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Classic cars returning to Main St. Fr...
Friday nights, tonight through Labor Day, party on downtown Somerville’s Main Street! This year marks the 24th...
Tree lighting to kick off holiday sea...
The holiday season kicks off in Somerville this Saturday. The traditional location for the Christmas tree in front of...
Trick or Treating cancelled in Somerv...
Mayor Brian Gallagher announced that Trick or Treating in Somerville is cancelled this year. New Jersey Governor Chris...
30% of town still waiting for return ...
Restaurants and stores are opening in downtown Somerville today as power has been restored to 70 percent of the...
Power restored to Main Street, Senior...
At about 9 p.m. Thursday, the lights came back to Main St. and the Somerville Senior Housing center on Mountain...
80% of Somerville without power, road...
As crews work to clean up Somerville after Hurricane Sandy, a curfew is still in effect. “Roads are dangerous, power...
Candyland window, trees break in Some...
The heavy wind started kicking in around 4 p.m. blowing in a large window at Candyland on W. Main St. and trees...
Somerville curfew in effect after 5pm...
Somerville mayor Brian Gallagher declared a state of emergency as of 9 a.m. today and issued a curfew for all areas of...
$3.6M walkway connects greenway to Br...
The Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the pedestrian bridge that...
Fall street fair scheduled for Sunday...
A colorful swirl of art, crafts, music, amusement rides, games, contests, raffles, merchandise, food, antique cars,...
Council rejects crosswalk plan on Hig...
At their meeting Monday night, the Somerville borough council voted 3-2 not to create a crosswalk on E. High St. from...
Photo gallery: Classic cars on Somerv...
The Friday night classic cars on back on Somerville’s Main St. Photographer Loren Fisher took a close-up view of...
Classic cars return to cruise around ...
Starting this week and each Friday night during the summer, downtown Somerville is transformed into one of the most...
Streets closed Thursday for ‘Le...
The 7th Annual Legal Runaround Run and 3K Poker Walk takes to the streets of Somerville Thursday evening and several...
Photo gallery: Sampler Day and Arts o...
The weather was perfect and the crowd was large as two large events were in downtown Somerville: Sampler Day and Arts...
Division St. opening gets official re...
There he goes again, calling Division St. cool. Somerville Mayor Brian Gallagher officially opened the refurbished...
Man arrested for selling Viagra at &#...
A Queens, NY, man was arrested Thursday for selling Viagra and Cialis pills at a Somerville gas station. According to...
Outdoor dining will soon be on Divisi...
Two Division St. restaurants will soon have outdoor dining. Origin Thai, at 25 Division St., will have eight tables on...
Arts on Division ready to take over t...
The newly refurbished Division Street is ready for Somerville’s third annual arts festival. Arts on Division...
Division St. sidewalks closed during ...
Contractors will be sealing the Division Street sidewalks Friday, May 11, and center roadway Saturday, May 12. This...
Time-lapse shows Division Street pavi...
Work on Division St. was delayed nearly two weeks while custom molds were made for the sidewalks. But sidewalk work...
Left turned banned on Davenport Stree...
There was a rare split vote at Monday’s Somerville borough council meeting over whether to prohibit left turns...
Non-profit denied request for Divisio...
After three hours of testimony and discussion, non-profit agency EmPoWER Somerset was denied a zoning variance request...
Council praises DSA accomplishments, ...
There was a good old fashioned love fest at Monday’s borough council meeting. The Downtown Somerville Alliance was...
Division St. construction gets under ...
Construction started today on the redevelopment of Somerville’s Division St. between South St. and Main St. to...
Notices go out for Division Street re...
Merchants, landlords and residents that live on the upper floors of buildings lining Division Street have received...
Final Division St. review discussed a...
The final “pre-construction” public review for turning Division St. into Somerville’s arts and...
Car crashes through wall at Somervill...
A female driver ran her car into a concrete wall at the Somerville YMCA Friday morning, punching a large hole in the...
Fee for a parking ticket is going up
The price of getting a parking ticket in Somerville is going up. That $18.00 ticket you get for not feeding the meter...
Mercer St. bridge reopened to traffic
The new bridge on Mercer St. crossing Peters Brook is open to traffic. The old bridge had structural damage and...
Survey results discussed at redevelop...
Somerville Economic Director Colin Driver wanted feedback about development plans for the East Central business...
Heavy rain bringing river just below ...
All that rain we got overnight has the Raritan River and Peters Brook nearly leaving their banks in Somerville. But...
Tidbits: some interesting things arou...
There are lots of things going on around town that aren’t worthy of a full story, so I’m starting a...
Park plan has Bridgewater residents u...
Somerville’s Peters Brook Greenway has some Bridgewater residents riled up. The hiking and cycling path...
Council approves initial mid-block cr...
The borough council spent 35 minutes discussing the creation of a mid-block crosswalk on High St. between Bridge and...
Pay stations replace meters in parkin...
The newly completed parking lots north of Main St. are missing a familiar fixture – parking meters. Just like...
Curbside leaf pickup starts Oct. 24
The leaves are starting to fall and that means it will soon be time to rake our yards. The borough will vacuum loose...
Division St. development plan gets fi...
The final plan for turning Division St. into Somerville’s cultural and arts district was presented to the public...
Final Division St. plan presented Thu...
Somerville will present their final plan for the widening of Division St. at a public meeting Thursday night. The...
Downtown parking lots nearing complet...
Somerville’s two main parking lots just north of Main St. are nearing completion. Renovation to Lot #1, between...
2 hurt in car crash at Grove and Will...
An early morning crash involving two vehicles sent two people to Somerset Medical Center. The incident occurred at the...
Main St. paving resumes Monday night
The New Jersey Department of Transportation will resume paving of Main St. Monday night. If weather permits, the...
More rains means Raritan River overfl...
All the rain yesterday added to high river levels and saturated ground means only one thing: more flooding. The...
Main St. paving will not resume tonig...
The New Jersey Department of Transportation will not be working on Main St. tonight, according to the borough’s...
Main St. paving now set for late Mond...
Paving on Somerville’s Main St. is now scheduled to start on Monday night, according to the borough’s...
New Main St. design gets mixed review...
JSM Properties unveiled its latest design proposals for Phase I of the new and long-awaited Somerville Town Center to...
Mayor says Main St. paving won’...
The state says that Main St. will be closed to parking from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. during repaving, but not if Mayor...
Main St. repaving now set for next we...
The repaving of Somerville’s Main St. from Gaston Ave. to Doughty St. that was scheduled for this week is now...
Main St. repaving to start Tuesday ni...
Main St. from North Gaston Ave to South Doughty Ave. is scheduled to be milled and paved starting Tuesday night,...
Union St. to become one-way by Septem...
Union St., the short, 0ne-block street that runs off Main St. between the new shopping center and Alphonso’s,...
Construction to close Union Street
During the next two to three weeks installation of utilities for the new ShopRite will result in...
Mercer Street bridge will be closed f...
The Mercer Street bridge over Peter’s Brook is being replaced and will be closed for approximately six months. A...
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