The Franklin High School Lady Warriors field hockey team was dominated by Bernards in a 7-1 loss September 13. Bernards had built a formidable 5-0 lead in the third quarter – after having scored a goal in the opening frame, three in the second and one in the third – before Franklin’s Dalena Lam, a Junior, was able to shoot …

GOOD SAMARITAN HONORED – Daniel Pierson, right, was honored by Mayor Phil Kramer and the Township Council for saving two toddlers after an auto accident on Cedar Grove Lane. A township resident who rescued two toddlers from an overturned car after an accident was commended by the Mayor and Township Council at the Council’s September 12 meeting. Daniel Pierson rushed …

HISTORY MAKERS – Players and coaches of the Franklin Township Baseball League 14U team were honored by the Township Council at its September 12 meeting. Members of the Franklin Township Baseball League’s under 14 team were commended by teh Township Council September 12 for their appearance this summer in the Babe Ruth World Series. The team, known as the Warriors, …

NEW BRANCH IS OPEN – Manisha Makwana, Branch Manager Amanda Decker, Library Executive Director January Adams, and Paul Doherty in the new Franklin Park library branch which had a “soft opening” on September 12. The new Franklin Park branch of the township library silently opened its doors on September 12, and the reviews were good. The 5,500-square-foot building sits within …

SILENT REMEMBERING – Participants in the observance included Deputy Mayor Ram Anbarasan, Councilwoman Kimberly Francois and Township Manager Robert Vornlocker. The Township Council on September 12 officially observed the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center which took the lives of six township residents. The annual ceremony was held at the 9/11 Memorial outside the Township Library’s …

Members of the township’s various emergency services units gathered once again at St. Matthias Church on John F. Kennedy Boulevard September 11 to honor their comrades who were killed during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. During the observance, the names of each of the more than 300 firefighters, police officers and EMTs who were killed in the attacks were …

Editor’s Note: This open letter is in response to a letter received by Mayor Kramer from the state Chamber of Commerce president, asking the Mayor to support the Schoolhouse Road B9 warehouses development. Dear Mr. Bracken:

Mary Ann Vetter, of Somerset passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 10. She was 90. She was a loving wife of 37 years to her husband, as well as a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.Born in Rockville Center and raised in Malverne, New York, she lived in Huntington, Long Island before moving to Somerset in 1988.After graduating college, …

Graphic: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 38-year-old Raritan man faces up to 16 years in state prison after having plead guilty earlier this month to two counts of sexual assault, including one that involved a woman running on a trail in Six mile Run in 2022. Rogelio Calyeca Postrero entered a guilty plea to two counts of 1st Degree Aggravated …

By Aaron Sapiro. WHAT?!? No more 911?