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BRIDGEWATER — Township administrator Robert Bogart said he is confident that Pfizer is doing all it can to keep about a dozen chemical lagoons on the American Cyanamid Superfund site from seeping into the Raritan River. But environmentalists said they don’t share that confidence. Pfizer’s solution to the problem of seeping benzene was to erect a [...]

A back-roads motorcycle run through Hillsborough and Bridgewater is aiming to raise $100,000 this year to support children with cancer and other charities, organizers said. The 16th annual Kelsey Charity Run and post-run party is expected to draw 2,000 people on Sunday, said Jim Cookingham, president of the run. Motorcycle riders are due to register Sunday [...]

A back-roads motorcycle run through Hillsborough and Bridgewater is aiming to raise $100,000 this year to support children with cancer and other charities, organizers said. The 16th annual Kelsey Charity Run and post-run party is expected to draw 2,000 people on Sunday, said Jim Cookingham, president of the run. Motorcycle riders are due to register Sunday morning [...]

BRIDGEWATER — A 31-year-old Far Hills man died Friday night after his pickup truck hit a guard rail, overturned and caught fire on Route 287 in the township, police said. The man, James Reilly, was driving north in a 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck when his vehicle struck the left guard rail, flipped over and hit [...]

About 200 business people and 50 exhibitors attended the second annual Small Biz Connection . The event was hosted by the Somerset County Business Partnership at the Bridgewater Marriott . Attendees sharpened their presentations, met potential clients and got exposure for possible referrals. “You can’t not network,” said exhibitor Tom Stillman, of Network of Writers & Artists [...]

Bridgewater police are investigating the theft of 30 bras from a Victoria’s Secret store in the township, authorities said.
The theft was reported at 6:30 p.m. June 10, police said.
The 30 bras are valued at $1,560, according to police.

CloverCon, an anime and manga mini-convention, is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Ted Blum 4-H Center, 310 Milltown Road, Bridgewater. The event is being hosted by Hidden in the Clovers , a new Somerset County 4-H anime and manga fan club. The event will feature panel discussions by club members and [...]

Bridgewater-Raritan school district officials aiming to boost lagging ESL student achievement initially considered bringing all of the primary school ESL students under one roof to increase specialized instruction time for those students without adding staff. But fears that parents of ESL students would refuse services so their children could stay at their neighborhood schools prompted [...]

MADISON — Men, boys and Gargoyles (teen boys) from the choirs at Grace Church Madison will join in an evensong at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at the church, 4 Madison Ave. at Kings Road. The short candlelight service will feature the music of Wood and Parnell, a spiritual and congregational hymns. The Choirs at Grace [...]

Vermont authorities say 150 Chatham students were on board at Killington Ski Area; superintendent says it wasn’t a school event By Mike Donoghue, Burlington Free Press RUTLAND, VT. — Two New York bus drivers who were part of a tour carrying 150 teens from Chatham to the Killington Ski Area pleaded not guilty Monday in Vermont [...]

STOCKHOLM — Battling for both the top spot in the Mennen Division of the MCSSIHL and the top overall seed in Public B for the upcoming state tournament, the Chatham hockey team faced a daunting task on Saturday heading in to the third period against division rival Kinnelon. Trailing by a goal and playing without [...]

By JANE HAVSY / DAILY RECORD MORRISTOWN — Jessica Gorham, Regan Kology and the rest of the Chatham freshmen had heard quite a bit about the Morris County Championships. The upperclassmen made sure “to prepare them without scaring them,” according to junior Kate Buchser. Mission accomplished, several times over. The Cougars earned their third straight team title [...]

Chatham senior Michael Strand drew gasps from the crowd Saturday as he defended his Morris County titles in the 50 free and butterfly. Strand took down county records in each race, starting with Delbarton alumnus Dan Russell’s 24.06 in the 50, which stood since 1995, when Strand was 2 years old. Charley Wang of Mountain Lakes [...]

By SANDY SEEGERS / DAILY RECORD Despite facing a quick eight-point deficit in Saturday’s Morris County Tournament quarterfinal game, Madison’s overall play and its shooting improved, powering it to a 40-36 victory over Mount Olive. Mount Olive’s sharpshooting senior guard, Megan Bublitz, posed a problem throughout for Madison. Bublitz, hot from long range, had five [...]

Mark Sweeney, Madison High School’s varsity boys lacrosse coach, was one of eight new members inducted Sunday into the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Sweeney has compiled a varsity record of 155-45 for the Dodgers over the last 10 seasons. Among his stronger teams was the 2007 squad which reached the finals of the Morris County [...]

Despite spotting Mountain Lakes a two-goal lead in the first period, the Chatham Cougars’ high-flying offense fought back on Thursday behind a hat trick from Jake Pyhel to secure a 7-4 victory at Mennen Arena. — Tom Anderson (Full story at DailyRecord.com)

The Daily Record’s Jane Havsy checked in with Chatham High School’s new fencing team . Students say the ancient sport requires thoughtfulness, athleticism and lightning reflexes. It has other appeal, too. “I love the fact that I’m doing a sport that involves an actual weapon instead of just running around a track,” senior sabre captain Anna Kalinsky [...]

About 7,500 New York Jets fans — including members of the Madison High School marching band — endured four hours of frigid temperatures outside the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center Saturday morning for a 5-minute chance to cheer the team as they left for Pittsburgh. But the Steelers silenced Rex Ryan’s wild bunch with a [...]

Amid tax appeals, decreased state aid and a new 2 percent budget cap, four towns say they found a way to save a combined half-million dollars: by creating New Jersey’s latest joint court. Officials from the four participating towns, Madison, Chatham, Chatham Township and Harding, celebrated the creation of the court in a ceremony Wednesday in [...]