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Franklin High School Amnesty International Club Raises Money For Syrian Refugees

Franklin High School Amnesty International Club Raises Money For Syrian Refugees

Students in the Franklin High School Amnesty International Club on May 23 held a fundraiser for a local Syrian family that recently relocated to New Jersey. The family includes two high school-aged children, with the mother pregnant, organizers said. The club raised money through its annual dinner with an eye toward buying the family a […]

Renovation Contracts Ready To Go For First School District Building On Consolata

Renovation Contracts Ready To Go For First School District Building On Consolata

The Board of Education on May 23 conditionally approved nearly $2 million in contracts to prepare one of the buildings it will acquire on the former Consolata Missionaries property on Route 27. The three contracts are contingent upon the district and township closing on a property swap that both entities have approved. Under the deal, […]

Campaign 2019: Primary Statement From Darrin Russo

Campaign 2019: Primary Statement From Darrin Russo

I am the Democratic Candidate for Sheriff. Retired Lieutenant from the Franklin Township Police Department with 31 years experience. During those years I have worked with the residents, business owners, schools and places of worship to provide the safety and security every community deserves. I’ve organized and supervised large-scale operations, worked with multiple Federal and […]

Early Morning Fire Damages Two Becket Place Condominiums

Early Morning Fire Damages Two Becket Place Condominiums

Residents of two Becket Place condominiums were displaced May 23 as a result of an early morning fire. There were no reported injuries. Police received a call about the fire at approximately 5:49 a.m., according to a Franklin Township Police Department press release. Responding officers saw black smoke and flames coming from the units’ garage […]

Life Story: Lydia Halle Lenaghan, 86; Longtime Barnard Professor

Lydia Halle Lenaghan died on May 10 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 86 years old and lived in East Millstone. Lydia Lenaghan was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1939. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr in Classical […]

Township Resident Competes On TV’s ‘MasterChef’

Township Resident Competes On TV’s ‘MasterChef’

A township resident who said she developed a love for cooking watching her mother and grandmother is ready to impress three of the world’s most discerning chefs on the upcoming season of MasterChef. Manjula Sarkar, a human relations manager for a township-based business, is one of 36 home chefs from around the world picked to […]

Four Township Men Caught In ‘Non-Support’ Sweep

Four Township Men Caught In ‘Non-Support’ Sweep

Four township men – including one who owed more than $16,000 – were caught up in the latest deadbeat parent sweep conducted by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. The sweep, held from May 7 to 9, resulted in the arrests of 37 deadbeat parents who owed a collective $1.3 million, according to a press release […]

Ocean State Job Lot To Offer ‘Senior Salute’ Discounts

Ocean State Job Lot To Offer ‘Senior Salute’ Discounts

Ocean State Job Lot will offer its annual ‘Senior Salute’ discount week from May 30 through June 5 for customers ages 62 years and older. In Franklin, Ocean State Job Lot is located in Franklin Towne Center, at South Middlebush Road and Route 27. To obtain the discount, customers must present proper picture identification indicating […]

Masjid-e-Ali Mosque Hosts Community At Iftars

Masjid-e-Ali Mosque Hosts Community At Iftars

Members of the Masjid-e-Ali Mosque on Davidson Avenue are in the middle of celebrating their holy month of Ramadan and, as they do each year, they have issued an open invitation to the community to share their nightly meal, or Iftar. The Ramadan celebration this year began on May 6 and will last through June […]

Campaign 2019: Primary Statement From Bill Parenti

Campaign 2019: Primary Statement From Bill Parenti

My name is Chief Bill Parenti, and I’m running because I have spent my career making a difference in our communities – and I can keep Somerset County safe and strong on Day One. I’m the Chief of Police in North Plainfield, where I’ve served as Chief for the last 14 years. I started as […]