Louise H. Ericksen, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on September 12 at the age of 90, at Parker at Somerset in Somerset.  Born on April 6, 1934, in New Brunswick, to the late Louis and Jennie Olah, Louise was raised in New Brunswick, found the love of her life, and settled in the Middlebush …

NOT PLEASED – East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dan Krushinsky, center, listens as Fire District 3 board attorney reads a resolution concerning their contract dispute. The Franklin Township Fire District 3 Commissioners recently took a step to prepare the District in case a new contract with East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department is not ratified. The Commissioners at their September …

A clinic designed to help people with expunging criminal convictions from their record is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 1 at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, 771 Somerset Street. The clinic, entitled “Clean Slate,” is sponsored by the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, FBCLG, state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) and Somerset County. Don’t Miss …

The Township has released an update on the status for various road resurfacing projects. Projects that are complete are: Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only do that …

By Bill Connell. I was on vacation when the Board of Education goals came out. I opened my laptop, rolled my eyes and closed the laptop. I usually toss off an opinion over a cup of coffee for Speak Out, but this is too important to just riff so I have been thinking about it since then. Don’t Miss Out! …

CELEBRATION – Senior Grey Grealish and Junior Juston White celebrate Grealish’s goal September 10 in a game against Delaware Valley. The Franklin High School Warriors soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to three on September 10 with a 3-2 double-overtime win over Delaware Valley Regional High School. Senior Grey Grealish led the Warriors to victory, scoring the team’s first goal and …

Two Franklin-based students are among 16,000 semifinalists in the in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next Spring. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

Arun Pathak, 79, passed away on September 6 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Born on October 30, 1944 in Sankheda, Gujarat (India) to Ambalal and Madhukanta (Bhatt) Pathak. Arun was raised in India, where he would spend the majority of his younger years before he moved to the United States in 1970. Arun was …

ENGINEER’S TESTIMONY – Jackie L. Giordano, the project’s engineer, testifies at the September 5 Zoning Board meeting. The Zoning Board of Adjustment recently approved a 51,000-square-foot warehouse at Weston Canal Road and Cottontail Lane. The warehouse application was the first such application heard by a township land use board since the Township Council banned warehouses in early 2023. Don’t Miss …

SIGNS BURNED – Investigators examine the remains of two signs on a DeMott Lane property that were set afire early in the morning of September 7. Police and fire officials are investigating the September 7 burning of two signs on the front lawn of a DeMott Lane home. Police responded to the home at about 8:32 a.m. after receiving multiple …