School Board Set To Vote On New Covid-19 Protocols
District students and staff either infected or in close contact with someone who is infected with the coronavirus would be able to return to school sooner, but with more restrictions, under updated Covid-19 protocols set to be voted on by the Board of Education at its January 27 meeting. The updated protocols come amid ever-increasing […]
Tour De Franklin Set To Return As In-Person Ride
The organizers of the annual Tour de Franklin charity bike ride announced January 24 that they are planning to hold the 2022 ride in-person on April 24. The starting point for the ride, which benefits the Franklin Food Bank, will be at Franklin High School. The Tour de Franklin is the Food Bank’s largest annual […]
‘Sensory Trail’ For Middlebush Park Approved By Open Space Committee
A township Girl Scout received the Open Space Advisory Committee’s go-ahead for a project at Middlebush Park at its January 18 meeting. The Scout, Grace Glynn, a Scout with Troop 60607, wants to do the project in furtherance of her quest for the Scouts’ Gold Award. Her idea is to install a sensory trail along […]
Resident’s Pickle Ball court, Pool Application Put On Hold At Zoning Board
Update: A Second Street resident’s application to install an in-ground pool and build a pickleball court in his backyard was partially approved at the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s March 3 meeting. The Board approved a modified plan, without the court, after concerns were raised about the amount of impervious coverage the court would create, as […]
MLK Foundation Community Breakfast Postponed Until Spring
Safety concerns spurred by the surge in Covid-19 cases in the township forced the postponement of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast. The Franklin Township Dr. Martin Luther King Community Foundation, the organization sponsoring the annual breakfast, announced the postponement on January 13. The breakfast was originally to be held on January 17. […]
Danielsen Bill Funding School Security Project Signed Into Law
A bill co-sponsored by state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) that will help school districts across the state install “panic buttons” was recently signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy. The bill, formerly A-6258, allocates $5.1 million from the Securing Our Children’s Future Fund to the state Department of Education to fund grants to 60 school […]
‘I Was Proud’
One could still hear the anger in the voice of U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, more than one year after an angry mob breached the U.S. Capitol building in a failed attempt to stop the certification of Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election. You could see it in her eyes, in the way […]
School Board Returns To Hybrid Virtual/In-Person Meeting Format
The remainder of Board of Education meetings for the 2021-22 school year will be held both virtually and in-person, the Board decided at its reorganization meeting. The Board held the hybrid meetings last year, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Meetings were switched back to in-person in December. “It’ll be a WebEx hybrid situation,” […]
Franklin’s Shanel Robinson Returned To Post As SomCo Commissioner Director
Fresh off a November victory returning her to her Somerset County Commissioner’s seat, Shanel Robinson on January 7 was once again voted in as Commissioner Director. Robinson won re-election to the Commission in November, along with Commissioner Sara Sooy. The annual Commission reorganization meeting was held at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg. County Commissioner […]
LaCorte, Singh Returned To School Board Helm; Hopkins, Shaban, Merris Sworn In
Nancy LaCorte and Ardaman Singh retained their positions on the Board of Education at the January 6 Board reorganization meeting. LaCorte was re-elected president, and Singh was re-elected vice president. Newly elected Board members Dennis Hopkins and Sami Shaban, as well as re-elected member Laurie Merris, were also sworn into their positions during the meeting. […]
