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Life Stories: Robert Albert Regan, 82, Korean War Navy Vet

Life Stories: Robert Albert Regan, 82, Korean War Navy Vet

Robert Albert Regan, 82, passed away Nov. 9 at St. Peters Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Metuchen to Blackie and Nicolene (Peterson) Regan, Bob graduated from Metuchen High School, where he was a star athlete. During the Korean War, he served in the Navy and went around the world aboard the U.S.S. Tarawa, receiving numerous […]

FHS Cross-Country, Track Standout Commits To Rutgers

FHS Cross-Country, Track Standout Commits To Rutgers

It was National Signing Day Nov. 9 at Franklin High School, and front and center was Bill Hill, the cross-country and track standout  who started his athletic career playing soccer. Surrounded by friends and family, Hill ceremoniously signs this letter of intent to attend Rutgers University next fall. A goalie for the FHS soccer team […]

PBA Local 154 Members Pitch In To Help Franklin Food Bank

PBA Local 154 Members Pitch In To Help Franklin Food Bank

Members of the Franklin Township PBA Local 154 threw their backs into some volunteer work Nov. 9. The squad of township police officers packed, delivered and unpacked cartons of planned peaches and turkeys at the Franklin Food Bank on Millstone Road. PBA 154 members have helped with carting turkeys around the food bank’s warehouse for a […]

Election 2016: Onyejiaka Defends Council Seat, School Board Incumbents Win, Russo Falls Short

Election 2016: Onyejiaka Defends Council Seat, School Board Incumbents Win, Russo Falls Short

Township Councilman Charles Onyejiaka successfully defended his position and two incumbents and a newcomer were elected to the Board of Education on Nov. 8. School board incumbents Nancy LaCorte and Christine Danielsen won re-election, and newcomer Ardaman Singh won the seat being vacated by board member Julia Presley, who did not seek re-election. In another […]

Life Stories: The Rev. Walter Carlson, 82, Army Veteran, College Counselor

Life Stories: The Rev. Walter Carlson, 82, Army Veteran, College Counselor

The Rev. Walter Carlson passed away on Nov. 6 at his home in Somerset at the age of 82. The Rev. Carlson was born on February 3, 1934 in Glen Ridge and lived in Washington, New Jersey, New York City, Fair Lawn, Wayne, and Verona before moving to Somerset four years ago. He graduated from Rutgers […]

2016 Somerset County Sheriff’s Race The Costliest In Provenzano Era

2016 Somerset County Sheriff’s Race The Costliest In Provenzano Era

The 2016 Somerset County Sheriff’s race will go down as the most expensive campaign for that office in the last 15 years. According to the latest contribution and expenditure reports filed with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission, the two candidates for sheriff – longtime Republican incumbent Frank Provenzano and his Democratic challenger, former township police […]

Life Story: Phyllis Anderson, 92, Was ‘High-Stepper,’ Worked For Rutgers

Life Story: Phyllis Anderson, 92, Was ‘High-Stepper,’ Worked For Rutgers

Phyllis Anderson, 92, of Somerset, died on Nov. 5 at her home, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Anderson was born in New Brunswick. She lived in Franklin Township since 1952. She was employed by Rutgers University in the alumni records dept., until she left to be an at-home mother to her children. She loved working […]

Somerset County Employees Volunteer In Township

Somerset County Employees Volunteer In Township

Submitted by Somerset County S.E.R.V. A new program called the Somerset County Employee Reserve Volunteers, or S.E.R.V., recently held its first two community service days at sites around Somerset County. More than 40 county employees volunteered for various activities on Oct. 27 and 29. Service projects and locations included teaching technology skills to seniors at […]

In Your Opinion: Vote For The Democratic Ticket

In Your Opinion: Vote For The Democratic Ticket

By Michael D. Purzycki, Somerset Politics and government are serious subjects. We Americans seem to have forgotten that, especially over the last two years. Politics has become little more than entertainment for us, and politicians have become all too easy to dismiss as comical. But the words and actions of our leaders have serious, real-world […]

Township Yoga Studio To Participate In National Veterans’ Fundraiser

Township Yoga Studio To Participate In National Veterans’ Fundraiser

Submitted by Stephanie Sprague, Move Within Yoga. A township-based yoga studio will join yoga practitioners across the country  in a fundraiser for veterans and their families. Diamonds & Pearls Dance Studio, 2 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, will partner with Move Within Yoga and the Veterans Yoga Project in providing donation-based classes from 9-10 a.m. on Nov. […]