BERNARDSVILLE, NJ — The Bernardsville Borough Council on Monday night passed an ordinance to pay $11,000 of the total cost of renovations to the Kiwanis Little League Field.

The borough will divide the overall cost of $21,550 with the Somerset Hills Little League, which has contracted with Georgia Golf Construction Inc. of Woodbine for improvements to the complex.

The Somerset Hills ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ On a mild, seasonable Sept. 11 as it was 19 years ago, a crowd of residents, officials, Boy Scouts, family members and many first responders gathered briefly on Friday evening to pay homage to Bernards Township residents who lost their lives in the tragedy that unfolded on September 11, 2001.

The anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and ...

TRENTON, NJ — Sue Fulton read a recent tweet from a man who had arrived at his local Motor Vehicle Commission agency site and, in short time, walked away with his new license plates.

Even Fulton, the head of the much-maligned state department, had to admit that such words of praise are few and far between these days.

Amid a storm of complaints of long lines flooding social media ...

BERNARDSVILLE, NJ — The Bernardsville Borough Council on Monday night passed an ordinance to pay $11,000 of the total cost of renovations to the Kiwanis Little League Field.

The borough will divide the overall cost of $21,550 with the Somerset Hills Little League, which has contracted with Georgia Golf Construction Inc. of Woodbine for improvements to the complex.

The Somerset Hills ...

BERNARDSVILLE, NJ — Senior linebacker Luke Burns of Bernards High School has been named to USA TODAY Network’s 2020 Preseason All-New Jersey team.

Burns was credited with a school record 155 tackles as a junior for Bernards, which had an 8-2 record and reached the second round of the NJSIAA Group 2 playoffs. His tackle total unofficially ranked second in New Jersey in 2019.

The ...

BUFFALO, NY - Sheila Anderson, co-producer of Sunday's 11th annual Central Jersey Jazz Festival, was in Somerville last September for the.conclusion of the three-day tri-county event, introducing the acts, working the crowd and staying busy behind the scenes as she has done since 2009.

Thousands brought their chairs and blankets and set up in front of the stage on East Main Street, ...

BEDMINSTER, NJ — The Bedminster Township Recreation Committee is conducting a community interest survey to establish priorities for recreational facilities, parklands and programs for residents of all ages within Bedminster Township.

In a post on the township Facebook page, residents are invited to "invest a few minutes of your valuable time and give us the opportunity to better ...

Farmstead Arts Center, located in Basking Ridge, is offering virtual (online) art classes, taught by the Farmstead’s talented teaching artists. Classes will be held via Zoom. Students can take advantage of online painting classes, including watercolor, oil, pastels, colored pencils and drawing classes including figure, portrait and illustration and more.

The six week classes begin ...

BERNARDSVILLE, NJ — Bernards High School classrooms will remain closed with all instruction online until at least Sept. 21, and other schools in the Somerset Hills School District will continue to conduct all virtual classes through at least Sept. 14 as a result of two separate issues.

According to a letter Superintendent Gretchen Dempsey sent to the school community, the ...

SOMERSET HILLS AREA, NJ — Two students who are residents of Somerset Hills communities have been named semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Susan E. Lee, a Bedminster resident who is homeschooled, and Ava J. Escousse of Gladstone, who attends Gill-St. Bernard's, both have qualified as semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship ...

NEW JERSEY — For many New Jersey school districts, this week will mark the first day of class. 

While all have prepared — opting for in-person, remote or a hybrid of the two — new coronavirus cases are to be expected, state officials said Tuesday. 

“We have all the public health protocols and procedures in place to safeguard our children, our educators, ...

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — A lottery ticket worth more than $387,000 was sold at a service station in Basking Ridge.

Two tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $775,198 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Sunday, Sept. 13 drawing. One of those tickets was purchased from the Basking Ridge Exxon at 305 King George Road.

Each ticket is worth $387,599.

TRENTON, NJ — Marking the milestone of six months since the confirmation of the first coronavirus case in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy kicked off the holiday weekend by signing an Executive Order Friday to allow for the resumption of indoor dining, albeit at 25 percent capacity.

