A Public Information Session to educate the public on proposed improvements to the DeMott Lane/Easton Avenue intersection has been set for 4:30-7 p.m. December 5 at the Township Municipal Building, 475 DeMott Lane. The proposed work includes “the reconstruction of the traffic signal equipment, curb, sidewalk, pavement, and median barrier in the vicinity of the intersection. Additionally, the existing multiuse …

FORE! – Atul Kakar, co-owner of Par2Play golf center on Hamilton Street, lines up a shot at one the facility’s four golf simulators. You could say Atul Kakar loves golf, but that would be an understatement. After all, how many casual admirers of the game install a $100,000 golf simulator in their garage?

Dr. Lori B. Goldblatt, of Somerset passed away on November 16 at home. She was 59.Born in Newark and raised in Clark, she lived in Poughkeepsie, New York before moving to Somerset in 1994.Dr. Goldblatt worked as a private practice clinical psychologist and was a member of the Somerset County Mental Health Board for more than 20 years. She was …

FUNDING HIGH HOPES – Vimal Sodhani speaks to the Board of Education at its November 16 meeting, prior to donating $10,000 for the Invention Competition. A township philanthropist has once again made a substantial donation to a special program run in the school district. Vimal Sodhani, of the Sodhani Foundation, presented the district with a $10,000 check for the annual …

Contracts worth more than $941,679 for goods and services were approved November 13 by the Township Council. The contracts awarded were:

Once again, Franklin Township is represented on a statewide political power list. This time it’s Insider NJ’s Insider 100 Power List 2023. Representing the township on the list are Franklin Township Police Det. Pat Colligan and Township Councilmember Ed Potosnak.

MEETING SET – Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said he and several other officials will brainstorm on the best way to ask Somerset County to decertify some County roads for truck traffic. Township officials plan to put their heads together this week and strategize on how to ask Somerset County to decertify some County roads for truck traffic. The idea is …

Odei Boateng (Photo: RVCC) A Somerset man is one CNN’s Top 10 Heroes for 2023, and is in competition for a $100,000 prize. Odei Boateng, a native of Ghana and a graduate of Raritan Valley Community College, was selected for his international humanitarian service. Boateng is the founder and CEO of the OKB Hope Foundation.

NURSES SEEKING HELP – Township resident Erika Colindres, a nurse at RWJ New Brunswick, speaks to the Township Council at the November 13 meeting. UPDATE: The Township Council unanimously passed the resolution in support of the proposed bills at the November 28 Council meeting. A contingent of nurses from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick asked the Township Council …

LIGHTS OUT – PSE&G is working to fix a broken electrical line that powers lights along the driveway that fronts the Municipal Building off DeMott Lane. The front of the Municipal Building should soon be well-lit again. The lights along the building’s circular driveway, as well as in Veterans’ Memorial Park and in the parking lot across John M. Collins …