Michael A. LaCorte passed away on November 1 at his home in Franklin Park. He was 90 years old. Mr. LaCorte was born in Brooklyn and raised in the City of New Brunswick. He began baking bread at his family’s bakery, LaCorte’s Bakery in New Brunswick while still in high school. He owned and operated the bakery after his parents …

Marlene Peterson, born in 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey, died peacefully on November 2 with her loving daughter, Kristen, and brother, Lewis, beside her after losing an impossible battle with ALS. She spent her childhood and formative school years in the close-knit community of Elmwood Park, where she attended Elmwood Park Memorial High School, forging lifelong friendships, including the most …

DEFENDING HIS RECORD – Republican Mayoral Candidate Brian Levine says information about past legal difficulties released recently by Somerset County Democrats is just a “diversion.” (File photo). The Republican candidate for Township Mayor has denounced as a “smear campaign” and a “mountain out of a molehill” the revelation by Somerset County Democrats that he had been removed as executor of …

BAN THE TRUCKS – Planning Board member Robert Thomas convinced the Planning Board to ask Somerset County to look into banning trucks from some County roads. In the latest salvo against the widespread development of warehouses and their attendant truck traffic, the Township Planning Board wants Somerset County to disallow the big rigs on all or parts of some County …

The Howe House in Colonial Park is one of four historic sites receiving nearly $1 million through Somerset County’s Historic Preservation Grant Program. Organizations received grant money for the stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, and/or preservation of historic sites. The funds were made possible by the Somerset County Board of County Commissioners through the Somerset County Open Space, Recreation, Farmland and Historic Preservation …

By Brian Levine. It is disheartening and insulting to our community to see the Democrats resorting to baseless attacks and smear tactics in their campaign against me, Brian Levine, the Republican mayoral candidate for Franklin Township. It is essential to set the record straight on my record of strong leadership and fiscal responsibility so the residents of Franklin can make …

Goblins and ghouls and Taylor Swifts were spotted throughout the township in the days leading up to, and including, Halloween. As has been the practice for the past number of years, “Trunk or Treats” events were held in multiple locations.

A township adult medical day care center was one of 21 centers throughout the state identified by state officials to have over-billed for Medicaid-eligible services between 2016 and 2021. The center, Rainbow Home Medical Day Care on Campus Drive, was cited by the state Office of the Comptroller for having over-billed $12,050.10. The company repaid the over-billed amount in August …

OBJECTOR – Shade Tree Commissioner Arnie Schmidt said he was not in favor of taking PSE&G’s offer of 40 free trees because the area targeted for them has not yet been prepared. An offer by Public Service Electric & Gas to give 40 trees to the Township received a rocky reception at the October 26 Shade Tree Commission meeting. After …

The Board of Education on October 19 approved contracts for goods and service worth more than $185,000. The Board approved: