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Photos of the underwater field at TD Bank Ballpark went viral after Ida — but the team is returning home about a week later.

Jul 21, 2021 For almost 100 years, the dam has been a popular place to visit. However, deputy park director for Kalamazoo Patrick McVerry, says they dont understand why the dam was built to begin with. The project will cost under $450,000 which will mostly be covered by state funding and grants. View the full story on WOOD TV

July 20, 2021 11:40 am A Co. Down farmer has been convicted of 24 charges of failure to notify the movement of animals onto his holding or the birth of said animals and 21 charges of failure to notify the movement of animals off his holding. Patrick McVerry was also convicted at Newry Magistrates Court on July 19, of one charge of using an ear tag to identify an animal that had already been used to identify another animal and nine charges of providing false information to the Department of Agri...

Weve already provided you with a primer for what New Jerseys minor league baseball season will look like as COVID-19 restrictions continue, but there are no limitations on the enthusiasm for something thats never before happened in the history of the sport in the Garden State. On Tuesday night, May 4, as we reported, the Jersey Shore BlueClaws, Somerset Patriots, and Trenton Thunder will all open their seasons, and as far as those teams know, it will mark the first time three teams with Major L...

MyCentralJersey.com Steve Kalafer, owner of the Somerset Patriots and chairman of the Flemington Car and Truck Country Family, died from complications of cancer Wednesday morning, the team announced. He was 71. “We are completely heartbroken by Steve’s passing. Everyone who ever came into contact with him over the years knows just how special a person he was,” said Patrick McVerry, Somerset Patriots president  and general manager. “He built his dealerships and this team from the groun...

The founder of Flemington Car and Truck Country, and the Somerset Patriots minor league baseball team, was also an Oscar-nominated documentary film producer and a 2020 inductee into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.

Steve Kalafer, N.J. businessman, owner of Somerset Patriots, dies at 71 Updated 5:16 PM; Today 4:54 PM Steve Kalafer, chairman of Flemington Car & Truck Country and owner of the Somerset Patriots, died Wednesday at age 71. Facebook Share Kalafer, also known as a philanthropist, was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2020. He was a member of RWJBarnabas Health’s Board of Trustees and chairman emeritus of the Somerset Health Care Foundation’s Board of Trustees. And he also gave h...

Play ball: NJ minor league teams set to return after 2020 hiatus Following a year in which the Major League Baseball schedule was sliced by more than 100 games, with no competitive Minor League games at all, the road to the Majors is opening back up again this spring, and New Jersey will play a key role. Its going to be different for many reasons, most related to COVID-19, but also because the very landscape of New Jersey minor league baseball has shifted since 2019. The New York Yankees have m...

NJ stadiums, big venues will reopen to limited fans in March Gov. Phil Murphy has announced that large venues will be permitted to reopen to a limited number of fans starting in March, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the shutdown of stadiums and other such facilities. Murphy also extended the updated policy to collegiate sports, allowing two people per athlete to attend a game as long as capacity at an indoor venue doesnt exceed 35%, effective immediately, Murphy said du...

Sure, we’re all covered in snow and ice right now, but one of the best signs of spring took place this week. Baseball’s Spring Training began! On the heels of that awesome event came another indication of better days to come: the Somerset Patriots released their season’s schedule. Keep in mind, as of this season, the Patriots are the Yankees’ AA affiliate, so you’ll be able to see the Bombers of the future at TD Bank Ballpark. One of the joys of minor league baseball is the variety of...