Township Will Wait Until At Least Spring 2024 To Look For Energy Aggregation
Energy aggregation for township ratepayers will have to wait at least until the Spring of 2024, a Township official said on October 2. Updating the Environmental Commission on the Township’s progress in implementing energy aggregation, which was approved by voters in November 2022, Township Councilmember Ed Potosnak said that now is probably not a good […]
Township Council Approves Naaman Williams Park Fitness Equipment
A contract worth more than $65,000 for fitness equipment for Naaman Williams Park was awarded September 12 by the Township Council. The company that will supply and install the equipment is MRC of Spring Lake. Among the equipment being purchased is a captain’s chair for $4,692, recumbent cycle for $6,658, vault bar ($619) and push-up […]
Man Who Saved Toddlers After Car Accident Honored At Township Council Meeting
A township resident who rescued two toddlers from an overturned car after an accident was commended by the Mayor and Township Council at the Council’s September 12 meeting. Daniel Pierson rushed to the overturned SUV following an accident on Cedar Grove Lane, found the toddlers in car seats, and freed them. “Many of you may […]
Franklin Township Baseball League 14U Team Honored By Township Council
Members of the Franklin Township Baseball League’s under 14 team were commended by teh Township Council September 12 for their appearance this summer in the Babe Ruth World Series. The team, known as the Warriors, made it to the series’ quarterfinals, the first time a Franklin Babe Ruth team made an appearance ion the world […]
Garden State Track Club Awards Five Scholarships
Five local students were awarded scholarships August 8 by the Garden State Track Club. The $500 scholarships were generated by funds from the annual Garden State 10 Miler, held by the Club each March in Colonial Park. The awards were distributed at the August 9 Township Council meeting. The scholarships show that “the police department, […]
Township Council Approves Application For CDBG Grants
An application for more than $348,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant money was approved July 11 by the Township Council. The program, overseen by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, is designed to help low- and moderate-income people. This year’s application is earmarked for five housing programs, three public facilities programs and […]
Five New FTPD Officers, Lieutenant and Sergeant Sworn In At Township Council Meeting
Four rookies – one of them a township native – and a seasoned officer were ceremonially sworn in to the Franklin Township Police Department at the July 11 Township Council meeting. Also at the meeting, two newly minted Sergeants and a Lieutenant were sworn in to their new ranks. The officers starting their law enforcement […]
Township Ordinance Takes Aim At Bamboo
Spurred by resident complaints at the June 13 meeting, the Township Council on July 11 introduced an ordinance that would limit how running bamboo can be planted in Franklin. Under the ordinance, all new plantings of running bamboo would have to be made in above-ground planters, so as to prevent the plant’s roots from spreading. […]
Fundraising To Begin For Township YMCA Branch. Again
An idea that was first broached about 20 years ago, but never materialized, is coming back in focus. Officials at the Greater Somerset YMCA announced June 27 that a feasibility study recommended they move forward with placing a YMCA branch in Franklin, on the Township’s portion of the former Consolata property on Route 27. Township […]
Noise Ordinance Amendments Adopted By Township Council
Amendments to the Township’s Noise Ordinance which restrict the time that industrial-related loading and unloading operations, as well as the use of vehicles with backup beepers, can be used on properties that abut Scenic Corridors which are adjacent to residential developments was approved on second reading June 13 by the Township Council. The amendments apply […]
