Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. That principle matters as Rocky Hill turns the page on a long and difficult chapter involving the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library. On March 18, 2026, Superior Court Judge Haekyoung Suh entered final judgment in the litigation over the library and the Mary Jacobs Foundation.

The incorporators of the Harold and Mary Jacobs Library Foundation, Inc. (HMJLF) are pleased to announce the Foundation’s inaugural Board of Trustees. The following Rocky Hill residents will serve on the board: W. J. “Brad” Bradhering, Susan Bristol, Connie Hallman, William K. Hallman, Jon Lee, Bailey Occhipinti, Wendy Rayner, and Eric White.

The NJ Attorney General’s Office — in its role as protector of the public interest in charitable gifts and trusts — will send deputy Thomas J. Swan to appear in Superior Court, Chancery Division, at the Somerset County Courthouse in Flemington on August 29 for an order to deny cy pres to the Mary Jacobs Library Foundation in Rocky Hill.

A Superior Court Judge ordered the Mary Jacobs Foundation to share a full accounting of its expenditures with the court by the end of...