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• Tree House Gang: Nature and science program for children, 3 to 5 

  by Deirdre on September 2nd, 2010 | Comment

  The Naturalists of the Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center have announced a new entertaining and educational program for children ages 3 to 5. Tree House Gang is an afternoon program series that will introduce children to science and nature through an enhanced learning program incorporating outdoor hikes, hands-on activities, interaction with live animals, and [...]

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• Adventure Guides Holds Open House at the Somerset Hills YMCA 

  by Deirdre on September 1st, 2010 | Comment

  From 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday Sept. 12, the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mount Airy Rd. in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards, will host an open house for Adventure Guides and their families with the pool and gymnasium open for use. Refreshments will be served. Families are invited to come along and learn more about the various programs offered through Adventure Guides, such as Adventure Guides Dads and the new Y-Trail Program. New member registration will be available.

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• Native Knowledge: Learn about native plants at workshop at Leonard J. Buck Garden 

  by Deirdre on September 1st, 2010 | Comment

  

  Somerset County Park Commission has announced that the Leonard J. Buck Garden at 11 Layton Road in Far Hills and Colonial Park Gardens in Somerset will participate throughout September in “Native Knowledge,” the first coordinated statewide program of the Garden State Gardens Consortium. Focusing on the importance of native plants in the [...]

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• Bernards cops ask for information about morning bicycle hit-and-run 

  by Deirdre on August 31st, 2010 | Comment

  BY MICHAEL DEAK • STAFF WRITER

  Police are asking the public for any information about an accident this morning in which a bicyclist was struck and seriously injured on West Oak Street near Mt. Airy Road in Bernards.

  At about 8:16 a.m. police responded to the scene and found a woman in her early 30s [...]

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• Three Somerset Hills residents compete to sing National Anthem at Far Hills Race Meeting 

  by Deirdre on August 31st, 2010 | Comment

  

  Three Somerset Hills residents will be among 18 finalists competing for the honor of singing the National Anthem at the Far Hills Race Meeting this fall on Saturday, Oct. 23. According to a story in the Bernardsville News, Allegra Campbell, 15, of Far Hills, Alexandra Ursino, 14, of Basking Ridge and Marie Fosket, 40, of Liberty Corner, have been named finalists in the second annual National Anthem Contest conducted by Somerset Medical Center of Somerville and will compete Thursday, Sept. 16.

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• Liberty Corner Fire Company celebrates its 100th anniversary with Family Fun Fair Sept. 25 

  by Deirdre on August 30th, 2010 | Comment

  The Liberty Corner Fire Company will celebrate 100 years of all-volunteer fire and rescue service to Bernards Township. To help commemorate the occasion, a parade and Family Fun Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 25. The fair will be an old-fashioned family celebration including food, fun, amusement rides, prizes, live entertainment and a DJ. The event will take place immediately after the parade and run until 7 p.m. at the nine-acre Firemen’s Field. The event is open to the public. The parade will kick off the celebration at 11 a.m. from the flagpole in the center of Liberty Corner.

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• Three arrested for marijuana possession after I-78 vehicle stop in Bernards 

  by Deirdre on August 30th, 2010 | Comment

  BY JEFF GRANT • STAFF WRITER

  Three New York men face charges of marijuana possession after less than 50 grams of the illegal drug was found in their vehicle during a stop by state police along Interstate 78, troopers said.

  The arrests were made around 1:15 p.m. Friday along the highway's westbound lanes about three miles east [...]

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• Somerset Hills YMCA receives $10,000 grant from Hartford Financial to support youth educational programs 

  by Deirdre on August 30th, 2010 | Comment

  The Somerset Hills YMCA is one of 30 Ys selected to receive a grant for $10,000 from The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. to enhance its youth educational programming. The grant will support Teen Volunteers in Action, a week-long summer program in which teens learn about five different non-profit organizations while completing service projects for each organization; Students-Helping-Student Tutoring, a program that provides free tutoring by excelling high school students to children in need of academic support; the Macedonia Service Learning Trip, a two-week trip to Macedonia that includes a service project, team-building exercises, hiking, sight-seeing and the opportunity to meet with the Macedonian Y partner, and the Young Adult Forum; a free workshop for young adults seeking employment in which career search experts provide the latest information about job search and networking resources.

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• At Lord Stirling Stable: Canine scavenger hunt rescheduled for Sept. 12 

  by Deirdre on August 30th, 2010 | Comment

  The Friends of Lord Stirling Stable have rescheduled the 10th Annual “Canine Scavenger Hunt" for Sept. 12. Participating dogs and their owners will seek canine treasures along the trails of Lord Stirling Stable at 256 South Maple Avenue in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards. Registration begins at 4:00 P.M. and the hunt takes place from 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. rain or shine. Fee is $10 per dog and handler with a $2 charge for each additional person. Prizes will be awarded to all participants.

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• Business profile: Bernardsville floral designer, Laura Clare Design 

  by Deirdre on August 25th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Laura Clare Pugsley earned a degree in horticulture as part of her training before becoming a florist, but it wasn't until she lived in Europe that she said she saw how flowers are considered by some to be an essential ingredient of daily life. Pugsley said she creates floral designs for many special events through her shop just off the borough's Olcott Square. She and her staff also help plan events through a studio she operates in Hoboken, she said.

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