Mosque Hearing, Tobin Heath's Gold Win Top Local News

Proposed Mosque's Location, Funding Question

The Planning Board last Thursday heard the opening of the formal presentation of plans for . The plan conforms to local zoning for the four-acre lot in a residential zone, but there were questions from the audience, and some board members, about the expected membership at the planned house of worship and hours tht the mosque would be open. Residents also questioned the source funding for the new facility, although the planning board's chairman advised that is not relevant for the hearing before the board.

Verizon, Unions in Federal Mediation One Year After Strike

A Federal mediation process was extended for another week between the township-based Verizon communications and representatives for 45,000 union members from the Northeast, including thousands in New Jersey. The talks were underway as the first year anniversary passed of last year'sexpired on Aug. 6, 2011. The contract remained unsettled as of early this week. 

Ridge High Alum Tobin Heath Gains Olympic Gold

The Ridge High 2006 graduate remembered as a team player when she played for the Ridge girls soccer team helped carry her team to a victory over Japan for a gold medal for U.S. women's soccer on Thursday.

4-H Fair Brings Community, Organizations Together [VIDEO]

An eagerly awaited event for many people, the Somerset Couny 4-H Fair held in Bridgewater, attracted thousands despite iffy weather through some of the three-day celebration of agriculture, music, food and more.

Lyons War Vet Allegedly Covered Up Heroin Death

A former Marine and Iraq war veteran allegedly gave heroin to a fellow veteran who would then die of an overdose at the in Lyons in early July, according to the federal Department of Justice.