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Township Council Reorganizes; Potosnak Named Deputy Mayor

Township Council Reorganizes; Potosnak Named Deputy Mayor

Councilmember Ed Potosnak was voted in as Deputy Mayor at the January 2 Township Council reorganization meeting. Also at the meeting, re-elected At-Large Councilmembers Kimberly Francois and Ram Anbarasan and newcomer Alex Kharazi and Mayor Phil Kramer were sworn in. The Council also made appointments to a variety of township positions, as well as some […]

Township Residents Included In Statewide ‘Power 100’ List

Township Residents Included In Statewide ‘Power 100’ List

Once again, Franklin Township is represented on a statewide political power list. This time it’s Insider NJ’s Insider 100 Power List 2023. Representing the township on the list are Franklin Township Police Det. Pat Colligan and Township Councilmember Ed Potosnak. Colligan, who is also the head of the state PBA, is a veteran of statewide […]

Mayor, Council Democrats, ‘Vote For All 3’ BOE Slate Unofficial Winners In General Election

Mayor, Council Democrats, ‘Vote For All 3’ BOE Slate Unofficial Winners In General Election

The Democratic Mayoral and Township Council slate, and a slate of Board of Education candidates which includes an incumbent, appear to be on the road to victory in the November 7 General Election. The candidates enjoyed leads in their races, but the tallies do not include all votes cast early, votes cast by mail and […]

Levine: Financial Accusations Against Me Are A Mudslinging Tactic

Levine: Financial Accusations Against Me Are A Mudslinging Tactic

The Republican candidate for Township Mayor has denounced as a “smear campaign” and a “mountain out of a molehill” the revelation by Somerset County Democrats that he had been removed as executor of a deceased client’s estate and ordered to repay the estate more than $200,000 in 2021 amid allegations of charging the estate excessive […]

‘Why We Vote’ Town Hall Set For October 26

‘Why We Vote’ Town Hall Set For October 26

A “Why We Vote” town hall meeting is set for 6-8 p.m. October 26 at Franklin Middle School – Sampson G. Smith campus, 1649 Amwell Road. The town hall is sponsored by the Central Jersey Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, the League of Women Voters of the Greater New Brunswick Area (GNBA), […]

Seven Candidates File For Three Open School Board Seats; Two Incumbents Bow Out

Seven Candidates File For Three Open School Board Seats; Two Incumbents Bow Out

Only one incumbent is among the seven candidates who have filed petitions to run for three open Board of Education seats. Incumbent Bill Grippo is joined on the “Vote All Three” slate by newcomers Erika Innocencio and Jimmie Parker, III. Current Board members Michael Smith and Nishita Desai have chosen to not seek re-election. They […]

Two From Franklin Make Political ‘Power List’

Two From Franklin Make Political ‘Power List’

Two people with Franklin ties are among 100 state residents recognized by an online publication as being among the most powerful non-elected political figures in New Jersey. The 2023 edition of the New Jersey Globe’s “Power List” includes Patrick Murray, a township resident and head of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, and Patrick Colligan, a […]

Longtime Township GOP Chair Resigns Amid Efforts To Oust Him, New Leadership Team Elected

Longtime Township GOP Chair Resigns Amid Efforts To Oust Him, New Leadership Team Elected

The longtime chairman of the Franklin Township Republican Municipal Committee earlier this year resigned in the midst of a bid by dissatisfied committee members to oust him. Bob LaCorte, who served as the Municipal Committee’s chairman for more than 20 years, resigned during an attempt by the dissident group to hold a “no confidence” vote […]

Republican Council Candidate’s Petition Rejected Over Residency Issues

Republican Council Candidate’s Petition Rejected Over Residency Issues

A Republican candidate for Township Council has been disqualified by the Township Clerk on residency issues. James Holzheimer, a retired Franklin Township Police Officer, had hoped to run for one of the three At-Large Council seats up for grabs in November. But his petition for the June 6 primary election was disqualified by Township Clerk […]

Local Candidates Submit Primary Petitions

Local Candidates Submit Primary Petitions

Township Democratic and Republican candidates for Mayor and At-Large Township Council seats submitted their nominating petitions for the June 6 primary election. The deadline for submissions was 4 p.m. March 27 The candidates are: Democrats (all incumbents, except for Kharazi): Republicans:

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