Contracts totaling more than $40,000 for new carpeting in the Council Chamber, the Court and Police Department were awarded December 13 by the Township Council. Both contracts went to The Gillespie Group of Dayton.

Debbie Madaio says her Hamilton Street cannabis store will “cater to the cannabis-smoking woman.” To Debbie Madaio, it’s no surprise that the first two cannabis retailers in Franklin are likely to be women. “Women are in the forefront of the cannabis industry,” said Madaio, who has a conditional retail license for her store, Weed Stalk, at 646 Hamilton Street. She …

Mark Healey, the township’s Principal Planner, talks about the Master Plan during a special Town Hall meeting December 12 in the Council Chamber. Dozens of township residents showed up to a sometimes contentious December 12 town hall meeting on the process behind creating a Master Plan. The residents came armed with questions, most of them about the meeting’s topic. But …

Three township residents were scammed out of a total of $31,000, as reported to police at the end of November and beginning of December. On November 30, a township woman reported that she was scammed out of $26,000 in what policed said was a cryptocurrency scam.

A 36-year-old Millstone man has been charged with the August 22 robbery of a bank on Route 27, following a three-month investigation by local, state and federal authorities. In addition, three members of the man’s family have been charged with hindering apprehension, police said.

Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School elementary and middle school robotics teams spent a successful weekend at the Virginia VEX IQ Robotics Tournament. The elementary school team placed second overall, and fourth in the Skills Challenge category.

Colonial Park Gardens is one of two places in Somerset County residents can drop off their Christmas trees for recycling. The drop-off location is located at 156 Mettlers Road, Parking Lot F. Trees can be dropped off from Dec. 26 to Jan. 31.

Submitted by the Greater Somerset YMCA. Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCYMCA) held its first in-person Saturdays in Motion (SIM) Holiday Party since 2019 for special needs children and their families on December 10, 2022. During the pandemic, the SIM regular programming and special events were virtual through an off-shoot program called SIM Connect. A virtual holiday party during that period even …

The Fernandes Family is heartbroken to announce the passing of their beloved Sunil. In Loving Memory of Sunil Fernandes of Monroe, formerly of Franklin Township, who passed away on December 12. We pray to God for his departed atma to rest in eternal peace and give strength to the family members to bear the loss of their beloved Sunil Funeral …

Frances Andrea Irma Varga, 66, passed away on December 11 at her home in Somerset. She was born May 23, 1956 in Trenton. Frances was adopted by Francis and Margarite Varga. She resided in Altoona and Scranton before settling in Somerset. Frances graduated from Bishop Guilfoyle High School in Altoona, Pa. She continued her education at Marywood University in Scranton, …