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RAIN or SHINE – Monday, July 4, 2022 – Join friends and family on Independence Day as the Washington Campground Association honors the American flag, the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, and the reading of the Declaration of Independence. It’s a pure American celebration. We call it “Jersey’s Gift to America!”

Middlebrook is a tiny section of land ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ Two township residents were honored as recipients of the 2022 Mayor's Art Awards for their contributions to the local arts at this week's Bernards Township Committee.

Nola Hansen was given the award for an individual for her many years of bringing music to The Ross Farm off North Maple Avenue.

Hansen, the preserved estate's music committee chairperson, ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ The Bernards Township Library will be closed this Sunday and Monday, July 3 and 4, over the Indepence Day weekend. The library will reopen on Tuesday, July 5.

The library, located at 32 S. Maple Ave., will open with a full schedule of summer activities, including sign-ups for the 2022 summer reading program, Oceans of Possibilities.

Bernards Township municipal offices ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ Bernards Township police will host a discussion and question and answer period starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, on how they keep the township one of the safest towns in America _ and how residents can help protect themselves.

Cheif Michael Shimsky and other officers from the township police department will share how they protect the community. The officers will ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ At this Tuesday's meeting, the Bernards Township Committee is planning to hold a closed session to discuss the possible issuance of a new liquor license.

The number of liquor licenses in New Jersey towns is based on population, and Bernards Township will be allowed by the state to sell another liquor license as a result of the 2020 census count.

Bernards Township ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ The Bernards Township Committee recognized the Ridge ice hockey team for its achievement in winning the New Jersey Ice Hockey Public A State Champions (NJISAA) for 2022.

"The team exhibited tremendous teamwork, flexibility, and ingenuity under the coaches’ leadership to get to New Jersey Ice Hockey Public A State Championships; and [the] Ridge Boy’s Hockey ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - Lessons in history were delivered by performers and lawmakers during Thursday's commemoration of Juneteenth hosted by the Somerset Cultural and Heritage Commission on the steps of the historic Somerset County Courthouse.

The theme of Thursday's event was"Acknowledging the Past with an Eye Towards Our Shared Future."

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ The Bernards Township Committee's agenda for this Tuesday's meeting includes a resolution to renew 14 existing liquor licenses held by local restaurants, wine stores and also The Fellowship Club. In the meantime, the township is waiting for bids on a new liquor license that must be submitted by June 28.

Liquor licenses for the license year covering the remainder of ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ Two uncontested candidates for Bernards Township Committee, Democrat Jessica Simpson Cook and Republican Janice Fields, received the overwhelming support of their respective political parties in Tuesday's primary election.

Fields and Simpson Cook now will be listed on the ballot in the November general election for the one three-year seat available this year on the ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - For Isabel Dutta and her classmates at Hillsborough High School, lock downs and active shooter drills were and continue to be routine, as they are across the nation.

The school shootings epidemic continues unabated, with mass shootings spreading to shopping malls, supermarkets, office buildings, hospitals, graduation parties, concerts and other settings.

Dutta, a ...