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John Sheridan, a senior partner in the Morristown law firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, was a lifelong Republican whose career in New Jersey state government during the 1970s had culminated in his service as Transportation Commissioner in the cabinet of Governor Thomas Kean from 1982 to 1985.
Nicholas Louis "Nick" Bissell Jr. (January 14, 1947 – November 27, 1996) was the county prosecutor of Somerset County, New Jersey. After being charged with embezzlement, tax fraud and abuse of power, he fled to Laughlin, Nevada, and killed himself after a standoff with US Marshals. [1]
New Jersey was governed by two groups of proprietors as two distinct provinces, East Jersey and West Jersey, between 1674 and 1702.New Jersey's first counties were created as administrative districts within each province, with East Jersey split in 1675 into Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, while West Jersey's initial counties of Burlington and Salem date to 1681.
Franklin Township was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature. Portions of the township were taken to form South Bound Brook (formed within Township, became an independent municipality as of April 11, 1907) and East Millstone (formed on February 18, 1873 ...
Here's a look at events that happened in Central Jersey from five, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week. Somerset man sentenced to life for murders: This week in Central Jersey history, Nov. 4 ...
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Somerset County, New Jersey" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Marconi Wireless Station in Somerset, New Jersey in 1921. Somerset is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Somerset County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 13th-most-populous county, [4] with a population of 345,361, [5] [6] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 21,917 (+6.8%) from the 2010 census count of 323,444. [7]