Margaret Mary Wolf, 89, died on November 18 peacefully at her home in Franklin Township. Known by her family and friends as Margie, she was born on May 25, 1935 in Sugar Notch, Pennsylvania to Catherine Shields Wilverding and John Wilverding. The youngest of six children, Margie grew up in Sugar Notch until the family moved to Plainfield. Margie graduated …

Earl N. Reid, Sr., of Somerset passed away on November 17 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 75. Born and raised in Concord, North Carolina, he lived in various towns throughout New Jersey before moving to Somerset in 2004. He worked as a Supervisor of Transportation at the VA Hospital in Lyons until his …

NEW APPOINTEES – Nubeja Allen and Nicholas Solomon speak to the Board of Education November 21 after their new appointments were approved. The Board of Education on November 21 once again went internal to fill open positions, choosing two district veterans for top administrative positions. The Board officially named Nicholas Solomon as the district’s new Director of School Management, and …

TURNING IN TALLIES – Poll workers line up to turn in their tally sheets at the Township Municipal Building. From there, the sheets were catalogued and sent to the Somerset County Clerk’s office. Two incumbents and a newcomer were voted onto the Board of Education on November 5, and the two incumbents for Somerset County Board of Commissioners won re-election. …

LT. GOVERNOR IN FRANKLIN – Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way speaks to a reception held for members of the New Jersey-India Commission and Choose New Jersey, about the upcoming trade mission to India that she will lead. The event was held at Samudhra restaurant in Franklin Park. Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way joined a delegation of members from the New Jersey-Indian Commission …

Here is the latest update from the Township on the 2024 road resurfacing program

Gerald Chapman. (Photo Som. Co. Pros. Off.) A Highland Park man was sentenced recently to five years in state prison for a 2023 road rage incident in which he fired a gun at another driver on Easton Avenue. Gerald S. Chapman, 41, was sentenced on November 15. He faced 10 years in prison.

COUNTY ASSUMES COST – Somerset County will not seek reimbursement from the Marconi Foundation for the $89,000 it cost to clean up Marconi Park after the Foundation’s unauthorized work was stopped last year. Somerset County earlier this year assumed the $89,266 it cost to clean up unauthorized work at Marconi Park, and will not seek reimbursement from the Marconi Foundation, …

TRICKY TRAY RETURNS – More than 300 people gathered at the Manville VFW Post 2290 on November 16 for the return of the Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary’s Tricky Tray fundraiser. After a 5-year hiatus, the crowds returned to the renewed Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary’s Tricky Tray fundraiser on November 16. Held at Thomas J. Kavanaugh VFW …

HOLIDAY CRAFTING – Former Township Recreation Director Alice Osipowitz was one of the many crafters offering holiday items for sale at the Township’s Holiday Craft Market on November 16. A steady stream of holiday shoppers filled the Franklin Township Senior and Community Center November 16 for the Township’s first Holiday Craft Market. Spurred by the success of prior craft markets …