SOMERVILLE, NJ - A borough resident crossing East Main Street near the intersection of Loeser Avenue was struck by a car and later died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick Saturday night.

The victim, 62-year-old Charles Evans II of Fairview Avenue, was hit by a car driven by 46-year-old South Bound Brook resident Todd Sarboukh, according to Somerville Police Traffic ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ  - The Township Police Department has been awarded New Jersey State Accreditation by the New Jersey State Chiefs of Police for the 3rd time in as many cycles, according to Police Chief Darren Powell.

Harry Delgado, Accreditation Program Manager for the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police presented the re-accreditation certificate to the Township at the ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - A drug sweep in Somerset and Middlesex counties netted a quantity of heroin, cocaine and other drugs, resulting in 18 arrests, including two residents of Hillsborough, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

The investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately 370 grams of raw heroin, 2 pounds of marijuana, approximately 1,300 bags of heroin, ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ – The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office has been approved for reaccreditation by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police.

The three-year accreditation renewal certificate was presented at the June 13 freeholders meeting by Harry Delgado, NJSACOP accreditation program manager.

Mr. Delgado made the presentation to Sheriff Frank Provenzano; ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ – Author Jim Wiater came up with the story by chance. He was multi-tasking – driving the car and entertaining his young daughters, Nikki and Kaci with a story that he made up as he drove.  

Over the years, he expanded and refined the story line, sat down, and began to write. Finally, last year, he self-published “The Adventures of Solo, The Big ...

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Joseph Keleman’s gofundme campaign is trending because in the past four days, 54 people have raised $4,290 of the $50K goal for the Piscataway resident who was critically injured after his home exploded early Sunday morning, June 11. 

"The force of the blast completely leveled the home which was fully engulfed in flames by the time fire fighters arrived ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The mayor of Summit sent a hand-written letter to Somerville Mayor Brian Gallagher thanking the borough, its police force and residents for helping her town work its way through the emotional roller coaster that accompanied the unexpected death of Summit police officer Matthew Tarentino, who grew up and lived in Somerville.

Tarentino, 29, was killed in a three-car accident on ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ  - There were no injuries, but there were traffic delays during rush hour Monday morning after a collision between a BMW and box truck, which knocked the truck on its side, spilling between 10-20 gallons of broadleaf weed control on to the roadway.

The chemical spill required a response from the Somerset County Hazmat Team, which cleaned up the liquid.

The crash ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Thomas E. Stout, Hillsborough’s newest and youngest police officer, says he can remember wanting to be like his dad as young as three or four.

“My dad would come home in his uniform, I’d hear the stories about helping out people, I just knew from a young age that it was something I wanted to do, it was really the only thing I knew. As I grew ...

SOMERVILLE, N.J. - A Bound Brook man charged with attempted murder shot the victim on two separate occasions during the same week, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson.

Isaiah Wilson, 25, of  Fisher Avenue, Bound Brook is charged with 1st degree, attempted murder and 2nd degree, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.

Robertson provided the ...