By Ron Jordan. The Bill of Rights is the cornerstone of our Constitution, and the First Amendment is the foundation it sits on. Unfortunately, free speech can be abused and that’s what’s happening on DeMott Lane by someone who pathetically is starved of attention.

By Bob LaCorte and Chris Kelly. To the Editor,

MAJOR BLAZE – More than 100 firefighters from 10 towns responded to a March 1 fire at Willow Creek Rehabilitation and Care Center. One firefighter was injured March 1 in a fire at Willow Creek Rehabilitation and Care Center on Easton Avenue. More than 100 firefighters from 10 towns fought the blaze of the unoccupied building.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a February 29 blaze in an Ambrose Street home that displaced its residents. There were no reported injuries in the fire, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department.

HEALTH CLINIC COMING – Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said the proposed Zufall health clinic on the campus of Franklin Middle School – Hamilton Street campus will eventually be expanded to all residents. A partnership between the Township and Board of Education that will result in a health clinic on a school campus came one step closer to fruition at the …

FIREFIGHTER HONORED – Senior Fire Marshal Charles Maria holds his commendation at the February 27 Township Council meeting. Two township residents received commendations for their volunteer work at the February 27 Township Council meeting. Charles Maria, the Township’s Senior Fire Marshal, was honored for his volunteer work in fire service, and Sara Malone was honored by the township Environmental Advisory …

WARRIOR MENTOR – Marco Collazo, a mentor with Operation Great Expectation, talks about the program at the February 22 Board of Education meeting. A high school mentoring program with claims of reducing the number of “behavior infractions” in schools was given a pat on the back by the Board of Education at its February 22 meeting. The program – operation …

EXPLAINING THE PLAN – Schools Superintendent John Ravally explains the plan to use the former Middlebush School as a pre-school center to offer universal, free, pre-school to District children. The Board of Education on February 22 took the first step in reclaiming the former Middlebush School building as a school. The Board agreed to give district administrators the authority to …

COUNTY TAKES OVER – Somerset County will renovate Guglielmo Marconi Memorial Park after officials stopped unauthorized work being done by the Franklin Township Marconi Foundation. Plans by a private organization to refurbish the Guglielmo Marconi Memorial Park at Easton Avenue and JFK Boulevard have been scuttled by Somerset County officials, about two months after the Township ordered that work on …

The Franklin High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams won back-to-back NJSIAA Section II, Group IV tournament opening games February 21. In the first game, the Lady Warriors defeated the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 58-48.