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• Editor wrote a new blog post: Groundskeeper critical after shooting at Bedminster country club   9 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  The 37-year-old Plainfield man arrived just after 5 a.m. Monday to his job at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club, only to be left moments later with two gunshot wounds to his upper body, authorities said. About 90 minutes later, investigators learned that the man who allegedly shot him had taken his own life near a public park in [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: Matheny center receives $300,000 grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation   9 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  Matheny Medical and Educational Center has received a $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its New Jersey Health Initiatives program to develop, implement and test a model for improving the quality of transitional care for persons with chronic health issues and medical complexities associated with developmental disabilities. Matheny’s partners in the project are Morristown [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: National Night Out slated for tonight in Somerset County towns   9 months, 3 weeks ago · View

  Bernards, Raritan Borough and South Bound Brook are among the Central Jersey communities that will host National Night Out events tonight, giving residents a chance to interact with local public safety officials. National Night Out in Bernards, which takes place 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, will be sponsored by Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 357, the Bernards Township [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: Lt. Gov. touts school aid in visit to Somerset Hills district, promotes job development   9 months, 3 weeks ago · View

  Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno met Friday with officials from the Somerset Hills Regional School District, which will receive an increase of $680,000 in state aid for the coming school year. The visit to the district was meant to highlight Gov. Chris Christie’s commitment to education in the fiscal year 2012 state budget, according to a news release [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: Country music concert in Bedminster to help homeless children   9 months, 3 weeks ago · View

  Homeless children will be the beneficiaries when country music comes to Central Jersey for a concert at the Pluckemin Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall on Friday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. A Country Concert for Kids will benefit Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children in Bridgewater and Hunterdon Youth Services in Flemington. Both nonprofit agencies provide a temporary [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: Old Bedminster municipal building to be demolished   10 months ago · View

  The old municipal building on Hillside Avenue performed one last public service before its planned demolition later this summer. The building was used Thursday evening for a search-and-rescue drill for the Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department and several other departments and the township’s first aid squad. The building has been gutted by the township’s public works department, said township [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: Judges order new hearings ordered in Peapack-Gladstone bullying case   10 months, 1 week ago · View

  A state appellate court has ordered a trial judge to revisit the cases of two teenagers who were ordered to register as Megan’s Law sex offenders after a 2008 bullying incident in the borough. Under the ruling, a Family Court judge now must hold separate hearings that could result in either a new trial or a chance [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: No major injuries in I-78 crash in Bedminster   10 months, 1 week ago · View

  No major injuries were reported after a crash late Tuesday morning on Interstate 78 West in Bedminster, authorities said. The crash occurred east of Exit 29, causing authorities to close the left and center westbound lanes as of 11:20 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation. The lanes were reopened a short time later. Troopers from the [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: A PLACE TO CALL HOME   10 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  Construction should begin by the end of the year on what is considered to be the largest permanent housing project for disabled homeless veterans in Central and Northern Jersey. The project, Valley Brook Village, is targeted for a 16-acre tract on the campus of the Veterans Affairs hospital in the Lyons section of the township. The development is [...]

• Editor wrote a new blog post: Bedminster man charged with injuring daughter in DWI crash   10 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  Investigators have charged a Bedminster man after determining he was driving drunk when he crashed into a township home in May, seriously injuring his teenage daughter, police said. Sarathe Gunasekera, 56, was arrested Monday on counts of assault by auto and child endangerment in connection with the May 21 crash in the township’s Monmouth Junction section. Police say [...]