News for Bridgewater, NJ. The township of Bridgewater is the 2nd most populous municipality in Somerset County and the 42nd most populous in New Jersey with more than 44,400 residents. The mayor in 2021 is Matthew C. Moench.
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Mom killed while walking along Route 28 in Bridgewater
No charges have yet been filed in the crash early Sunday morning near Vanderveer Road.
$2,500 reward follows police sketch in Franklin trail sex assault
A man with a heavy build, said to be in his 30s, was being sought in connection with a sex assault reported by a female runner on Monday evening in Somerset County.
Woman sexually assaulted while jogging park trail in Franklin, NJ
The attack was reported along a stretch of the Delaware & Raritan Canal park trail in Somerset County. The man fled on a bicycle; police are looking into any similarities with reported assaults last year.
Bridgewater, NJ girl fatally struck by pickup while riding bike
No charges have been filed against the driver of the pickup truck that hit the girl early Saturday evening.
NJ man wanted for using stolen cards after crashing stolen Jeep
A Jeep stolen from a Somerset County driveway turned up in Newark the following day, driven by Elijah Harden. Police found stolen credit cards - and hadn't found Harden, again.
Bridgewater, NJ mall incident sparks another march, public forum
'Uneven' police response to a fight between two teens, one of them Black, was the topic at a Thursday township meeting. On Saturday, protesters marched in support of the teen to the mall.
Activists block Al Sharpton from speaking in Bridgewater
Z’Kye Husain says he doesn’t understand why Black people are treated “like animals” because of the color of their skin as his lawyer announces a federal lawsuit
Bridgewater, NJ officials to meet Black leaders over mall arrest
The Bridgewater Township Council canceled its second meeting since a fight at the Bridgewater Commons mall that has put the town in the national spotlight.
Bridgewater, NJ mall wants Black teen's family to pay for damage
After a responding police officer tackled an eighth grader to the ground at Bridgewater Commons Mall, his mother says mall security told her she'd have to pay for a busted table.