TALKING NUMBERS – Schools Superintendent John Ravally describes the 2024 budget at the March 9 open Finance Committee meeting. (File photo.) The Board of Education approved its $214 million spending plan for Fiscal Year 2024 at a special April 25 meeting. The $213,803,051 budget is powered by a $164,387,049 tax levy for calendar year 2023, up $7,285,784 from calendar year …
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NEW SGS ADMIN TEAM – Rebekah Solomon, center, with Sampson G. Smith vice-principals Jill Santoni and Jarred Sheffrin after Solomon was appointed SGS principal at the April 25 Board of Education meeting. (Photo: Rebekah Solomon.) The Board of Education on April 25 once again chose home-grown talent in naming Rebekah Solomon as the new principal at Franklin Middle School – …
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YER OUT – Franklin’s Samuele Mattia prepares to put the tag on a Phillipsburg player as he slides into second base during the April 25 game. Franklin High School’s diamond teams had mixed results on April 25, with the Warrior baseball team winning 5-3 against Phillipsburg, and the Lady Warrior softball team falling 11-6 to Ridge. In the boys’ game, …
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THROWIN’ SMOKE – Junior Anthony Buroughs delivers during his seven innings on the mound for Franklin in their 7-1 win over South Brunswick. Mike Schiermeyer knocked in three runs and Anthony Buroughs pitched a complete game as the Franklin High School baseball Warriors topped South Brunswick 7-1 on April 24. Schiermeyer, a Sophomore, went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles. …
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The Ukrainian History and Education Center and the Millstone Valley Preservation Coalition were two of eight Somerset County organizations awarded grants recently through the County History Partnership Program. The grants assist organizations with general operating support and special projects. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …
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A longtime township resident has been named the new Somerset County Chief Financial Officer. Yvonne E. Childress, currently Director of Fiscal Operations at the County, was promoted to the position by the Somerset County Board of Commissioners. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …
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Richard A. Phillips, of Somerset passed away April 20 at the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Somerville. He was 81. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he lived in Pine Hill before moving to Somerset in 1964. Richard served in the US Navy during the mid-1960s. He worked as a Warehouse Supervisor for John Wiley & Sons Publishing in Somerset …
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STATE WINNER – Aditya Mohan holds his winning poster, surrounded by (left to right) his parents, Jagan and Kay, and New Jersey State Police Det Sgt. 1st Class Terrence Tennant. Aditya Mohan says he has two muses to thank for his recent first-place finish in a statewide poster contest: his mom, Kay, and his dog, Fluffy. Mohan, a 5th Grader …
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TESTIFYING – Engineer Richard Adelsohn testifies before the Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing on April 20. The developer of a proposed 12-unit townhouse project on Norma Avenue will have to wait until at least May to hear if the project is a “go.” That’s because the project’s hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment on April 20 had to be …
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