Somerset Spectator

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The Somerset Spectator is a regional newspaper in Somerset County, New Jersey that was established on September 11, 1969 by Marsha Senz, Roslyn Westheimer and Judith Quintman as the weekly newspaper that gives "a hoot about Franklin." These days, the paper serves as "The newspaper for southern Somerset County." The paper's mascot, an owl, has watched over the growth of the area and the newspaper since issue one.

The Spectator is official newspaper for Montgomery Township and Borough of Rocky Hill in Somerset County, and provides news coverage of those towns in addition to Franklin and Hillsborough townships, plus Millstone Borough. The paper covers Somerset County news in the county seat of Somerville.

The Spectator is also designated by the Somerset County Sheriff as an official printer of notices for Sheriff's Sales and foreclosures of properties. With no interruptions, The Spectator has been a legal newspaper since 1971.

As of October 2001 the Spectator is under new ownership and management.

—August 2007