NJ weekend traffic alert — Route 287 ramp to Route 78 closed
The ramp from Route 287 north to Route 78 east is closed for the weekend plus two lanes will be closed on Route 78 east approaching the existing work zone near Route 287.
Bernards
Gas-fueled fire torches landscaping truck in Basking Ridge
A landscaping truck servicing a Basking Ridge property burst into flames Wednesday evening.
Cyber breaches force Hillsborough, Bernards schools to close
Bernards and Hillsborough schools were impacted as their server systems were separately compromised, days apart.
Coronavirus, ransomware prompt Somerset Hills to go virtual
After just one day of in-person classroom instruction Bernards High School goes all virtual because of several positive COVID-19 cases.
Route 78 roadwork will cause delays all week
The nearly $28 million project on overpasses over Routes 202/206 is expected to last until 2022.
Co-worker charged with murdering Plainsboro woman in apartment
Carolyn Byington went home to her Plainsboro apartment for lunch on June 10 and never returned. Police found her body several hours later.
Plainsboro woman, 26, was killed — found dead at home
Carolyn Byington was found on Monday evening after her co-workers called police to check on her.
Basking Ridge man charged in Trump Tower bombing plot
They describe him as a self-radicalized, home-grown extremist terrorist.
Somerset County homes getting attacked by fireworks
Police released doorbell video showing the men lighting up the fireworks and running away Friday morning.
NJ man drowns in lake trying to hold breath during party
Robert Zachary "Zach" Bunsa of Basking Ridge was at a bachelor party in Georgia and was under water for 7 minutes before anyone noticed he was not with them.