Somerset County News

BOUND BROOK, NJ – A mother, father and their son, all borough residents, have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an Old Bridge man Jan. 9 at their home on Farm Lane.

Ryan D. Keogh, 28, was arrested by investigators without incident Thursday morning at a residence on Madison Avenue in Manchester in Ocean County and has been charged with 1st degree Murder, 2nd degree ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The Somerset County Employers Legislative Committee will host Somerset County Freeholder Director Brian Levine at a Feb. 22 luncheon at Verve Bistro, Bar, & Lounge, 18 East Main St., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Freeholder Director will discuss his priorities in support of the Somerset County business community in 2019 and beyond.

 Levine is ex officio to ...

WARREN, NJ - The Warrenbrook Senior Center and the following senior centers operated by the Somerset County Office on Aging and Disability Services will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 12 due to inclement weather: Hillsborough, Montgomery, Quail Brook, and the Senior Wellness Centers in Bernards and Bridgewater.
 
There will be no Meals on Wheels deliveries on ...

BASKING RIDGE, NJ—Local teens have organized a Dance-A-Thon on February 22, 2019 at St. Mark’s Church in Basking Ridge to raise money and awareness of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Chiari malformation, with proceeds going to the family of Krissy and Zach Klein of Colorado, whose four children age 8 to age 12 all suffer from this rare condition. The family is being denied medical ...

GREEN BROOK, NJ - The Green Brook Land Use Board will hear a developer's application on Monday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at the municipal office to build 202 units of rental apartments on the corner of US Route 22 west and Warrenville Road.  The project includes 30 affordable rental units in four separate buildings on the 14.38-acre site.

The notice ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano will remove his badge at the end of this year, retiring after a 50-year law enforcement career that began in Bridgewater as a rookie cop in 1968.

He immediately endorsed North Plainfied Police Chief William Parenti to replace him after Parenti announced Tuesday he would seek the nomination for sheriff from the Somerset County Republican ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ –Somerset County nonprofit and community organizations are eligible to enter the annual TD Bank Ballpark drawing for a chance to win tickets to a home game and seating in the ballpark’s 30-seat community box.

The deadline to submit entry forms is Friday, Feb. 15, according to Somerset County Freeholder Director Brian D. Levin.

To be eligible, applicants should be ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Police arrested a 31-year-old township man earlier this week after they say the suspect followed a girl home while walking her dog, and harassed her once she was inside the house.

The girl, who had locked herself in the house, called 911 after she saw the suspect pacing in front of her home.

She also told police that the suspect repeatedly rang her front doorbell and ...

RARITAN, NJ - Raritan resident Ronald Rebernik, 62, was sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison following a negotiated plea agreement in a vehicular homicide in July that killed a 1-year-old boy on Anderson Street.

Rebernik was sentenced Thursday for committing first degree vehicular homicide and second degree assault by auto, all of which happened within 1,000 feet of St. Ann's ...

WATCHUNG, NJ - Watchung Borough Schools Interim Superintendent Stephanie Bilenker presented a PARCC assessment comparison study at the last meeting of the Watchung Board of Education.

The presentation stemmed from parent requests when the scores were presented last fall to see comparison data from the other Watchung Hills Regional High School sending districts as well as other similar ...