The order also allows for movie theaters and other indoor entertainment businesses to open, limited ...

As each New Jersey summer comes to a close, one sure thing that takes away the sting from saying goodbye to hot, sunshine-filled days is attending a San Gennaro Festival. This celebration, lasting 11 days in Manhattan and with smaller-scaled celebrations in our state, is a food-fest of Italian flavor. Peppers and sausage and zeppolis reign supreme with their tempting aromas in the ...

NEW JERSEY — It’s seven in the morning and Jimmy Greberis is in his element.

Between taking phone orders and watching over the sizzling grill, the owner of the Summit Diner prepares for the breakfast rush, a familiar routine in his decades in the diner business. But for the first Sunday in nearly half a year, he’s allowing customers back inside to sit at the vinyl stools ...

BEDMINSTER, NJ — After a court order had mandated that the township rezone land for additional affordable housing, Bedminster has made Pluckemin Village the focus of its obligations.

Township planner Frank Banisch said at the township's virtual Land Use meeting on Sept. 3 that Bedminster has "already done more than many of the other towns that have been involved in this ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ On a mild, seasonable Sept. 11 as it was 19 years ago, a crowd of residents, officials, Boy Scouts, family members and many first responders gathered briefly on Friday evening to pay homage to Bernards Township residents who lost their lives in the tragedy that unfolded on September 11, 2001.

The anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and ...

BASKING RIDGE, NJ - On Monday, August 24th, Confirmation students from the Somerset Hills Lutheran Church in Basking Ridge presented residents of Ridge Oak Senior Housing with homemade bookmarks to help raise their spirits during this time of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   

The 2020 Confirmation class had a portion of their instruction interrupted by social ...

A nurse at Atlantic Health System’s Overlook Medical Center is one of only two certified emergency nurses in the country, and the only one from New Jersey, to receive national recognition from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for board certification across the emergency nursing spectrum.

Jude Lark, BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, emergency services clinical ...

BEDMINSTER, NJ — The Somerset County Department of Health on Sunday reported a total of 4,934 cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the county, an increase of 11 cases overnight.

Bedminster had two new confirmed cases of the virus, for a total of 51. There were no new cases reported in Bernardsville.

The New Jersey Department of Health Sunday reported a total ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ In a year when health officials are urging people to receive seasonal flu shots early to avoid a heightened risk combined with COVID-19, the Bernards Township Health Department is offering four flu shot clinics in September.

The Bernards health department serves six member towns, Bernards, Bernardsville and Peapack-Gladstone in Somerset County, and Long Hill Township, ...

BERNARDSVILLE, NJ — Free Household Clean-up Day for private residences, multi-family dwellings apartment units and churches will be held only on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Bernardsville Compost Facility at 150 Pill Hill Road from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Residents will be allowed to dispose of one pick-up truck or van of material free of charge. Residents must provide proof of ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ On a mild, seasonable Sept. 11 as it was 19 years ago, a crowd of residents, officials, Boy Scouts, family members and many first responders gathered briefly on Friday evening to pay homage to Bernards Township residents who lost their lives in the tragedy that unfolded on September 11, 2001.

The anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and ...

BERNARDSVILLE, NJ — September is National Preparedness Month, and the Bernardsville Police Department is encouraging borough residents to assemble their own emergency kits.

The kit should include basic household items, police say. Following a disaster, people may find themselves without outside assistance for several days. Constructing and maintaining a kit stocked with needed ...

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ — Public expression of a viewpoint came at a cost for several Bernards Township residents in the last two weeks.

Bernards Township police reported two incidents of sign thefts from front lawns, and another case of vandalism that they believe was connected to a resident’s point of view on schools reopening.

On Aug. 25 at 8 a.m., a resident of Woodstone Road ...

BEDMINSTER, NJ — A Bedminster man was arrested last week for a failure to appear in court on a drug charge.

Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor announced the arrest of William Barkalow, 43, of Bedminster on Aug. 19.

Barkalow failed to appear in Somerset County Superior Court on a ...