Students raised the money by paying to wear a hat to school. Students at Elizabeth Avenue Elementary School recently presented the Franklin Food Bank with a gift for the new year: a $500 check. The money was raised through the school’s “EAS Gives Back” program, said school principal Greg Romero.

The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team was dominated January 12 by Rutgers Prep, losing 72-42. With the loss, the Lady Warriors fall to 4-6 overall and 3-3 in the Skyland Conference.

Township Planning Director Mark Healey described the proposed zoning changes that would effectively ban new warehouses in the township. Planning Board members didn’t have a lot to say about proposed ordinance amendments that would effectively ban new warehouses in every zoning in the township. The Board considered the amendments during a special Master Plan review meeting on January 11. The …

Priscilla J. Yates of Somerset passed away on January 8 at home. She was 92.Born and raised in New Brunswick, she was a longtime resident of Somerset.She worked as a Special Education Teacher for the Franklin Township Board of Education until her retirement.Priscilla and her husband of 72 years, Steve, were founding parishioners of St. Matthias Church, where she was …

Environmental Commission member Robyn Suydam said a conversation with a Council member spurred her to suggest the change in the sub-committee’s scope. The scope of an Environmental Commission sub-committee working on a “green roof” ordinance has been expanded. The decision to expand the sub-committee’s charge came as a result of a suggestion by Commissioner Robin Suydam.

FTPD officers stand with the remaining boxes of produce at the January 4 food distribution. A food distribution program that is estimated to have given out about 12,000 pounds of produce a month for more than a year is still going strong, police say. The program is run by the Franklin Township Police Department’s Community Relations Bureau at 935 Hamilton …

So-called “porch pirates” – people who steal delivered packages from people’s porches – were busy in the township during the waning days of 2022, police said. Here are the reported cases, furnished by the Franklin Township Police Department:

PSE&G and contractors are working on power lines and utility poles throughout the township. This crew was on Franklin Boulevard on January 4. Utility work being carried out throughout the township by PSE&G crews over the past several weeks will continue for some weeks to come, a company spokesman said. The work entails upgrading power lines and the utility poles …

There were a rash of car thefts and burglaries to autos in the township during the last two weeks of the year, according to police. Here are the incidents, as reported by police:

Concerned residents packed the School District office community room at the January 4 Planning Board meeting to hear testimony on the proposed B9 Schoolhouse warehouse project. A proposal to construct two warehouses totaling nearly 250,000 square feet at Mettlers and Schoolhouse roads was given a chilly reception by the Planning Board at its January 4 meeting. With about 200 people …