Somerset County News

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ - Late Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Detective James Yeager is finally having his name engraved on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, in Washington D.C., with a ceremony set for May 19 as part of National Police Week.

It has been 22 years since the detective died during an on-duty motor vehicle accident July 10, 2000.

Yeager, according to a release, ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ – Borough police officer Vito Spadea slowed his bicycle and stopped along East Main Street mid-afternoon Monday to greet his wife, two daughters and other supporters as several hundred police officers from New Jersey towns passed through the borough on their way to Washington, DC where they will join with police from across the country to honor their brothers ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Department of Health on Wednesday reported 89 new cases of COVID-19 overnight, bringing the county's total to 56,600 since the first cases were reported in March 2020; there have been 852 deaths since March 8, 2020.

As of Wednesday, April 13, Bernards Township has had 3,871 confirmed COVID-19 cases since ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - A Hillsborough resident is in the hospital after an unexpected life-threatening brain bleed, and a GoFundMe page has been set up to help with medical expenses and financial needs of her 16-year-old daughter.

Yael Shvetz, a single mother of four, was taken to the hospital, to intensive care late last week after emergency surgery for the condition, and her prognosis is ...

WARREN, NJ — After more than a year of hearings, the Warren Township Board of Adjustment heard final testimony on Monday on the Maddy Realty LLC application to build a hotel on the grounds of the Stone House Restaurant. The board will vote on the application at its next meeting on May 2. The vote was postponed after the board offered the option and the applicant accepted, since the entire ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - An April 11 webinar hosted by the Downtown Somerville Alliance and the NJ Business Action Center will examine the impact on businesses expected when New Jersey's ban on plastic bags in the retail marketplace goes into effect May 4.

Grocery stores, food service businesses, and other retail stores in New Jersey will be prohibited from providing or selling customers ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - United Reformed Church, The Church on Main, is hosting the Central Jersey #Walk4Ukraine to raise funds to support Ukrainian refugees.

The Central Jersey #Walk4Ukraine will take place on Friday, April 22 at 12:30 p.m. The walk will start and end at United Reformed Church, 100 W. Main St. and will include walking the town’s Main Street to show support and solidarity ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ – The Somerset County Department of Health is informing public schools of a statewide emergency recall of Guida’s milk and is asking for all products to be removed from the school’s cafeteria and distribution suspended.

According to the New Jersey Department of Health, approximately 25 children have been hospitalized due to the presence of a peroxyacetic ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - Law enforcement officers in Somerset and Hunterdon counties are working together with the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the national U Drive, U Text, U Pay initiative, according to a release.

The program will run from April 1 through April 30, and law enforcement officers from both counties will work together to ...

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ - Primary Elections are June 7, and the League of Women Voters of Somerset and Hunterdon Counties is reminding residents to be registered and ready.

According to a release, anyone who is a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age as of June 7, lived in Somerset County for at least 30 days prior to June 7 and is currently not serving a sentence of incarceration can register to ...