BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Parents and guardians in the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District are being asked to take part in surveys through the strategic planning.

According to a letter from the district, they are developing and implementing a consistent, thorough, data-driven, multi-year process for analyzing current programs for relevancy and alignment to updated standards, as per the ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Fifth grade students in Terry Tunkel and Joy Dorman's class at Hillside Intermediate School learned about organisms, their environment and how energy moves through an ecosystem, and shared what they learned through letters and posters.

The students completed investigations in their outdoor classroom, and worked to determine what plants really need most for growth, namely ...

Editor's Note: Article has been updated to include comments from fourth candidate Stephanie Black.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The two incumbents for Bridgewater-Raritan Regional Board of Education saw a secure margin to earn new terms in Tuesday’s elections, but the ballots are still out on who will fill the final seat as the county counts thousands of mail-in ballots that were submitted this ...

Editor's Note: All mail-in ballots for Raritan have been counted, and the results of the election remain unchanged. Bray received 1,389 votes, Melitsky received 1,306 votes, Foohey received 1,249 votes and Ifan received 1,185 votes.

RARITAN, NJ - Despite delays in counting mail-in votes because of the volume of ballots submitted to the county, Republican incumbent Zachary Bray and his ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater residents have voted yes to a referendum question regarding using open space funds for the purchase of historic properties and capital expenditures.

The question asked to use up to 25 percent of existing money from the Open Space Trust Fund to pay for the purchase of historic properties, as well as capital expenditures for repairs of properties that are ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater Township Council recently discussed housing rehabilitation concerns in the municipality, particularly changes made without following proper procedure with the Housing Advisory Board.

Members of the council said they wanted to look into irregularities in both bids and contractor information.

Township administrator James Naples said that ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township held a special ceremony Nov. 1 to commemorate the promotions of Lt. Michael Maxwell, Sgt. Robert Stasiulaitis and Officer Kevin Lamey.   

Maxwell was promoted to captain, Stasiulaitis was promoted to lieutenant and Lamey was promoted to sergeant. 

Maxwell graduated from La Salle University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.  ...

BORDENTOWN, NJ - The Bridgewater-Raritan field hockey team ended its season the same way its last eight predecessors have – with a loss to Eastern Regional in the state final.

Eastern, which has dominated the sport in New Jersey for the last decade, defeated the Panthers, 11-0, in the Group 4 championship game on Saturday. Bridgewater-Raritan has been the sectional Group 4 champion for ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan girls soccer team won its first sectional title in five years by outlasting Watchung Hills in penalty kicks in the Section 2, Group 4 championship game Friday afternoon.

The two teams played to a scoreless tie through 100 minutes – two halves and two 10-minute overtime sessions – before resorting to the shootout to determine who ...

BOONTON, NJ - Bridgewater-Raritan used a four-goal second half to come back and defeat the Colonials by a 4-2 score in the semifinals. With the win, they will face off against Eastern in the finals. The loss ends the Colonials successful season.

For Morristown, familiar faces contributed goals as Olivia Graham and Indira Summerville scored in this one. Graham added an assist as well, giving ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - With a plan to return before the planning board one more time in November to hopefully finish up the application, representatives from the Center of Excellence came before the board Oct. 22 to address concerns about a potential school bus stop, changes to the final residential building and more.

In early 2016, the township council approved an ordinance, on recommendation of ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township and the Somerset County Library System held a celebration in honor of the holiday of Diwali Nov. 3 at the Bridgewater Township Library.

Diwali is the greatest Hindu festival celebrated all over India and abroad, and is considered the festival of light.

The 5th Annual Township Diwali Celebration featured a puppet show, crafts, dances by the Bhaarat ...

NORTH BRANCH, NJ - Service Unit 66 and 74 of Bridgewater hosted the annual Leader/Daughter event at the GSHNJ Council in North Branch. 

During the event, leaders and girls gathered to make greeting cards for veterans, seniors centers and hospitals, sang girl scout songs led by special guest Lori Coleman and had a birthday cake decorating contest. Food donations were collected and given to ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township held its annual Halloween event Tuesday, complete with costumes, music, dancing and lots of candy.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - All the mail-in votes have been counted for Bridgewater, and board of education candidate Ashish Joshi has been declared the winner of the third open seat.

Incumbents Jacqueline Barlow and Melanie Thiesse easily sailed to victory in the elections with a final tally of 7,833 votes and 7,947 votes, respectively, once all ballots had been counted as of Tuesday ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - As the county continues to tabulate mail-in ballots, the final results of the board of education elections are not expected until Tuesday, according to Bridgewater Township.

Incumbents Jacqueline Barlow and Melanie Thiesse were running alongside newcomers Stephanie Black and Ashish Joshi for three seats on the board of education. Once the unofficial results, minus the mail-in ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Incumbents Jacqueline Barlow and Melanie Thiesse won two of the three open spots on the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional Board Education, representing Bridgewater, in Tuesday's elections, according to unofficial results, but the third seat may still be up for grabs.

Newcomers Stephanie Black and Ashish Joshi were separated by only 4 votes, according to the unofficial results ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater United Soccer Club's 2018 U15 Cheetahs held its annual clean up at the Torpey Field Complex, in Bridgewater, Oct. 23.

In the first photo are (L-R) Katrina Yates, Jessica Giovanni, Alex Gerrard, Sydney Ehret, Natalie Gaunt, Olivia Emma, Bridget Sweet, Taylor Anthony, Juliet Rutigliano, Lena Reilly and Natalie Thiry. In the second are ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township and the Somerset County Library System held a celebration in honor of the holiday of Diwali Nov. 3 at the Bridgewater Township Library.

Diwali is the greatest Hindu festival celebrated all over India and abroad, and is considered the festival of light.

The 5th Annual Township Diwali Celebration featured a puppet show, crafts, dances by the Bhaarat ...