The summer of 2015 could see the opening of new PetSmart and Panera Bread stores on Elizabeth Avenue.

  A proposal by the Board of Education’s vice president to move the December meeting so board members could attend a Chamber of Commerce event received no support at the Nov. 13 meeting.

  Ethics complaints against the Board of Education’s president and vice president have been dismissed by a state Administrative Law judge.

  A third-grade class at St. Matthias School, John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Somerset, remembered veterans in their families with a special project.

  A proposal to eliminate mid-term exams in Franklin High School will be up for a vote at the Board of Education’s Nov. 20 meeting.

About 30 pounds of extra Halloween candy was collected in a buy-back program by Advanced Dental Arts on Easton Avenue. This is the second year the practice has run the program. Chilcren who dropped off extra candy they collected on Halloween were paid $2 per pound.

A 47-year-old Franklin Park man was killed Nov. 12 when his car was struck by a garbage truck that had crossed the center line on South Middlebush Road. William H. Herman was driving his 2014 Hyundai Elantra south on South Middlebush, exiting the curve after the the Amwell Road intersection, when his car was struck head-on by a truck driven …

It took several years, but the debut CD of the Zarephath Christian Church’s worship team will be unveiled in a release party on Nov. 15.

Nov. 6 A Ralph Street resident told police that someone stole $35 out of her purse.

The annual Veterans’ Day observance was held Nov. 11 in Veterans’ Memorial Park, DeMott Lane. The event was held by members of American Legion Jensen-Scalzone Post 478, somerset, and the Canal Walk Veterans Club.