who authorities say was the mastermind behind a payroll and forgery scheme.