South Bound Brook News

With nearly 25 years of service to the Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission, Kevin Sumner -- director and health officer over a small kingdom of six municipal health departments that comprise the commission -- was recently recognized as 2009 Health Officer of the Year by the local Boards of Health Association.

A casual photo snapped while playing at a park captured more than memories. The image of Michael Knight won the Bridgewater toddler first place in the Central Jersey MomsLikeMe.com 2009 Cutest Baby Contest.

The South Bound Brook Seniors Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at Our Lady of Mercy Hall at 2PM.

State and local officials are asking drivers to steer clear of northbound Route 1 and College Farm Road for at least one more day as crews continue to make emergency repairs to a bridge deemed unsafe Tuesday night.

FIGHTING, 1:31 a.m. Jan. 10. Gilber Jimenez-Salazar, 42, of Bound Brook, and Jose Chavez-Leon, 24, of Flemington were charged with fighting on Main Street.

Central Jersey will mark the Christmas holiday with religious services, seasonal fun and support for the needy.

The Franklin High School Homecoming Dance melee of Oct. 23, 2009, has resulted in the Franklin Township Police officers and Police Department taking the heat for the abuse and vulgarity levied against the students attending the dance and the parents arriving to pick up their children at the conclusion of the dance.

The Isaac W.K. Handy Chapter 2658 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held its annual Christmas dinner meeting at the Abraham Staats House in South Bound Brook on December 5. Following the meeting, chapter members and guests enjoyed a covered dish dinner in the beautiful candlelit rooms of the historic Abraham Staats House and then joined ...

Tom Harabin, dressed in Revolutionary War era clothing plays the fiddle during the holiday visit.

The borough has become the latest municipality to allow local court fines to be paid with a credit card, a move the system's administrator said has increased collections from violators.

A Somerset County man is accused of capturing women on video as they used the bathroom in a Franklin Township corporate office building.

The Rev. Martin Winters said everyone who comes to the annual Thanksgiving meal offered by the Reformed Church of Bound Brook in South Bound Brook leaves with a smile on his or her face and a full stomach.

A Somerset County grand jury has handed up the following indictments. Paula Reynolds, 28, of South Bound Brook, indicted on a charge of giving a false report to police.

Borough Council unanimously voted at last week's meeting to draft new amendments that would reconfigure how the governing body oversees the Police Department.

Possible scenarios of what might happen if the neighboring school districts of Green Brook, Long Hill, North Plainfield, Warren, Watchung and Watchung Hills Regional High School consolidated will be the focus of a public meeting here Thursday.

Close to 90 visitors were on a winning streak at this year's Somerset County 4-H Fair in drawings conducted at the Somerset County Government tents.

FALL, 3:43 p.m. Nov. 9. Police responded to Haynes Oil on South Main Street for the report of a man fallen from a ladder.

One can't say the Rev. Herman Thompson isn't excited about the eighth anniversary celebration for his New Brunswick All-Stars singing group.

The Borough Council race is still too close to call. There were two three-year Borough Council seats up for grabs in Tuesday's election.

The Policeman's Benevolent Association and Supervisor Officers Association Local 154 is the union that represents the men and women of the Franklin Township Police Department.