Giving Back

SOMERSET HILLS, NJ _ The usual parades and flag ceremonies for Memorial Day were put on hold due to COVID-19 in 2020, but Basking Ridge-based Heartworks reached out in other ways to area veterans.

Other years, Heartworks and VFW 7658 each Memorial Day have been serving a barbeque dinner in honor of Marine Capt. Stanford "Ford" Henry Shaw III of Basking Ridge, who ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ Township officials will officially mark Memorial Day on Monday, but the event won't be live.

The COVID-19 shutdown already had led to the cancellation of Bernards Township's annual Memorial Day parade, rotated each year between downtown Basking Ridge and Liberty Corner.

Then, earlier in May, a ransomware attack on the township's website and some other online ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ Bernards Township’s annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony will not be held this year due to precautions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and the resulting public health emergency, the township has announced.

The parade is rotated each year between downtown Basking Ridge and Liberty Corner, and was hosted by the Liberty Corner Fire Co. and ...

TRENTON, NJ - Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday ordered that the U.S. and New Jersey flags be flown at half-staff at all state buildings and facilities in recognition of the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day, May 8th, 1945.

The flags will also fly at half-staff to honor the victims of COVID-19, pursuant to Executive Order No. 114, which remains in effect indefinitely.

“Today, we celebrate the ...

Girl Scout Creates an Inspirational Program for Transitioning Students

BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Transitioning from elementary school to middle school can be challenging. We’ve all been there.

In the blink of an eye, students go from being the top dog in their schools to being at the bottom rung of the ladder in a completely different place where everyone looks, well, old. And during ...

BERNARDSVILLE, NJ -- Earlier in April, a pop-up food pantry was established at St. Bernard's Episcopal Church and the Peapack Reform Church to provide food to a growing number of local residents who have lost employment due to the pandemic.  To date, the pantry has distributed over 800 bags of groceries to local families.  

Sama Habibi, a Gladstone resident and member of the ...

WARREN, NJ -  Need Chicken?  Want to help? The call went out and the Warren community responded.  In just a few days, 350 families signed up to pick up chicken and donate to the Somerset County Food Bank through Feed to Give. The Warren Township and the Bernards Township Regional Chamber of Commerce provided support for the effort.

See: Need Chicken? Warren Township Chicken ...

BASKING RIDGE, NJ - Ron DePasquale, Basking Ridge resident, is on the quest to buy more lunches for area essential workers, after raising enough money to buy all the employees at Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge lunch on April 14th. 

“I initially set a goal of $500 to buy some staff members lunch, to show them that their community is thankful for what they do. I ...