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• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Basking Ridge resident swims English Channel to promote awareness of bipolar disorder, and to support YMCA Strong Kids Campaign   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  Martino Caretto of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township has recently returned from Europe where he swam the English Channel in a little more than 12 hours on August 8. He swam 25 miles because of tides and currents. Caretto is the first Italian to ever complete the swim which marks his second major [...]

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Gill St. Bernard’s in Peapack-Gladstone names new Lower School director   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  Peggy Campbell-Rush of Mansfield Township has joined Gill St. Bernard’s School in Peapack-Gladstone as the new Lower School Director. This two-time New Jersey Teacher of the Year finalist and National Teachers Hall of Fame finalist replaces Susan Hone of Basking Ridge. Hone has held the position for the past six years and will return to [...]

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Resource Center fundraiser to support those dealing with domestic violence to be held at Natirar in Peapack-Gladstone   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  By LINDA SADLOUSKOS The Resource Center of Somerset will honor three supporters of its domestic violence prevention programs at a fundraising gala to be held  at the Natirar Spa in Peapack-Gladstone on Oct. 1.  The honorees at the annual fundraiser, to be held in the mansion at Natirar, include telecommunications giant Verizon, which is launching its own [...]

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Somerset Hills YMCA to begin fall program registration at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 17   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  The Somerset Hills YMCA in Basking Ridge kicks off its registration for fall programs beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 17, for members, and at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 20, for non-members. The fall program guide is available for viewing on the Somerset Hills YMCA website. Hard copies of the program also are available at either of [...]

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Matheny’s “Second Chance” gift shop to kick off season with preview on Wednesday, Aug. 18   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  The Friends of Matheny Second Chance Shop will open for a special, one-day event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 18, before the shop reopens for its regular season following Labor Day. The shop, located on Jackson Avenue in Gladstone, is fully stocked with “new to you” gently used items. All proceeds from the shop benefit [...]

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Rain or shine, the band(s) play on at Sunday’s First Jewish Music and Art Festival in Bernards   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  Even with rain, the daylong Jewish Music & Art Festival will remain in progress until about 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 15, at the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, its organizers said. A discount is now in place, with tickets reduced to $8 for a single entrant, and $40 for a family, they said. Although the rain sent outdoor artists packing, the [...]

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Former Bedminster Township Public School teacher pleads guilty to charges stemming from a drunken driving crash in Hillsborough last summer   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  By JOSHUA BURD Erin Markakis, 27, a former fourth-grade teacher at the Bedminster Township Public School, pleaded guilty on Friday (Aug. 13) to five counts of assault by auto before Superior Court Judge Robert Reed, sitting in Somerville. She also pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. The Bridgewater woman will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty [...]

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Somerset Hills YMCA has tickets available for Big Apple Circus; “Y-Night” on Sept. 24 to benefit the Y’s annual Strong Kids Campaign   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  Back by popular demand, the Somerset Hills YMCA in Bernards Township again is selling tickets for performances of The Big Apple Circus to be held between Sept. 23 to Oct. 11. The big tent will go up for the new 33rd anniversary show, “Dance On!” to be presented at the Rustic Mall in Manville at the intersection of Washington [...]

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: Tuesday night’s Bernards Township Planning Board meeting canceled   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  The next scheduled meeting of the Bernards Township Planning Board, set for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 17, has been canceled.

  The board’s next next scheduled meeting of the township Planning Board is set for Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the municipal building at 1 Collyer Lane.

• Linda Sadlouskos wrote a new blog post: 60th annual AAUW book sale underway in Bernardsville; to continue through Saturday   1 year, 9 months ago · View

  Ready, set, go! The crowd was already gathering at dawn on Thursday morning, Aug. 12, where the Somerset Hills branch of the American Association of University Women was getting ready to open its 60th annual used book sale at the Bernardsville Middle School at 141 Seney Drive. The sale, which this year is offering about 4o,000 volumes [...]