A MAN AND HIS DOG – State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen and his dog, Brie, outside the MVC mobile unit on May 11. The state Motor Vehicle Commission’s mobile unit paid another visit to the township on May 11, this time to cater to patrons of the Senior/Community Center. Staking out some space behind the Villagers Theatre in the Municipal Complex, …

FUTURE INVENTORS – Conerly Road School students Savannah Sewnarine, Amari Montas and Vihaan Patel and their teacher, Stephen Neely, after the winners were announced. A team of 5th Graders from the Conerly Road Elementary School won the district’s second annual Invention Competition at Franklin High School on May 10. Funded by the township-based Sodhani Foundation, the competition is designed to …

Warriors On The Move – The 16 FHS athletes who signed Letters of Commitment at a May 9 ceremony. Sixteen Franklin High School Warriors representing nine different sports signed letters of commitment to college at a May 9 ceremony in the school gymnasium. Two of the students athletes signed with Division I schools: Skyler Tavarez, a member of the cheer …

BUDGET INTRODUCTION – Township Manager Robert Vornlocker broke down the proposed 2023 township budget at the April 11 Township Council meeting. Update: The Council adopted the budget at its May 9 meeting The $66.3 million 2023 budget introduced on April 11 by the Township Council carries with it a 1 percent increase in the amount of local purpose taxes to …

The five seniors on the Franklin High School Unified Track team were honored May 8. The athletes were escorted by family as they made their way through a phalanx of teammates and were given goodie bags and pillows.

Michelle E. Driscoll of Somerset, a student at Rutgers Prep, was awarded the Bristol Myers Squibb-sponsored National Merit Scholarship award. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc., annually awards scholarships to the children of active, full-time employees of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company U.S. divisions and subsidiaries. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is a research-based, diversified health care company whose principal businesses are pharmaceuticals, consumer products, nutritionals …

The 10 seniors on the Franklin High School baseball team were honored with their Senior Night on May 5. The seniors received gifts as they were escorted by their parents to a special picture area.

There were a number of events in Franklin on May 6, all of which benefited from the perfect Spring weather. The Franklin Reporter & Advocate covered a few of them:

UNITED IN PRAYER – Members of the township’s faith-based community were joined by community leaders in commemorating the National Day of Prayer at the Municipal Complex. Members of the township’s faith-based community and others on May 3 gathered at the Veterans’ Memorial Park on DeMott Lane to pray together as part of the National Day of Prayer. The event, now …

CROSS-EXAMINATION – Stuart Lieberman, an attorney representing a residents’ group opposed to the warehouses, questions three of the developer’s witnesses at the May 3 Planning Board hearing. The developer of two proposed warehouses at Mettlers and Schoolhouse roads took another shot at approval May 3 in a marathon hearing before the Planning Board. Link Logistics presented a plan that has …