Playing without its head coach, the Franklin High School boys basketball earned a 77-63 win on the road over Hunterdon Central in Flemington on Thursday night.

Tony Mento, who missed his first game coaching in 22 due to an illness, stayed home and watched his boys on a livestream in angst. Assistant coach Calvin Lyles was in charge on the sidelines.

Hunterdon Central (8-11) led early and ...

PRINCETON, NJ - The Franklin High School boys basketball team made the trip to Mercer County on Monday afternoon to take on Princeton Day. The Warriors returned to Somerset with a 73-60 victory.

Cameron Snowden notched a double-double with 20 points and 17 rebounds. He knocked down two 3-pointers and made eight foul shots in the game.

Marksman Jake Novielli also netted 20 points -- 15 on ...

SOMERSET, NJ - Make it two in a row. 

For just the second time this season, the Franklin High School boys basketball team has won two consecutive games, defeating Warren Hills, 85-47,  on Saturday afternoon at home in Somerset.

The Warriors (8-8) took the game over in the second half, outscoring the Blue Streaks (5-8) in the third quarter, 30-17, and 21-11 in the fourth. Five ...

SOMERSET, NJ - The Franklin Food Bank announced that the Tour de Franklin Charity Bike Ride 2023 will be held on Sunday, April 30 at the Franklin High School in Somerset, NJ. 

Now in its 34th consecutive year, the Tour de Franklin is the Franklin Food Bank’s largest annual fundraising event and a spring tradition in Somerset, when avid cyclists and the community come together to ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Students and staff at Piscataway High School, and residents across the township are mourning the loss of classmate, Cassandra “Cassie” Feliciano, 17 who was tragically killed in a one-car crash Monday night.

Piscataway Schools Superintendent, Dr. Frank Ranelli pledged the district’s support for those needing assistance with the news of Cassie’s ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Mother Nature has delivered, with the first Bald Eagle egg of 2023 spotted in the nest at Duke Farms early Saturday morning, Jan. 21.

A pair of nesting American Bald Eagles returned to their nest atop an 80-foot Sycamore tree at Duke Farms earlier this year, poised to continue a ritual witnessed by millions' courtesy of a camera mounted on a nearby tree.

The ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ  – Steelworkers continue to shape a 76,600 square foot addition to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital/Somerset, which will house its new Orthopedic Center of Excellence.

The vertical expansion above the hospital's existing Orthopedics Pavilion and Emergency Department building will include 35 fully private patient rooms and a state-of-the-art rehab ...

MANVILLE, NJ - A truck struck the Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge across Main Street this morning, forcing the closure of Main Street between Kennedy Boulevard and Camplain Road.

Manville Police posted this advisory at 9:30 a.m.: "North Main Street will be closed at Brooks Blvd to West Camplain Road for a truck hitting the LVRR Bridge. Plan alternate route."

A second ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - School administrators and Somerville Police are assuring students at the Somerville Middle School and their parents that there is no inherent danger at the school, despite reports over the past two days of a planned student shooting.

Parents have reacted strongly on social media with many keeping their children at home.

Bryan P. Boyce, business administrator and school ...

SOMERSET, NJ - Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather issued a statement to the public earlier today, in anticipation of Memphis Police releasing video of Tyre Nichols' fatal arrest. 

Maeweather offered prayers for Nichols' parents, his family members and anyone affected by his death. She also commended Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis on her ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Police are investigating after a 22-year-old Franklin man walked into a city hospital to be treated for a suspected gunshot wound on Sunday, Jan. 22.

At about 3:30 a.m., New Brunswick Police officers responded to the hospital after a man treated for an injury that was described as “consistent with a bullet fragment striking his shoulder,” according to a ...

FREEHOLD, NJ – Latonya C. Johnson, 51 of Piscataway has been charged with a single count of Knowingly Providing an Electronic Communication Device to an Inmate, a second-degree offense for giving a cell phone to a prisoner.

Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago made the announcement on Thursday adding that Johnson, a guard at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution had been ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Two Somerville teens were arrested on weapons charges stemming from two incidents involving a pellet gun at the Bridgewater Commons Mall Jan. 4 and Jan. 14, according to a release from Bridgewater Township Police Chief John Mitzak.

Isaiah C. Smith, 19, was charged with two counts of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and two counts of unlawful possession ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Dana Brown seemed destined for baseball stardom after throwing a no-hitter against Manville in the title game of the 1985 Central Jersey Group 1 tournament.

The New Brunswick High School senior dominated baseball diamonds across Central Jersey that spring, finishing with a 12-1 overall that also included a no-hitter he threw his first start of his senior ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A 29-year-old woman is facing charges after she allegedly tried to use a false birth certificate in an attempt to enroll at New Brunswick High School.

Hyejeong Shin, a New Brunswick resident, has been charged with one count of providing a false government document with the intent to verify one’s identity or age a third-degree offense, according to a statement ...

TRENTON, NJ — A bill that would require telemarketers to identify themselves and what they're trying to sell in the first 30 seconds of the call has advanced in Trenton.

“New Jerseyans should know who they’re talking to on the phone and what’s being sold to them by telemarketers,” Sen. Jon Bramnick (R - District 21), one of the primary sponsors of the ...

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (NJHVIPs) received a big boost on Friday, in the form of $10 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds.

The programs launched three years ago using federal money with the mission of ending cycles of violence across the state by helping victims and their families.

“These innovative violence ...

TRENTON, NJ — During Tuesday's State of the State Address at the Assembly Chambers in Trenton, Gov. Phil Murphy said he's confident with the direction in which the state is going.

"We are stronger and we are fairer," Murphy said. "We are moving confidently in the right direction — forward."

Republicans aren't so sure.

"Despite the ...