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Late Somerset County Detective to Have Name Engraved on National Law ...
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Long Blue Line of New Jersey Police Cyclists Tour Through Somerset County
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Watchung Man Admits to Conspiring to Distribute 18 Kilograms of Heroin
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UPDATE: Public Responds to Police Sketch of Hillsborough Intruder
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Somerset County Search Teams Find Body of Man Reported Missing in Maine
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Junior Women's Club of Somerset Hills Hold 'Trees Are Terrific' Poster Contest
By AUDREY BLUMBERG
May 14, 2022SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ - Late Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Detective James Yeager is finally having his name engraved on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, in Washington D.C., with a ceremony set for May 19 as part of National Police Week.
It has been 22 years since the detective died during an on-duty motor vehicle accident July 10, 2000.
Yeager, according to a release, ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Borough police officer Vito Spadea slowed his bicycle and stopped along East Main Street mid-afternoon Monday to greet his wife, two daughters and other supporters as several hundred police officers from New Jersey towns passed through the borough on their way to Washington, DC where they will join with police from across the country to honor their brothers ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Watchung man Wednesday admitted his role in a drug trafficking network that was responsible for the importation of large quantities of heroin into New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
William T. Bouza, 45, of Watchung, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to an information charging him with ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – A composite sketch of a suspect wanted in connection with an April 13 home invasion that led to the suspect groping a woman while she was taking a shower has led to several tips as to the identity of the suspect, according to Frank Roman, deputy chief of the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Detective Division.
Roman said detectives are pursuing all of the ...
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 Tuesday ...
BERNARDS TWP., The Junior Women's club of Somerset Hill is sponsoring an Arbor Day poster contest about, what else, trees. The theme this year is "Trees are Terrific." One of the reasons "Trees are Terrific" is that by strategically planting trees, a household can save up to 25 percent on its energy bills.
The Junior Women's Club of Somerset ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Somerset County is celebrating National County Government Month in April at the Bridgewater Library from April 18 to 25 with a special exhibit that displays free literature describing the broad array of programs and services the county offers.
Residents will also have the opportunity to “Meet and Greet” County Clerk Steve Peter, and Somerset County ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Members of the Rotary Club of Hillsborough and Operation Shoebox New Jersey staff were joined by volunteers Saturday to assemble care packages containing personal care items, toiletries, snacks and food items at the Hillsborough YMCA.
The packages will be shipped to members of the US military stateside and those deployed overseas.
The care packages also contained ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - A new coach has been hired at Bridgewater-Raritan High School to run the football program for the 2022 season.
Richard Mantz was officially appointed at the April 5 board of education meeting as the new coach of the Panthers. Mantz himself was not in attendance at the meeting, which was held in the BRHS media center.
"He brings decades of experience and success," ...
EMPORIA, KANSAS – A career teacher at Hillsborough High School in New Jersey was surprised Wednesday afternoon at what was expected to be a Debate Club meeting after school.
Robert Fenster learned that he has been selected as one of only five career teachers to be inducted into The National Teachers Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2022, the 30th induction class for the ...
