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Ridge Teens in Crash, Broken Bee Hives Top Local News

Somerset County high school championships included giant track meet on Tuesday.

4 Basking Ridge Teens Injured in Car Crash

Four of six Basking Ridge teens in a car driven by a 17-year-old resident were taken to the hospital shortly after midnight on Saturday, on May 4, and one remained at Morristown Medical Center with a serious head injury. Even later in the week, the had been issued to the driver. The hospital said the most severely injured teen was no longer there as of Friday.

Swarm Of Bees Escapes From Truck In Bernards

A tractor trailer carrying bee hives from Florida to Maine lost some of its cargo Monday morning, Bernards Township police said.

Long Hill Woman Found Safe After 3-Day Search

A Long Hill woman who had been missing since Wednesday was found safe last Saturday afternoon.

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Somerset County Track Championships Attract 650 Student Athletes

Ridge High School track, jumping and throwing athletes joined at least 650 students from high schools throughout the county for Tuesday's Somerset County Track Championships held at Hillsborough High School.

Video of Showering Boys Gets Ex-Principal a 6-year Sentence

Patrick Lott, former vice-principal at the Bernardsville Middle School, appeared in court this week to plead guilty to charges that arose after he admitted making videos of boys in the shower at Immaculata High School, where he was a volunteer basketball coach.

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Children at two local elementary schools, at Mount Prospect and kicked off an initiative to encourage township residents to plant 5,000 trees within 5 years to replace a good many of the damage and destroyed trees that were the result of last fall's Superstorm Sandy.

Christie Underwent Weight Loss Surgery In February

Gov. Chris Christie underwent stomach-shrinking Lap-Band surgery in February, he confirmed on Monday night while refuting speculation that he was slimming down for a White House run in 2016.


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