Zoning Board of Adjustment attorney Francis Regan reads off the list of conditions attached to the approval of the Saharose bus company’s application. The Zoning Board of Adjustment was forced on January 19 to approve a bus company’s application to park 15 buses in the rear lot at JFK Plaza on John F. Kennedy Boulevard. The application for a Use …

Mark Healey, the Township’s principal planner, describes the Master Plan changes to the Planning Board at the January 18 meeting. The ban on warehouse development in the township came a step closer to reality on January 18 with two actions taken by the Planning Board. The Board approved amendments to the Master Plan that excised any mention of warehouses from …

Tara Kenyon, the township’s Open Space Consultant, describes the grant to Open Space Advisory Committee members at the January 17 meeting. Township officials are preparing a grant application targeted to fix up the trail and make other enhancements at Naaman Williams Park. Plans are to apply for a grant offered by Sustainable Jersey, a statewide organization whose mission is to …

The ballroom at the Double Tree Hotel on Davidson Avenue was packed for the 25th annual Franklin Community Breakfast. More than 300 people were encouraged to keep Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of racial equality and equity alive January 18 at the 25th annual Franklin Township Community Breakfast, sponsored by the Franklin Township Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community …

Students raised the money by paying to wear a hat to school. Students at Elizabeth Avenue Elementary School recently presented the Franklin Food Bank with a gift for the new year: a $500 check. The money was raised through the school’s “EAS Gives Back” program, said school principal Greg Romero. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …

The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team was dominated January 12 by Rutgers Prep, losing 72-42. With the loss, the Lady Warriors fall to 4-6 overall and 3-3 in the Skyland Conference. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the …

Township Planning Director Mark Healey described the proposed zoning changes that would effectively ban new warehouses in the township. Planning Board members didn’t have a lot to say about proposed ordinance amendments that would effectively ban new warehouses in every zoning in the township. The Board considered the amendments during a special Master Plan review meeting on January 11. The …

Priscilla J. Yates of Somerset passed away on January 8 at home. She was 92.Born and raised in New Brunswick, she was a longtime resident of Somerset.She worked as a Special Education Teacher for the Franklin Township Board of Education until her retirement.Priscilla and her husband of 72 years, Steve, were founding parishioners of St. Matthias Church, where she was …

Environmental Commission member Robyn Suydam said a conversation with a Council member spurred her to suggest the change in the sub-committee’s scope. The scope of an Environmental Commission sub-committee working on a “green roof” ordinance has been expanded. The decision to expand the sub-committee’s charge came as a result of a suggestion by Commissioner Robin Suydam. Don’t Miss Out! No …

FTPD officers stand with the remaining boxes of produce at the January 4 food distribution. A food distribution program that is estimated to have given out about 12,000 pounds of produce a month for more than a year is still going strong, police say. The program is run by the Franklin Township Police Department’s Community Relations Bureau at 935 Hamilton …