BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater-Raritan regional school district’s 2021-2022 self-assessment for Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) has been released.

The report, which superintendent Robert Beers explained must be given annually, was delivered by counseling supervisor and anti-bullying coordinator Alan Iachini at the Nov. 16 meeting.

Iachini said the assessment is usually ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater-Raritan board of education recently honored some six dozen educators in the school district.

The honorees were announced by superintendent Robert Beers, who said it was his great pleasure to recognize them. The Nov. 16 meeting was the first one in which awards were distributed in-person at a school board meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Public participants at Bridgewater-Raritan board of education meetings will now have an extra two minutes each to speak.

The board voted Nov. 16 to extend the time limit for public speakers from three minutes apiece back to five minutes, for both of the public participant sessions that take place at meetings.

The vote to amend policy 0167 (public participation in board ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Community grants, accounting and financial services, snow removal and plenary licenses were all part of a set of resolutions approved by the Bridgewater Township Council in November.

The 10 resolutions all passed by a 4-0 vote of the council that evening, save for one.

The council first authorized a change order to an existing contract that had been awarded to Community ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – A temporary cellular tower will be constructed on Milltown Road in Bridgewater, while fees and other costs for excavations will be updated.

Changes to the town code regarding quarries, however, will have to wait.

The Bridgewater Township council introduced two ordinances at its Nov. 8 meeting, its first public gathering in over a month, while another was removed from ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Changes have been proposed to the intersection of Chimney Rock Road and Union Avenue in Bridgewater, and are expected to bear fruit sometime next year.

According to the press department of the state's Department of Transportation, the Chimney Rock-Union intersection is under DOT jurisdiction, as Union Avenue is also Route 28, a state road. The DOT is currently ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- The Bridgewater-Raritan girls' and boys' swim teams both posted convincing victories over Ridge on Thursday.

The Bridgewater-Raritan girls defeated Ridge, 116-54. The 200-medley relay team of Grace Zhou, Isabella Panico, Emily Szopa and Rylie Foley combined for a winning time of 2:06.17. In the 200-meter freestyle relay, Julia Senzon, Rylie Foley, Lea Carranza and ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- The Bridgewater-Raritan ice hockey season will get underway with the opening game Dec. 3 against Ridge at Protec Ponds in Somerset.

The Panthers, under the direction of first-year head coach Vincent Arnone, are hoping for a season with more successes and fewer unscheduled hiatuses than they experienced last winter.

Not only did Bridgewater-Raritan not win a game ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater-Raritan High School varsity soccer alums Allison Lynch and Allison Lowrey are heading to the NCAA Final Four competition, representing Rutgers University in Santa Clara, California, next weekend.

Lynch and Lowrey were members of the 2019 girls varsity soccer team that made it to the state finals and won the state sectional for BRHS.

Now, they have won the ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater Township Planning Board has recommended the adoption of an ordinance change to allow for a medical use in the current Crate & Barrel building at the Village at Commons.

The Bridgewater Township Council had previously introduced the change to the regional center zone at the Bridgewater Commons Mall, which would allow medical uses to be permitted in the ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Ryujin Sushi celebrated its grand opening in Bridgewater with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, November 12.

Bridgewater Mayor Matthew Moench along with Daniel Fahrer, Somerset County Business Partnership Director of Business Services, welcomed restaurant owners Julie Wahyudi, of New Providence, and Jin Lin along with family, friends and a large crowd of ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater-Raritan High School graduate Anna Di Marco has taken her talents from All Star cheerleading locally to the San Antonio Spurs.

Di Marco is the entertainment coordinator for the Spurs Hype Squad, and has been with the organization since its inception four years ago.

She was recently featured in “San Antonio Magazine,” as the woman behind the Hype ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - MOMI, the Museum of Imagination + Innovation, in partnership with the Bridgewater Commons Mall, held Unboxed: Adventures in Cardboard Nov. 28, celebrating family-friendly STEAM activities.

Families were invited to stop in to the Community Hub in the mall for an event to spark imagination and creativity while building a fort using cardboard and other materials.

MOMI has a ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Ryujin Sushi celebrated its grand opening in Bridgewater with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, November 12.

Bridgewater Mayor Matthew Moench along with Daniel Fahrer, Somerset County Business Partnership Director of Business Services, welcomed restaurant owners Julie Wahyudi, of New Providence, and Jin Lin along with family, friends and a large crowd of ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater-Raritan High School teacher, cross country/track and field coach and marathon runner Rich Marton passed away earlier this month – and a number of his former students are organizing a marathon in his honor to give him an even 50.

Marton taught science at the high school for 42 years, and coached for more than 50 years, as well as being an avid runner himself, ...

MANVILLE, NJ - ELLE Foundation, in Bridgewater, is the recipient of a $500 donation from the Valairco Cares program. 

Kevin McHugh, Owner of Valairco Heating and Cooling, and company's founder Richard Valenti recently presented a check to Laurie and Dean Richmond at Valairco headquarters in Manville. 

Valairco Heating and Cooling started the ...