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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...

Power restored to Main Street, Senior Housing
posted on: Nov 1, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

80% of Somerville without power, roads dangerous
posted on: Oct 30, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Council rejects crosswalk plan on High St.
posted on: Jul 2, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Classic cars return to cruise around Main St.
posted on: May 24, 2012 | author: Editor

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...

Streets closed Thursday for ‘Legal Runaround’
posted on: May 23, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

Division St. opening gets official re...

There he goes again, calling Division St. cool. Somerville Mayor Brian Gallagher officially opened the refurbished...

Division St. opening gets official reception
posted on: May 18, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Arts on Division ready to take over the street
posted on: May 14, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

Division St. sidewalks closed during ...

Contractors will be sealing the Division Street sidewalks Friday, May 11, and center roadway Saturday, May 12. This...

Division St. sidewalks closed during sealing
posted on: May 10, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Time-lapse shows Division Street paving under way
posted on: Apr 28, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Left turned banned on Davenport Street
posted on: Apr 17, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

Division St. construction gets under ...

Construction started today on the redevelopment of Somerville’s Division St. between South St. and Main St. to...

Division St. construction gets under way
posted on: Mar 7, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

Notices go out for Division Street re...

Merchants, landlords and residents that live on the upper floors of buildings lining Division Street have received...

Notices go out for Division Street renovation
posted on: Feb 13, 2012 | author: Editor

Final Division St. review discussed a...

The final “pre-construction” public review for turning Division St. into Somerville’s arts and...

Final Division St. review discussed at meeting
posted on: Jan 24, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Car crashes through wall at Somerville YMCA
posted on: Jan 20, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Fee for a parking ticket is going up
posted on: Jan 18, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Mercer St. bridge reopened to traffic
posted on: Jan 16, 2012 | author: Loren Fisher

Police looking to stop texting while ...

The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, the Somerset County Association of Chiefs of Police, Somerset Medical...

Police looking to stop texting while driving
posted on: Nov 29, 2011 | author: admin

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...

Tidbits: some interesting things around Somerville
posted on: Nov 22, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Council approves initial mid-block crosswalk plan
posted on: Oct 17, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

Pay stations replace meters in parkin...

The newly completed parking lots north of Main St. are missing a familiar fixture – parking meters. Just like...

Pay stations replace meters in parking lots
posted on: Oct 13, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

Downtown parking lots nearing complet...

Somerville’s two main parking lots just north of Main St. are nearing completion. Renovation to Lot #1, between...

Downtown parking lots nearing completion
posted on: Oct 1, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

School bus in crash at Cliff and Grov...

A school bus and a flat-bed pickup truck collided this morning at the corner of Grove and Cliff Streets. There were no...

School bus in crash at Cliff and Grove St.
posted on: Sep 23, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

2 hurt in car crash at Grove and William Streets
posted on: Sep 13, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

If you can, stay off the roads tonigh...

With all the road closures in the area, traffic in Somerville is a mess. The main problem is the closure of Rt. 206...

If you can, stay off the roads tonight
posted on: Sep 8, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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 will not resume tonight
posted on: Aug 25, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

Amwell Road bridge closed in Millston...

Amwell Road Bridge is closed between Franklin Twp and Millstone Borough until further notice due to emergency repairs,...

posted on: Aug 23, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Main St. paving now set for late Monday night
posted on: Aug 12, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Mayor says Main St. paving won’t start at 8
posted on: Aug 9, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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 now set for next week
posted on: Aug 9, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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,...

Main St. repaving to start Tuesday night, maybe
posted on: Aug 8, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

Somerville police issue notice about ...

This is a notice issued by the Somerville police department about the upcoming change of Union St. to...

Somerville police issue notice about Union St.
posted on: Aug 5, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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,...

Union St. to become one-way by September
posted on: Jul 18, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

Construction to close Union Street

      During the next two to three weeks installation of utilities for the new ShopRite will result in...

Construction to close Union Street
posted on: Jul 17, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher

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...

Mercer Street bridge will be closed for six months
posted on: Jul 11, 2011 | author: Loren Fisher