An incumbent and two returning Board of Education members were sworn in Jan. 3 at the board’s annual reorganization meeting. Also at the meeting, Nancy LaCorte was re-elected by board members as their president, and Ardaman Singh won re-election as board vice-president.

By PJ Parker. Franklin’s Native Son Kevin Apuzzio was only 21 years old when he lost his life, trapped in a basement during a structural fire.

The Horticulture Department of the Somerset County Park Commission is accepting reservations for wedding ceremonies and photos at three locations in the Colonial Park Gardens. The Colonial Park locations are: the Arboretum (for ceremonies and photos), the Perennial Garden, and the Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden (for photos only). The fee for each garden is $150.00 per hour.

The notion of “paying it forward” can be traced back to the ancient Greeks; it is the idea that one does not repay a kindness one was granted back to the benefactor, but, rather, finds someone else in the same situation and lends a similar helping hand. “Paying it forward” has been explored in plays, books and movies through the …