Parkland Expansion, Solar Farm Hearings Set Top Local News

Somerset to Add 10 Acres to Washington Valley Park

Somerset County will add 10 acres to Washington Valley Park in Bridgewater with a purchase of a lot at the top of the First Watchung Ridge.

The county freeholders voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase the 9.95-acre property at 799 Miller Lane, near the park’s Hawk Watch area, for $525,000.

Hearings on Controversial Solar Farm to Begin in September

Hearings on a controversial plan to build a solar farm on Bridgewater’s northern border will begin in September.

Police Continuing to Investigate Vandalism Over July 4th Weekend

Police are continuing to investigate a vandalism spree in the neighborhood of Van Holten and Country Club roads over the Fourth of July weekend. 

More than a dozen mailboxes and street signs were damaged Friday night.

Community Comes to Aid of Police Dispatcher Battling Illness

The community has come to the aid of someone who has always come to the aid of the community.     

More than $16,000 has been raised so far to help Evan Holtz, a Bridgewater 911 dispatcher who is also a volunteer with the Country Hills Fire Department and the Branchburg Rescue Squad. Holtz was diagnosed earlier this year with a brain tumor.

Court Upholds Finderne Man's Conviction, Sentence for Mugging

A state appellate court has rejected a Finderne man’s appeal of his conviction of mugging a woman in Somerville and the eight-year prison sentence he received.

'First Class' Support: Seniors Collecting School Supplies

The Bridgewater Senior Citizens Center is going back to school this summer.         The seniors are supporting the annual “Project First Class” school supplies collection, an initiative of the Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women.