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Police Chaplains Sworn In At Council Meeting

Three of the five Chaplains in the Franklin Township Police Department’s “revamped” Chaplaincy program were sworn in at the June 25 Township Council…

Somerset Man Pleads Guilty To Two Counts Of Vehicular Homicide

Somerset Man Pleads Guilty To Two Counts Of Vehicular Homicide

A 30-year-old Somerset man faces up to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty June 18 to two counts of First Degree…

FTPD Participates In Annual Torch Run For NJ Special Olympics

FTPD Participates In Annual Torch Run For NJ Special Olympics

A team of Franklin Township Police Department officers took part June 7 in the 41st annual Law Enforcement Torch Run fundraiser, helping to…

Township Resident Swindled In Bitcoin Gambit

Township Resident Swindled In Bitcoin Gambit

A township resident told police on May 3 that they had been swindled out of more than $107,000. The person told police that…

FTPD Police Log: April 28 – May 4, 2024

FTPD Police Log: April 28 – May 4, 2024

04/28/2024 A 47-year-old Somerset man was arrested for multiple outstanding warrants out of Franklin Township, and North Brunswick Township, while officers were attempting…

Police Identify Victim Of Motorcycle Crash

Police Identify Victim Of Motorcycle Crash

Police have identified the victim of a June 1 motorcycle accident as a 43-year-old Franklin resident. The man was identified as Derrell Montgomery,…

Motorcyclist Killed In Early Morning Accident

Motorcyclist Killed In Early Morning Accident

Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred early in the morning of June 1 that closed a portion of Easton Avenue for…

Township Man Convicted Of 2022 Beating

Township Man Convicted Of 2022 Beating

A 19-year-old township man was convicted on May 10 of a charge related to the 2022 beating of a man on Hamilton Street.…

Hundreds Of Police Officers Leave Franklin For Police Unity Tour

Hundreds Of Police Officers Leave Franklin For Police Unity Tour

Four Franklin Township police officers were among nearly 400 men and women in blue who assembled in front of the Public Safety Building…

Updated: Single-Car Crash Results In Death

Updated: Single-Car Crash Results In Death

Update: The person killed in the crash was identified as 31-year-old Franklin Township resident Kristen Drayton. One person was killed and a section…

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Submitted by the Care For Creation Student Ministry Green Army Team St. Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Forane Church in Somerset, New Jersey, embraced Earth Day with a series…

Representatives of multiple faith traditions gathered at Masjid-e-Ali on Cedar Grove Lane March 22 for the mosque’s annual Intra- and Interfaith Iftar. The event is held during Ramadan,…

A pre-Ramadan celebration was held March 9 at the township library by a local organization whose mission is to “shine a light on Islam in the Franklin Township…

The inaugural Muslim Heritage Month celebration in the township – called Noor Night – attracted hundreds of people to the Senior/Community Center in the Municipal Complex on January…

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FHS Athletic Booster Club Celebrates Athletes

FHS Athletic Booster Club Celebrates Athletes

The Franklin High School Athletics Booster Club celebrated all Warriors June 10 with a festival in Warrior Stadium. The day had been in the works…

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Consultant: Bad Traffic Intersections ‘Going To Get Worse’

Consultant: Bad Traffic Intersections ‘Going To Get Worse’

Traffic conditions at eleven of 14 key intersections in the township’s Business and Industry Zone are bad and will get worse when all currently approved warehouse projects are…

Design Details Of Proposed Rutgers Plaza Apartment Building Heard By Zoning Board

Design Details Of Proposed Rutgers Plaza Apartment Building Heard By Zoning Board

The Rutgers Plaza retail center will get a complete facelift with the approval of a proposed 200-unit apartment building in the former K-Mart space, the Zoning Board of…

Police Chaplains Sworn In At Council Meeting

Police Chaplains Sworn In At Council Meeting

Three of the five Chaplains in the Franklin Township Police Department’s “revamped” Chaplaincy program were sworn in at the June 25 Township Council meeting. Rabbi Eli Garfinkel of…

Mayor Kramer: I Have Parkinson’s

Mayor Kramer: I Have Parkinson’s

Mayor Philip Kramer has been suffering from Parkinson’s Disease since the middle of 2019, he said on June 24. Kramer, 68, said the disease has not affected his…

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Warrior 4 Life Scholarship Foundation Awards $11,500 To College-Bound Students

Warrior 4 Life Scholarship Foundation Awards $11,500 To College-Bound Students

More than $11,000 in scholarships were officially handed out to nine Franklin students June 23 by the Warrior 4 Life Scholarship Foundation. The students and…

Warriors On The Academic Move

Franklin High School Graduates Told To Never Stop Learning

CJCP Graduates Told To ‘Go Forth And Be Great’

CJCP Announces Commencement Speaker

FR&A Photo Gallery: Franklin High School Seniors Party On At Senior Prom

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Township Resident Leads SomCo VoTech In Bringing Music To Bridgeway

Township Resident Leads SomCo VoTech In Bringing Music To Bridgeway

A township woman was among the members of the Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School…

Quail Brook Senior Center March Schedule

Quail Brook Senior Center February Schedule

FR&A Man Of The Year: Derek Smith, Franklin Food Bank Executive Director

Quail Brook Senior Center January Schedule

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RVSB Sets Concert At Franklin High School

RVSB Sets Concert At Franklin High School

The Raritan Valley Symphonic Band presents its annual Pops Concert “Broadway, Hollywood, and Marches” at 7…

Raritan Valley Symphonic Band Sets April 28 For Concert At FHS

Raritan Valley Symphonic Band Returns To Franklin High School

Community Art Show Exhibits Residents’ Talents