ARTIST’S RENDERING – This 18-unit apartment building is planned for several lots located across Hamilton Street from Sophie’s Bistro. Autumn leaves will bring yet another applications for a Hamilton Street-based apartment building to the Planning Board. The Board on October 6 is scheduled to hear the application of Hamilton Street Management, which wants to build a three-story mixed-use building at …

To the person displaying the sign on the northern portion of DeMott Lane. I understand your First Amendment rights. I have remained publicly quiet, despite receiving numerous calls and emails, so as to not inflame the issue. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

Contracts for nearly $700,000 in goods and services were awarded July 9 by the Township Council. The Council approved five contracts totaling $696,588.10. 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 …

More than $3 million in road reconstruction contracts were approved July 9 by the Township Council. The five contracts total $3,248,933.94. 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 …

VOLUNTEERS AT WORK – Volunteers at the Food Bank’s warehouse on Churchill Avenue. (Photo: Franklin Food Bank.) The Franklin Food Bank recently received a $15,000 grant from Bank of America. The grant will help the Franklin Food Bank further its mission of serving neighbors in need, while improving economic mobility in greater Somerset County. Between 2022 and 2023, the Franklin …

LIBRARY ACCIDENT – The aftermath of a July 9 incident at the Franklin Township Library’s Main Branch. (Reporter photo.) One person was injured on July 9 when some shelving collapsed at the Franklin Township Library’s main branch on DeMott Lane. The person, who was not identified, was treated by EMTs but declined to be taken to a hospital, said January …

GOLD MEDAL WINNERS – Members of the gold medal winning SkillsUSA Quiz Bowl team from SCVTHS (l to r): Arnav Khanna (Hillsborough), Aarnav Shah (Bridgewater), Vir Trivedi (Hillsborough), Pari Malla (Branchburg), Lily Boguslavsky (Bridgewater), Daniel Yuh (Somerset), Krish Vyas (Hillsborough). Six township students were among the students from Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School who won medals in the SkillsUSA Championships, held …

TRUSTEE TESTIFIES – Severina Edward, a church Trustee, told the Planning Board the Church felt it needed the larger building to accommodate future growth. A Booker Street congregation that has been trying to get a new church approved for more than seven years will have to wait a little bit longer. The Planning Board on July 10 made it clear …

There were no reported injuries during a July 10 fire in a commercial building on Schoolhouse Road, police reported. Police responded to the fire at about 5:08 p.m. after receiving many calls about the blaze, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

Wesley Delton Perry, formerly of Plainfield, transitioned on July 1 at the Regency Care Center in Somerset. He was 87 years old. Wesley was born in Warren County, North Carolina to the late Joe and Virginia Perry. He was the fourth of 12 children; seven siblings preceded him in death. Wesley was educated in the Warren County School system in …