Two Princeton residents face gun charges after their June 20 arrests at a Route 27 apartment complex. Kelly Ambrose, 31 and Elizabeth DeFrank, 48, were each charged with two counts of 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Patriots Sweep Double Header Over Bluefish
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots swept the Bridgeport Bluefish in a double header at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon.
Read More »Zielinski Shines In Patriots 5-1 Win
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots defeated the Bridgeport Bluefish 5-1 before a season high 8,012 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening.
Read More »FR&A Pictorial: Walk Against ALS At TD Bank Ball Park
The Franklin Reporter & Advocate was proud to support the 2014 Walk Against ALS at the TD Bank Ball Park.
Read More »Planning Board Approves Plan To Subdivide Vanderbilt Lot For Home Construction
A township resident won Planning Board approval June 18 for her plan to split a Vanderbilt Avenue lot into two to allow her to build a home close to her family. Margaret DeGeorge told the board that she currently lives in a townhouse on the other side of town, and she wants to be closer to her mother and brother …
Read More »Schools Superintendent Search Update: School Board Hopes To Interview Candidates In July, August
The Board of Education hopes to interview prospective schools Superintendent candidates in the two months leading up to the 2014-2015 school year, the board’s vice president said June 19. Eva Nagy, sitting in for board president Julia Presley, said that the board is “on track” in looking for the district’s next top executive.
Read More »New Schedules For High School, SGS, Up For Vote By Board Of Education
Schedule changes that would result in more homework and added – albeit shorter – lunch periods for Franklin High School students and longer science and social studies classes for Sampson G. Smith 6th graders will be up for votes at the Board of Education’s June 26 meeting. Details of the changes were discussed at the board’s June 19 meeting.
Read More »Video & Pictorial: State Police Bomb Squad Removes Mortar From Police Headquarters
A 70-mm mortar shell that could date back to as long ago as World War I was taken for disposal June 20 from the front of police headquarters by the bomb commander of the State Police bomb squad. The mortar was brought to the headquarters at about 11 a.m. by a township resident who said he found it in the bottom …
Read More »Next Schools Superintendent’s ‘Profile’ To Be Discussed At School Board Meeting
The characteristics and traits that should be embodied by the next schools Superintendent will be discussed at the June 19 Board of Education meeting. Information gleaned from an online survey, meetings with parents, board members, faculty and staff, township officials and the community at large has been distilled by the district’s search firm, Hazard, Young & Attea Associates. Firm representatives will …
Read More »Blue Crabs Beat Patriots 2-1
Waldorf, MD – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (21-32) defeated the Somerset Patriots (32-20) 2-1 Wednesday evening from Regency Furniture Stadium.
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