Open Space Plans, Road Repaving, More Top Local News

Bernardsville Open Space Plan Faces Review by Planners

Bernardsville's plans for allocating funds in the borough's open space trust fund will be examined by local planners to determine if it is consistent with local zoning and the Master Plan.

Allen Road/Schley Mountain Road Repaving to Extend into Bedminster

Bernards Township won't be alone in the county's plans to repave Allen Road, which becomes Schley Mountain Road, all the way to the Route 287 north entrance ramp in Bedminster.

Tentative Trail Date Set for Lawsuit on Bernards High Athletic Field

A lawsuit that a citizens group has filed against the borough and school board to call for more stringent examinations of plans to build a lower athletic field that extends to now-wooded land behind the Bernardsville Shopping Centre in Bernardsville will continue, a judge ruled.

Friendly Competition as Bernardsville Swims Past Bernards

It's always a subway series when Bernardsville faced the Pleasant Valley Pool's Piranhas at a swim meet. And it seemed like a good place to be during this week's intense heat.

Local Girls Set New 15-Scoop Record at Penguin Ice Cream in Bernardsville

How could these girls eat so much? Three break record in time spent consuming meg-sized sundae.

Ohio Man Chased Into Bernards Had More Than a Pound of Heroin, Court Says

Leonard King of Steubenville, Ohio, was indicted in state Superior Court this week on charges stemming from his arrest after he visited the Big Apple — and was returning home on June 4 allegedly carrying more than a pound of heroin he is accused of intending to resell. He was stopped by a state trooper on Route 78 in Bridgewater, starting a police chase that ended in Bernards Township.