Government

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ Tuesday night's Bernards Township Committee meeting was the last for the township's Deputy Mayor Joseph Esposito, who has resigned to relocate South with his family.

First elected in November 2018, Esposito's term on the Township Committee expires at the end of 2021. Esposito already had declined to file for re-election to a second term this ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ This Tuesday, the Bernards Township Committee is scheduled to vote on whether to hire a new patrol officer to fill a vacancy in the Bernards Township police department.

The new officer, Kendall Bohannon has been recommended by Police Chief Michael Shimsky and other township officials for the position, created by a resignation, according to a resolution on the Township ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ – Somerset County has scheduled 10 open vaccination clinics for the week of May 10 as part of its effort to make it easy for every resident to be protected against the COVID-19 virus.

In addition to hosting clinics throughout the county, for the first time Somerset will be providing all three CDC approved vaccines after receiving its first allotment of ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ The Bernards Township Committee has renewed its lease giving operation of the historic Farmstead Arts center to the non-profit Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead, Inc. through Dec. 31, 2050, and also gave its approval to the organization to apply for a $150,000 Somerset County grant to continue improvements at the public property off King George ...

TRENTON, NJ -- With COVID-19 numbers trending decisively in the right direction and New Jersey progressing toward its adult-age vaccination goals, Gov. Murphy on Monday announced an additional easing of restrictions, including a removal of all percentage capacity limits for indoor and outdoor businesses, a lifting of the prohibition on indoor bar seating, and an end to the outdoor ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ_  Somerset County has reached a major milestone with 50 percent of adults who are 18 years or older being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and 70 percent having received their first dose, Somerset County announced on Monday.

This puts Somerset County in range of its goal to exceed 70 percent of adults fully vaccinated. However, the county's officials ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ The 2021 municipal budget of $41,906,425 approved by the Bernards Township Committee last week will raise this year's property tax bill by $59.74 on an average township home, assessed at $620,895 for 2021. 

The $21 million portion of the budget to be funded by taxpayers this year represents a 1.96 percent increase from the ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ Although COVID-19 will again prevent this year's Memorial Day parade in Bernards Township, a brief Memorial Day ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 31.

The Memorial Day event is being hosted by the Liberty Corner Fire Company. The event is scheduled to be held at the Liberty Corner Green in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ All Bernards Township residents are invited to the first planned monthly “Meet & Greet” meeting with Bernards Township Mayor Janice Fields, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, May 10, in the Warren Craft Meeting Room at town hall, 1 Collyer Lane, Basking Ridge.

This first session is scheduled to include a question and answer period with ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ The Bernards Township Committee is set to take a final vote Tuesday night on a proposed $41,906,425 budget to cover municipal operations for 2021 that will raise property taxes by a little less than $60 on an average township home. A public hearing on the budget will also be held at the April 27 meeting, due to begin at 8 p.m.

The proposed budget would ...