A mistake in the public notice about the January 24 public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance amendments banning new warehouse development in the township requires a second public hearing, a township official said on February 1. The initial public hearing notice left out the hearing’s location, which was the Township Council Chamber in the municipal building. That rendered the …

Samuele Mattia is fouled as he goes up for a shot during the Warriors’ January 31 game against Piscataway. The Franklin High School Warriors basketball team extended their winning streak to six on January 31, dominating the Piscataway Superchiefs, 73-48. The game got off to a slow start, with Piscataway grabbing a short-lived lead.

Members of the boys’ and girls’ winter track teams. It was Senior Night January 31 for the Franklin High School boys’ and girls’ winter track teams. A total of 17 athletes made their way down the red carpet during halftime of the JV basketball game against Piscataway.

Eight Franklin firefighters who are committed to six departments in the township graduated from the Somerset County Fire Academy in Hillsborough on January 27. The ceremony was the first graduation ceremony held at the academy since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

By Nehal Bajaj. It is hard to truly understand the feeling of dread that hundreds of other New Jersey families face when all they can do is stand by and watch as hurricanes rip through their homes and the businesses they have worked all their lives to build.

Mrs. Judith Hageman Fibbe passed away on January 26 at North Naples Hospital in Naples, Florida. She was 82 years old. Mrs. Fibbe was born in New Brunswick and raised in Middlebush. After graduating Highland Park High School, Judith attended Marietta College in Ohio where she met and soon married her husband Charles F. Fibbe. After graduating, the young couple …

Margareta Hajdu-Nemeth (Apfel) of Somerset was born on March 5, 1933, and passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family on January 29, 2023.Margareta was born in Zaton, Yugoslovia, to the late Janos and Anna Apfel. She lived in Hillsborough before residing in Somerset. She retired from Permacel in North Brunswick and spent her retired years doing what …

Julian Khater.(LinkedIn) A 33-year-old Franklin High School graduate was sentenced January 27 to 80 months in jail for what prosecutors said was his part in the January 6, 2021 mace attack leading to the death of a U.S. Capitol Police Officer. Julian Elie Khater, most recently of Pennsylvania, received his sentence in a federal court in Washington, D.C. Khater pleaded …

Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather speaking at the January 24 Township Council meeting. The death of a 29-year-old Memphis man, allegedly by five Memphis police officers, has “hurt us all,” Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather said in a statement released on January 27. In the lengthy statement, Maeweather expresses condolences for Tyre Nichols’ family and details …

Animal Control Officer Katie Nordhaus shows Carl, the Boa Constrictor, to students at the Youth Center. A group of township middle schoolers got an introduction to some animals and learned the responsibilities of Franklin’s animal control officers at “Pet Care Day” hosted by the Franklin Township Youth Center. On hand to present the animals and answer questions were animal control …