Residents Fight Sunoco, School Cop Cost Top Bridgewater News

Residents Rally Against 24-Hour Sunoco Proposal

A group of residents are fighting a proposal by Sunoco to convert its gas station on the Bridgewater and Raritan border to a 24-hour combination convenience store and gas station.

The neighbors won a strategic victory at Tuesday’s zoning Board of Adjustment meeting when Timothy Prime, Sunoco’s attorney, asked for a delay so that the company could reconsider its proposal to operate the store 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 

School District, Council Disagree on Police Officer Cost

The Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education and the Township Council may be heading for a showdown on hiring an additional police officer to serve as a resource officer at the high school.

While they agree in principle on adding the officer, the board and council are divided over the cost, which the school district has agreed to fund.

Liquor License Renewed Despite State Probe

A number of liquor licenses were recently renewed by the township council — despite one slight concern about the state of an investigation into liquor sales at Ruby Tuesday.

Longtime Hillside School Principal Will Retire in 2014

It will be a long goodbye for Hillside School principal Teresa Pennington.

On Tuesday the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education accepted the retirement of Pennington, effective Aug. 1, 2014.

Fifth-grade Slugger Representing Mets in MLB Competition

Allison Lowery, a fifth-grade baseball enthusiast at Hillside Intermediate School, now is a finalist to represent the Mets in Major League Baseball’s Pitch Hit and Run competition.

New 'Casually Sophisticated' Restaurant Coming to Commons

A national chain restaurant that offers “a casually sophisticated adult ambiance” will be coming to the Bridgewater Commons.

The Planning Board voted unanimously to have a resolution drafted to approve plans to build a 9,861-square-foot Seasons 52 restaurant at the mall in the corner of the parking lot across from the main entrance of Bloomingdale’s near the traffic signal at Commons Way.