BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Mayor Matthew Moench has released a proposed agreement that he has sent to the board of education to put a Bridgewater police officer in every school building for the 2022-2023 school year.

On Thursday, Moench submitted the agreement to the board of education to define terms of police involvement in school security for the upcoming year. The proposal places an ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Residents came before the Bridgewater Township Council Aug. 1 to make their feelings known about a potential energy company project that might drastically alter their quality of life.

The residents were mostly from the cul-de-sac at Park and Sebring avenues, located off Route 22, an area that PSE&G allegedly wants to make changes to by establishing a secondary driveway ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township officials adopted a resolution to combine five separate bond ordinances to finance part of the cost of improvements to be made in the municipality, up to a maximum of $21,930,000.

Bond counsel John Draikiwicz reminded the Bridgewater Township Council that it was last year that Anthony Inverso, a municipal financial advisor, appeared to discuss plans to ...

RARITAN, NJ - Residents of Alpine Way, a cul-de-sac in Raritan Borough, voiced their concerns over a road opening permit that requests a 20-foot-wide access way to the driveway of 43 Alpine Way, or lot 1902.

The access way would cross over a paper street, a “right of way” that appears on the borough’s tax map, essentially creating a driveway from Alpine Way to lot ...

RARITAN, NJ - A Raritan man was arrested for lewdness at the Nevius Street Bridge Aug. 4, and has since been charged in connection with sexual assaults in Bridgewater and Franklin.

Rogelio Calyeca Postrero, 38, was arrested Aug. 4 after a citizen reported to Raritan Borough Police that someone was masturbating in the area of the bridge.

During the course of the investigation of the act of ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Mayor Matthew Moench has released a proposed agreement that he has sent to the board of education to put a Bridgewater police officer in every school building for the 2022-2023 school year.

On Thursday, Moench submitted the agreement to the board of education to define terms of police involvement in school security for the upcoming year. The proposal places an ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township Police Department held its National Night Out celebration Aug. 2, with activities for kids, food cooked by police officers and a look at the police cars.

Hundreds came out to celebrate with the department.

RARITAN, NJ - The Raritan Borough Economic Development Committee held its Discovering Raritan event July 30 to celebrate local businesses.

Local vendors lined Somerset Street, and residents enjoyed different activities for kids, a bubble performance, food trucks and much more.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater resident Grant Po will make his off-Broadway debut in the special production of “Disney’s Camp Rock The Musical,” in a limited New York engagement Aug. 18 through Aug. 21.

“I wanted to perform in the ‘Camp Rock’ show because it’s my first off-Broadway show, and I’m excited to perform and collaborate with my ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Several Bridgewater-Raritan High School students submitted films to the 2022 All-American High School Film Festival, and have been announced as official selections for the festival.

According to Chris Black, film and video editing teacher at BRHS, two current students and one member of the class of 2022 have been accepted to the festival.

Senior Sophia Consalvo has her ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Summer Concert Series continues at Duke Island Park, with two more weeks of concerts on Sunday nights, inviting county residents to bring their lawn chairs and enjoy some good music and good food.

Still to perform are the Launch Band on Aug. 7 and Epic Soul Aug. 14.

The series has already welcomed AM Gold, Radio Nashville and Stan Zizka's DelSatins.

Concerts ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - One is a long-time tutor and one is fairly new, but for two local residents honored by the Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County at their annual gala in June, tutoring during the pandemic meant a switch to a virtual way of learning.

Maureen Wilson, of Raritan, and Allison Caulfield, of Bridgewater, were honored as tutor of the year and volunteer of the year, respectively, at ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater Township Council recently honored the late Debbie Manna, the first and only female chief in the history of the Martinsville Rescue Squad.

Manna died July 7 after courageously battling cancer.

Bridgewater Mayor Matthew Moench, who attended Manna’s wake in Watchung along with councilman Timothy Ring, read a proclamation in honor of Manna at the ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater resident, and World War II veteran, Marian Cole is preparing to be a centenarian.

Cole will celebrate her 100th birthday in early August.

According to her daughter, Karen Bradley, Cole took her Army General Classification Test in January 1943, despite not actually being qualified to do so.

“While her 21st birthday was in August, and women were not able ...

PARAMUS, NJ — Sen. Joseph Lagana has three main inspirations for wanting to keep New Jersey's children safe at school.

"I try to use my real-life experience and apply it to my job as a legislator," Lagana (D - District 38) told TAPinto. "And part of (that) is being a father and having three kids."

When he takes his daughters — who are headed into ...

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) are getting a big financial boost.

Gov. Phil Murphy and Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Monday the programs, which help and support victims of violence, will receive $10 million in federal American Recovery Plan (ARP) funds.

“The Paterson Healing Collective is pleased to ...

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's State Parole Board is teaming up with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care to help offenders struggling with substance use disorder, both before and after their release.

"We're confident that this is something that could be life-changing to a lot of people," State Parole Board Chairman Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. told TAPinto.