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Historic 50-Mile Tour of Somerville Returns on Memorial Day
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Campaign Aims to 'Buy a Veteran a Burger' for Memorial Day Picnic
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Car Drives Into Route 22 7-11 in North Plainfield
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Somerset County Search Teams Find Body of Man Reported Missing in Maine
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Rise Against Hate Files Lawsuit Against Bridgewater Township, Alleging OPRA ...
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North Plainfield Homicide Under Investigation, Prosecutor Says
By RON CZAJKOWSKI
May 17, 2022SOMERVILLE, NJ – When hometown hero Furman Kugler crossed the finish line in 1940 ahead of Johnny Webber of Milwaukee to win the first Tour of Somerville bicycle race before a crowd of 20,000, Mayor Freas Hess told a reporter, “Maybe we should do this again next year.”
They did, and with the exception of World War II and a two-year pandemic hiatus, America’s oldest ...
BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ — There’s a jar sitting on a counter at John's Meat Market at 389 Park Ave. in Scotch Plains with a sign, “Buy a Veteran a Burger! For Previously Homeless Veterans.” The sign raises a lot of questions: What Veterans? Why a burger? How will they get their burgers?
The answers to those questions and more arrived via email this ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — Traffic is slow in the area of 7-11 on Route 22 east after a car ran into the front of the store. First responders are on the scene at 3:30 pm on Thursday afternoon.
No further information is known at this time.
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — A 34-year-old resident of Maine, reported missing by his family on April 18, was found dead Thursday morning by a search team in the Sourland Mountain Preserve.
Parker Veitch, a resident of Lovell, ME, was described by family as an avid hiker.
Police followed up on a call received about an abandoned car in the parking lot of the preserve off East Mountain Road ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Rise Against Hate, a non-profit organization working to raise awareness about racism and civil rights, has filed a second lawsuit against Bridgewater Township and clerk Linda Doyle in her capacity as official records custodian for the township, alleging a violation of OPRA regarding a request for information about the police department.
According to the suit filed in ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — A homicide investigation is being conducted in North Plainfield following the shooting death of a North Plainfield man, acting Somerset County Prosecutor Thomas Chirichella, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and North Plainfield Chief of Police William G. Parenti announced Thursday.
Detectives are attempting to ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — First- and second-generation immigrants protested 14-year-old Z’Kye Husain's arrest despite freezing temperatures Saturday.
The protestors said Husain received disparate punishment by two Bridgewater police officers because he is Black and assumed to be the culprit in a fight between him and a light-skinned teen at the Bridgewater Commons Mall Feb. 12.
In ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — More than 100 people and over 20 organizations and faith groups from around New Jersey gathered outside the Bridgewater Police Department Saturday to demand justice for 14-year-old Z’Kye Husain.
Husain was aggressively arrested during a fight while a white teenager involved remained unrestrained.
Husain’s aunt, Enrie Simms, said the incident started ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The family of the Black eighth grade boy who was handcuffed by Bridgewater Police following a fight in the Bridgewater Commons Mall Saturday has retained national Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump to represent them, according to a release from the attorney's office.
Crump has represented the families of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, among many ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Both young boys involved in a fight at the Bridgewater Commons Mall over the weekend have been banned from the property as an investigation continues after video of the fight showed police officers handcuffing the Black male involved, but not the white male.
Bridgewater Commons Senior General Manager Troy Fischer said both boys involved in the fight were immediately ...