POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE – Students make their way into the gymnasium for the FHS Class of 2023 commencement exercises. There are now 609 more young men and women who can call themselves graduates of Franklin High School. The threat of bad weather forced the Class of 2023 commencement ceremony indoors to the gym on June 23, but impending rain didn’t …
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ON THE HOT SEAT – Corey Chase, a traffic engineer for the developer of the proposed B9 Schoolhouse warehouse project, testifies during the June 21 Planning Board hearing. The traffic engineer for the proposed B9 warehouses at Schoolhouse and Mettlers roads came under prolonged questioning from the Planning Board and public during a continuation of the application’s hearing at the …
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Damaris Sanchez Rivera and her partner Anna Maria, along with various friends and family, celebrated the grand opening of her new men’s and women’s hair salon, D Styles Beauty & Barber Shop, June 21 in the Stop & Shop Plaza at Route 27 and Veronica Avenue. The Franklin Reporter & Advocate stopped by: Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet …
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Dr. Guillermo A. Garcia of Somerset passed away on June 19 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 78.Born in Pijao, Colombia, he immigrated to the United States in 1970, settling in New Brunswick, and has lived in Somerset for 50 years.He worked as a Medical Doctor in the Emergency Department of Robert Wood Johnson …
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NEW PRINCIPAL – Jennifer Stein, the newly named principal at Franklin Park School, speaks after her appointment at the June 20 Board of Education meeting. The Board of Education named a new school principal and vice-principal at its June 20 meeting. Jennifer Stein was named the new principal at Franklin Park School, and Angela Pape was named the new vice-principal …
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The school district’s retirees and volunteers were honored by the Board of Education at their June 20 meeting. The Board had special callouts for Franklin Middle School Sampson G. Smith campus principal Evelyn Rutledge, Early Childhood Education supervisor Kathleen Damore, Franklin High School Booster Club leader Marisa Gallagher and outgoing district Parents Organization Presidents’ Council president Nicolas DiMeglio. Don’t Miss …
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KILLED IN CRASH – Former Franklin High School track standout Mario Heslop, seen here competing in the 2019 Tournament of Champions meet at the high school, was killed June 19 in a car accident that is still under investigation. Mario Heslop, a 2019 Franklin High School graduate and track star, was killed June 19 in a three-car accident on Hamilton …
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Mrs. Rosemary Genovese passed away on June 17 at her home in Somerset. She was 79 years old. Mrs. Genovese was born in New Brunswick and was raised in Mount Holly for a time before moving to Edison. She graduated from Edison High School and then attended Eastern School For Physicians Aides in New York City. Soon after, Mrs. Genovese …
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The second annual Juneteenth Parade and Festival – organized this year by the SC Juneteenth Committee Inc. – kicked off from Pine Grove Manor elementary school on June 17. The parade made its way up Highland Avenue, then down a stretch of Hamilton Street before turning off at Matilda Avenue and into Naaman Williams Park for the festival. Don’t Miss …
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POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE – CJCP seniors queue up during the June 15 graduation ceremony. The Central Jersey College Prep Charter School’s Class of 2023 was told to create the communities they want to live in and meet whatever success means to them at their June 15 graduation. The 41 members of the graduating class a;so heard from state Sen. Vin …
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