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Police: Township Resident Scammed Out Of $600,000

Police: Township Resident Scammed Out Of $600,000

A township resident was scammed out of more than $600,000 earlier this month, police said. The resident, who was not named, told police on March 6 that he received a phone call, ostensibly from the Franklin Township Police Department, from a person who described himself as a U.S. Customs Agent. The person on the phone […]

Life Story: Thomas Ralph Davenport, 95; U.S. Marine Veteran

Thomas Ralph Davenport, 95, of Franklin Township, died March 12 at The Elms of Cranbury. Known as Ralph, he was born on March 1, 1929, in Guilford County, North Carolina, the sixth of 13 children born to the late Thomas Lon and Ethel Poteete Davenport. His early years were spent tending to the family farm […]

In Your Opinion: Interfaith Council Calls For Gaza Ceasefire

In Your Opinion: Interfaith Council Calls For Gaza Ceasefire

Submitted by the Franklin Township Interfaith Council. Here in Franklin Township, we are blessed to live in a very diverse community with different ethnicities, races, and religious groups.  However, many of our friends and families in this community have been affected by the October 7th attack by Hamas on Israel and the subsequent war and […]

Mental Health Of Black Youth Focus Of Program

Mental Health Of Black Youth Focus Of Program

Strategies on getting through mental trauma were presented March 16 at the Black Family Wellness Expo held at Franklin High School. The event was sponsored by the high school’s Black Youth Awareness and Voice for Change clubs, in conjunction with the Raritan Valley chapter of The Links, Inc., a worldwide service organization. The day featured […]

In Your Opinion: Open Letter To Assemblyman Danielsen

In Your Opinion: Open Letter To Assemblyman Danielsen

By Bill Connell. I use this space to express my observations or opinions about life events. They are just opinions, and you know what they say about opinions. I never think I am 100 percent right, I just need to say it, and do It anyway. Maybe Sorry Scott (and Gary). I wrote an opinion […]

Second Man Arrested In Connection With 2023 Murder Of Township Resident

Second Man Arrested In Connection With 2023 Murder Of Township Resident

Police have arrested a second person in the 2023 murder of a 46-year-old township man. The man, a 44-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y. resident, was arrested on March 12 in Philadelphia, Pa. by Philadelphia police, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 47-year-old New Brunswick man was arrested on connection with the […]

Township Council Issues Proclamations And Commendations

Township Council Issues Proclamations And Commendations

Commendations to Girl Scouts and proclamations acknowledging holidays were among those issued March 12 by the Township Council. Two teams of two girls each were acknowledged for reaching their Girl Scout Silver Awards, the second-highest ranking Girl Scouts can receive. Kennedy Price and Yashmee Yatham were honored for achieving the award with their project entitled, […]

In Your Opinion: Assemblyman Danielsen’s Free Job Fair Is Back

In Your Opinion: Assemblyman Danielsen’s Free Job Fair Is Back

By State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen. I am happy to announce that on April 24th, my annual free job fair will return from its hiatus. This is the first time since before the pandemic that this important event will be held, and I couldn’t be more pleased to offer this amazing opportunity once again to the citizens […]

Township Council Debates Partnering With BOE On Training Program

Township Council Debates Partnering With BOE On Training Program

A nearly hour-long, sometimes heated discussion on partnering with the Board of Education to provide a construction trades training program ended March 12 with the Township Council agreeing to discuss the issue in April. At issue was a proposal for the Council to give the school district more than $300,000 of American Recovery Program funds […]

Mayor: We’re Going To Be Raising Taxes This Year

Mayor: We’re Going To Be Raising Taxes This Year

Township property owners can expect a tax increase this year that’s larger than hikes in the past several years, Mayor Phil Kramer said during the Township Council’s March 11 budget virtual hearing. One of the bigger factors in the increase is the looming $2.5 million increase in the cost of employee health insurance costs, he […]

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