Tools for living in Somerset County.

Check a contractor's license, plan the weekend, see what's closing on your road. Free, built on public data, nothing you type gets stored.

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Check a license

Type a contractor's name or license number, see their state registration status in seconds.

What to do this weekend

Answer four questions, get picks from 77 real Somerset County places, checked one by one.

Road work map

What's closed or under construction in Somerset County, where, and when it reopens, on a timeline.

Development tracker

Every pending warehouse, subdivision, and rezoning near you, plus which towns have moved on data-center bans.

County Pulse

This week's county news, road project notices, and recycling and shredding events, pulled from the county's own feeds.

Town Chooser

Moving to (or within) Somerset County? Weigh taxes, schools, commute, and environment, then compare any two towns with real numbers.

Food help near you

Pantries, self-serve cabinets, meal programs, and shelter contacts across the county, with hours and flags for the ones that don't ask questions.

Farmland tax checker

See whether your land qualifies for Farmland Assessment and estimate a rollback bill at your town's real 2025 rate. August 1 is the filing deadline.

Teen first jobs

Working papers step by step, the real hour limits by age, and verified places teens get hired in the county.

Lost & found pets

See who's lost or found near Somerville right now, plus what to do first if your pet goes missing.

River levels

Live height and flow for the Raritan through Manville and Bound Brook, the Millstone, and the county's smaller creeks, with each gauge's real flood stage.

Train departures

Next Raritan Valley Line and Gladstone Branch trains from the county's 11 stations, North Branch to Lyons, weekends handled automatically.

Air quality now

Live smoke and air alerts for the county, plus current readings from the four closest state monitors.

Jobs near home

County job openings on a map, sorted by distance from your town. In the works

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