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LEADING THE CHARGE – Mayor Phil Kramer led the Franklin delegation in a virtual public comment session run by state environmental officials about permit applications for a controversial natural gas pipeline project. More than 170 area residents – including a healthy contingent from Franklin – took to the Internet September 10 to persuade the state Department of Environmental Protection to …

Four students in local schools were among the more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program announced September 10 by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The high school seniors will compete for 6,930 scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered in the Spring of 2026. Local student semifinalists are: Adwita Jagannathan from Central Jersey College …

Sandra Susan Pinto went home to be with the Lord on September 3. She was born in Newark, NJ in 1943 to Amy Patti and John DeHart. Her parents predeceased her along with her two siblings, Henry DeHart, Mary Muzzi, and nephew Mark Muzzi. Sandy, as she is fondly known to all, enjoyed life. She had two children at a …

Two cooling centers have been opened in the township in advance of the high heat and humidity expected in the area over the next few days. The township Office of Emergency Management has issued a severe heat and humidity warning. The cooling centers are: Franklin Township Public Library, 485 DeMott Lane. Hours are Monday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 …

Harold Denis McGrath, Jr., a devoted husband and father, passed away peacefully on April 25, at the age of 84. Born on January 17, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Harold and Rose (Pokorny) McGrath, he was a graduate of Brooklyn Prep High School and went on to earn his Bachelor’s Degree from Polytechnical Institute of Brooklyn. In …

PLANE CRASH ROUTE – A closeup of the left spiral path of a small plane before it crashed in the Six Mile Run on March 30. Air traffic controllers made three attempts in about 35 seconds to contact the pilot of a small plane that crashed in the township last month, but the pilot did not respond, according to a …