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In 1722, the area was known by its primary landholder, John Annin, as "Annin's Corner." This was changed to "Liberty Corner" during the American Revolution. [10]On August 29, 1781, the First Brigade of the French Army, the Expédition Particulière, under command of the French general Comte de Rochambeau, camped here by Bullion's Tavern, along the route to Yorktown, Virginia.
Basking Ridge was originally settled in the 1720s by British Presbyterians escaping religious persecution. The land was bought from the Lenape Native Americans. [12]Bernards Township was officially chartered on May 21, 1760, granted by King George II and granted to Sir Francis Bernard, first governor of the noted section which includes Basking Ridge.
One of his best-known cases that didn't involve a forfeiture was the prosecution of Matthew Heikkila, a 21-year-old from affluent Basking Ridge, who, on January 29, 1991, murdered his adoptive parents. Although Bissell pressed for the death penalty, the jury sentenced Heikkila to two consecutive life sentences.
Bernards Township (/ ˈ b ɜːr n ər d z / [22]) is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,830, [9] [10] an increase of 1,178 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 26,652, [23] [24] reflecting an increase of 2,077 (+8.5%) from the 24,575 counted in the 2000 census.
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However, there are a number of shared government services that are shared between townships in the Somerset Hills. Somerset County is governed by a five-member Board of Chosen Freeholders , whose members are elected at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year.
Mount Prospect Elementary School was one of 11 in the state to be recognized in 2014 by the United States Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 2015, Liberty Corner School was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary ...
A memorial has been set up outside the Oak Ridge Police Department in the Municipal Building parking lot in memory of Lt. Marvell Moore, a 50-year-old officer who died unexpectedly Tuesday, Nov. 5 ...