MARATHON MEETING – The Board of Education met in the Franklin High School library July 30 to create new goals for the upcoming school year. The Board of Education July 30 held its annual district goals meeting and emerged with a draft document not too much different than the one it used for the past year.

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS – Jocelyn Knight, Derek Peters Jr. and Ishaan Patel each received $2,000 scholarships. Three members of the Franklin Youth Center were awarded scholarships July 30 by the Triple B Foundation.

FOOD ART – The new mural at the Franklin Food Bank headquarters on Churchill Avenue was dedicated in a special ceremony July 29. The Franklin Food Bank dedicated a new mural on the side of its Churchill Avenue headquarters July 29, celebrating both a community art project and the organization’s 50th year of serving Franklin Township.

Nancy Lynn Purick, 81, passed away on July 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Nancy was born on August 8, 1944, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to the late Chester and Martha (Webster) Bellick. Raised in Mississippi, she later relocated to Flushing, Queens. She also resided in Rahway and Edison before eventually settling in Somerset. Nancy began her …

07/05/2026 An apartment complex located in the area of Camner Ave. was the victim of criminal mischief and false public alarms during the morning hours. The unknown suspect(s) emptied a fire extinguisher causing the building fire alarms to activate. As a result, the entire building was evacuated. The local FD responded and determined the building was safe to re-enter. The …

More than half of high school students enrolled at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School participated in Advanced Placement courses during the 2025-26 school year, school officials announced on July 28. AP Courses provided the 316 students access to college-level courses, officials said in a press release.

NO COMPETITION – School Board members Bill Grippo and Erika Inocencio, and Jimmie Parker, III (not pictured) were the only candidates to file for the upcoming Board of Education election by the July 27 deadline. (File photo). For the first time in years, November’s Board of Education race will be uncontested.

APPLYING PRESSURE – Members of the Township Shade Tree Commission at their July 23 meeting tell Councilman James Vassanella, second from right, that he needs to work to get new members appointed. Members of the Franklin Township Shade Tree Commission on July 23 expressed their frustration with not having a full roster to their Township Council liaison, and it appears …

Contracts worth $2,944,410.01 in goods and services were approved by the Board of Education at its July 23 meeting The Board approved:

The purchases of $270,251 in goods and services were approved July 14 by the Township Council. Approved were: