Lenon Reed, 72, passed away August 22 at Somerset Woods in Somerset. Mr. Reed was born April 17, 1945 in Rosehill, Mississippi, the son of Jessie and Annie May (Barlow) Reed. He relocated and settled in Somerset when he was 10 years old. Lenon was a chemical operator for Akzo Nobel in New Brunswick, where he worked for 40 years …

Lancaster, Penn. – An eighth-inning rally for the Somerset Patriots (27-30, 70-58) led the way in a 7-6 victory over the Lancaster Barnstormers (32-26, 70-58) Monday afternoon at Clipper Magazine Stadium. Somerset opened the scoring with a five-run top of the third inning. Aharon Eggleston (4) led off the inning with a solo home run to right-center field, before Kyle …

Submitted by Raritan Valley Community College. A township resident has been named to the Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) Foundation Board of Directors.

Lancaster, Penn. – The Somerset Patriots (26-30, 69-58) split Sunday’s doubleheader with the Lancaster Barnstormers (32-25, 70-57) at Clipper Magazine Stadium. Lancaster took game one 2-0, while the Patriots salvaged the split with a 4-1 victory in game two. The only two runs of game one came on a Cole Garner two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth …

A 63-year-old township man was killed Sept. 1 after he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a parked car on Hillcrest Avenue, police said. Police said Son McCalla of Hillcrest Avenue was driving a 2001 Yamaha motorcycle when it struck the rear of the car shortly after 11 p.m.

South Middlebush Road was reopened on Sept. 1, to the apparent delight of many township residents. A part of the road was closed June 28 for a complete bridge replacement over the Six Mile Run.

https://www.facebook.com/franklinreporter/videos/1267356520042724/ The Franklin High School Warriors Marching band broke band camp Sept. 1 with a special preview of their new show.

Approximately 200 people gathered at Masjid-e-Ali mosque on Cedar Grove Lane Sept. 1 to celebrate one of the two most important holidays in the Muslim calendar. It was the festival of Eid al-Adha, commemorating the narrative of God commanding Abraham to sacrifice one of his sons. In the narrative, Abraham is stopped by an angel just as he was about …

The first Carl’s Jr. fast-food restaurant in New Jersey is now open on Somerset Street/Route 27. It replaces the first Hardee’s in New Jersey in 20 years, which opened in that spot in 2015. The restaurant has the same franchisee – Bhupen Patel – and is a sister to Hardee’s, just a bit more “upscale,” said Katy McIntyre, Carl’s Jr.’s …

Lancaster, Penn. – The Lancaster Barnstormers (31-24, 69-56) withstood a pair of late Somerset Patriots (25-29, 67-57) rallies to hold on to a 2-1 victory in Friday night’s opener at Clipper Magazine Stadium. Both teams exchanged scoreless innings until the bottom of the seventh inning, when a two-out rally culminated in a Cole Garner two-run single.