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Animal Rights Advocate Makes Pitch For Nonlethal Deer Control To Open Space Committee

Animal Rights Advocate Makes Pitch For Nonlethal Deer Control To Open Space Committee

The township Open Space Advisory Committee could not be called an anti-hunting group, but nonetheless its members listened politely to an animal advocate who tried to convince them of the merits of nonlethal deer control. The only problem was, one of the most direct strategies advocated by the Animal Protection League of New Jersey’s Doris […]

Clean Energy Aggregation Topic Of Special Council Meeting

Clean Energy Aggregation Topic Of Special Council Meeting

The pros and cons of clean energy aggregation were discussed at a special Township Council meeting on June 20. The meeting was necessitated by the submission of petitions requesting that a question be placed on the November ballot asking residents if they want to participate in an aggregation program, which could lead to lower electric […]

‘Safety On The Trails’ Is Subject Of Walk-Talk Series

‘Safety On The Trails’ Is Subject Of Walk-Talk Series

The Franklin Township Police Department and the township Trails Advisory Committee will team up this Fall to present what they hope will be the first of many “walk and talks” on trail safety. Tara Kenyon, the township’s Open Space consultant, told the Committee at its June 8 meeting that she met with FTPD Sgt. Rebecca […]

Rose Day Festival Is Set For Colonial Park

Rose Day Festival Is Set For Colonial Park

Celebrate the summer season and revel in the beauty of roses at the Rose Day Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 11 at Colonial Park’s Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden, 156 Mettlers Road, Parking Lot A. The festival, hosted by the Somerset County Park Commission and Park Foundation, is free.  More […]

National ‘Adopt-A-Drain’ Program Underway In Franklin

National ‘Adopt-A-Drain’ Program Underway In Franklin

Township residents can now volunteer to help keep Franklin’s 7,473 storm drains clear and clean. The Township recently joined the national Adopt-a-Drain program, through which residents sign up to “adopt” drains in their neighborhoods or elsewhere in their town. The program asks for about 15 minutes, twice a month, during which time the volunteers take […]

In Your Opinion: Apply For BPU Electric Vehicle Charging Station Grants

In Your Opinion: Apply For BPU Electric Vehicle Charging Station Grants

Submitted by the Franklin Township Environmental Commission. Thanks to recent grant awards by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), a total of $54,000 was awarded to six multi-unit dwellings (MUDs) in Franklin Township. The state wide program approved a total of $1,059,500 in grant funding to purchase 223 electric vehicle (EV) chargers and […]

Committee Looks To Re-Establish Grasslands ‘Demonstration Plots’

Committee Looks To Re-Establish Grasslands ‘Demonstration Plots’

The Trails Advisory Committee wants to know more about the township’s native grasslands and is looking to the Open Space Advisory Committee for help. The Trails Committee wants to re-establish 10 “demonstration plots” at the Negri Nepote Grasslands Preservation site off Skillmans Lane. The plots were first created in 2013, but have fallen into disrepair. […]

Township Embarks On Study Of Residents’ Health And Health Equity

Township Embarks On Study Of Residents’ Health And Health Equity

The Township is about to embark on a year-long study of data from a variety of sources to identify the main health and health equity issues facing residents. Assisting the Township will be Sustainable Jersey, which has awarded Franklin a “technical assistance” grant to complete the study, formally known as a Local Health Assessment and […]

Environmentalists Gather To Clean Up Mile Run

Environmentalists Gather To Clean Up Mile Run

Volunteers from a number of environmental organizations within and without Franklin Township gathered at Mile Run on Hamilton Street April 9 to give the creek a sprucing up. The waterway lies at the border of Franklin and New Brunswick. The effort was spearheaded by members of the Franklin Township Environmental Commission. Commission member Stanislaz Jaracz […]

Trails Committee Wants To Help Hikers Cross Streams

Trails Committee Wants To Help Hikers Cross Streams

The township’s Trails Advisory Committee wants to make it easier for hikers to cross some of the streams that bisect several trails. But to do so, they’ll have to get the OK from Township manager Robert Vornlocker, and make sure there aren’t and state Department of Environmental Protection permits involved. The idea was broached at […]