SOMERSET, NJ - The Festival of Yalda was celebrated Saturday night at the Rutgers Preparatory School in Somerset. The Iranian community celebrated, “Yalda,” a Syriac word which means birth was incorporated into the Persian language. A celebration of the Winter Solstice according to the solar calendar which this year falls on Friday, Dec. 20, considered the shortest day of the ...

We are proud to offer 4 new varieties and 1 returning favorite. Trees are being sold as bare root stock and include a deer guard for each. All proceeds are used to plant trees in the Township’s parks, public lands and rights-of-way.

A description and photo of each tree, along with printable planting instructions are available below.

The following 7 conditions ...

SOMERSET, NJ - If you didn't get a chance to get your bags of leaves to the curb by the township's original deadline, now is your chance. 

Leaf bag pickups have been extended to the week of Dec. 10, according to a township announcement. 

Residents should place the leaf bags at the curb before 7:00 AM on Monday.

Original announcement:

Falling ...

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SOMERSET, NJ - Coworking spaces are taking off all over the country. In today’s modern, mobile workforce, remote access comes as a standard for many positions. The concept is simple: why tie yourself down to one office space when employees ...

SOMERSET, NJ - On Friday evening, December 14th Santa will be visiting the neighborhoods off of JFK Boulevard and DeMott Lane. Santa will be leaving the firehouse at 5:30 PM and proceeding first to Stratford Place and London Place, then across DeMott Lane to Ellison Road. Santa then heads north on DeMott Lane and then travels down New Brunswick Road and JFK Boulevard to Webster Road, Landry Road, ...

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Kevin McHugh and Richard Valenti of Valairco Heating and Cooling recently presented a check for $250 to Jerusha Oleksiuk of Moms Helping Moms Foundation as part of their Valairco Cares program.

Valairco launched the "Valairco Cares" campaign this past spring and is committed to donate to four different charities or nonprofits throughout ...

During this Season of Giving, the Franklin Woman’s Club has been busy spreading holiday cheer beginning with Service Night 2018 held recently during which members worked on projects to help those in need in the US and abroad. Members created special blankets for the homeless, wrote greeting cards to overseas military, filled holiday food baskets, packaged holiday tray favors for residents ...

SOMERSET, NJ - Santa Claus is coming to town thanks to Franklin’s Bravest.   

So if you have been nice this year read on to find out where you can see the big man from the North Pole. 

Somerset Fire & Rescue will kick things off with its annual Santa tour, TAP here for details. 

The Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring “Santa in ...

SOMERSET, NJ - Last Friday, Dec. 7, was a chilly evening at the Franklin Township’s Municipal Complex with temperatures dipping below the freezing. This did not stop the cheerful crowds gathered in anticipation of the big moment. The Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony joyfully welcomes the beginning of the holiday season.

Children along with their parents, came together around the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - He was always called "Joker," short for Canine 832 Joker's Wild, and for five years, this bloodhound assisted police in Middlesex County on countless missing persons and other investigations.

In 2015, after a young woman was violently assaulted and left for dead, Joker found a track and led law enforcement officers to a residence, and ultimately led to ...

WATCHUNG, NJ - Police are seeking help from the public locating a township woman missing since Dec. 6.

A missing person investigation is underway into the disappearance of Helen Kim, 47 of Route 22 West, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor, and Watchung Borough Chief of Police Joseph Cina.

Kim walked away from her residence ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ - One of the holiday season's most popular family events -- the 41st Annual Festival of Trees at the Environmental Education Center in Basking Ridge -- will be open daily for public tours through most of December.

The Somerset County Park Commission's EEC each year presents the non-denominational display of holiday trees, designed and ...

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ -In the spring of 2019 freeholder meetings will start to be streamed online according to local resident, Freeholder Deputy Director Brian D. Levine.

According to a release, Somerset County will continue developing videos about county services and amenities in 2019, including livestreaming public meetings.

“Because of the popularity of video and the fact ...

PATERSON, NJ- New Jersey’s growing medical marijuana industry is set to plant roots in Paterson in the new year.

According to a statement released by the New Jersey Department of Health, Green Thumb Industries Inc. (GTI), a national cannabis consumer packaged goods company, has been selected as one of only six businesses selected to apply for permits to open new medical marijuana ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - A breakdown on Ryders Lane caused a problem for an east Brunswick Police Department officer when a father and son got into a tussle following the report of a disabled vehicle. 

On December 10, 2018 at approximately 12am, Ptl. Luke Guinee was dispatched to the area of Ryders Lane near Sullivan Way for a report of a disabled motor vehicle, says a report issued by ...