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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 […]

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 […]

School District’s State Aid Cut For FY 2025

School District’s State Aid Cut For FY 2025

School district officials are looking into ways to compensate for the approximately 2 percent cut in state aid for Fiscal Year 2025. The district will receive $21,119,162 in state K-12 aid, a reduction of $386,982 from last year’s figure. A district spokeswoman said the amount cut represents about 6 percent of the equalization aid given […]

One Firefighter Injured In Fire at Willow Creek Rehab Center

One Firefighter Injured In Fire at Willow Creek Rehab Center

One firefighter was injured March 1 in a fire at Willow Creek Rehabilitation and Care Center on Easton Avenue. More than 100 firefighters from 10 towns fought the blaze of the unoccupied building. The center has been empty since Hurricane Ida in 2021 and was under construction, according to a press release from the Franklin […]

Township Council Approves Grant For Health Clinic

Township Council Approves Grant For Health Clinic

A partnership between the Township and Board of Education that will result in a health clinic on a school campus came one step closer to fruition at the February 27 Township Council meeting. The Council approved a $1.5 million grant to be used toward a Zufall health clinic on the campus of Franklin Middle School […]

First Step Taken By BOE To Use Middlebush School As Pre-School Center

First Step Taken By BOE To Use Middlebush School As Pre-School Center

The Board of Education on February 22 took the first step in reclaiming the former Middlebush School building as a school. The Board agreed to give district administrators the authority to negotiate a lease with the Township that could lead to using the former school building as a pre-school center for 3- and 4-year olds. […]

Foundation’s Unauthorized Plan For Marconi Park Renovation Scuttled By Somerset County

Foundation’s Unauthorized Plan For Marconi Park Renovation Scuttled By Somerset County

Plans by a private organization to refurbish the Guglielmo Marconi Memorial Park at Easton Avenue and JFK Boulevard have been scuttled by Somerset County officials, about two months after the Township ordered that work on the park be stopped because proper permissions had not been acquired. The work, conducted under the auspices of the township-based […]

Five New Police Officers – Four Franklin Natives – Sworn In At Council Meeting

Five New Police Officers – Four Franklin Natives – Sworn In At Council Meeting

Five new Franklin Township Police officers – two of whom are graduates of the Youth Police Academy – were ceremoniously sworn in at the January 23 Township Council meeting. Additionally, four of the five are township natives, said Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather. Those ceremoniously sworn in, and their hometowns, were: Speaking about the […]

CJCP Lottery Application Deadline Is February 15

CJCP Lottery Application Deadline Is February 15

Application deadline to be included in the lottery: Thursday, February 15, 11:59 pm All prospective K-12 parents/guardians can apply for their child(ren). Applications may be submitted online at www.cjcollegeprep.org between January 1, 2024, and February 15, 2024, for the school year 2024-25. CJCP is free for all families; does not charge tuition. The application and enrollment process […]