4-H Fair Wows, 7-Eleven Hearings to Continue Top Bridgewater News

Forecast Calls for 100 Percent Chance of Fun at The Fair

For an event that celebrates the beauty and design of nature, the Somerset County 4-H Fair is totally at the mercy of the occasionally cruel whims of nature.

But that was not enough to dampen the spirits of Joe Bakes, president of the Somerset County 4-H Association, who said attendance at the fair on Wednesday was “fantastic.

7-Eleven Proposal in Finderne Will Be Decided in October

The Zoning Board of Adjustment will not decide until October the fate of a plan to build a 7-Eleven at one of the township’s busiest intersections.

Westfield Man Killed by Train East of Bridgewater Station

A Westfield man has been identified as the trespasser who was struck and killed early Monday afternoon by a NJ Transit train.

David Hurling, 26, of Sterling Place in Westfield was killed about 1 p.m. in Bound Brook, east of the Bridgewater station, reports NJ.com.

Council Delays Vote on Switching 911 Dispatch

Armed with fresh questions and faced with emotional opposition from police officers, volunteer firefighters and rescue squad members, the Township Council decided on Monday night to delay for two weeks a vote on whether to transfer 911 dispatch functions to Somerset County.

Police Department Gets Grants for Vehicles, DWI Patrols

The Bridgewater Police Department has received two state grants to boost public safety and purchase new equipment.

The department has received a $151,000 grant to buy two patrol cars and a four-wheel drive vehicle, Township Administrator James Naples said at Monday’s council meeting.

JCC Program Teaching Youths the Roots of Maturity

Steve Albanese, a Christian, is spending his summer at the Jewish Community Center learning how to be a mensch.

In the popular understanding of the Yiddish word, mensch generally means a “good person.” But the word has a deeper meaning; a mensch is also an individual of integrity.

And that’s what Steve and more than a dozen other youths who will be entering eighth or ninth grade in the fall are learning this summer.