Warrior alumni from a variety of classes took over tables at the Twenty/20 Taphouse on Cedar Grove Lane November 25 to cap off “I Love Franklin Week.” The event was sponsored by the Warrior 4 Life Foundation, the 5-year-old organization dedicated to awarding scholarships to Franklin students attending college. Starting November 21, the foundation acknowledged local businesses that had supported …

Councilwoman Kimberly Francois, far right, presented a Council commendation to Mary Lou Bak, co-president of the Franklin Women’s Club. The Township Council awarded commendations to the Franklin Township Women’s Club and the township Environmental Commission at its November 22 meeting. The Council congratulated the Women’s Club on its centennial celebration.

New HVAC units and police cars were approved for purchase at the November 22 Township Council meeting. The Council awarded a contract worth $95,289 to Blackwood-based McCloskey Mechanical Contractors for four HVAC units for the construction code building.

Leroy “Roy” Rebbel, 90, passed away on November 23 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington.Mr. Rebbel was born December 13, 1931, in Baltimore, MD to the late Nicholas and Blanche (Cooper) Rebbel. Roy was raised in Baltimore and relocated to Somerset in 1967. He lived in the surrounding areas of Somerset before settling in Flemington in 2002.Roy received his bachelor’s …

Township Councilman James Vassanella said at the November 22 Council meeting that the Township should be more aggressive in limiting new warehouse development. Township government needs to be more aggressive in finding ways to stop the influx of warehouses in Franklin, a Township Councilman said on November 22. Councilman James Vassanella (D-Ward 5) made the comment during a Township Council …

Shan Prabhahar, (fondly known as Prabha), of North Brunswick passed away on Saturday, November 19th at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 54. He is the beloved Son of Murugesu Shanmugarajah and Sulochana Shanmugarajah (New Jersey), Brother of Ram Amarnath (Indianapolis) and Mano Shanmugarajah (New Jersey), Brother-In-Law of Naleni Amarnath and Nalayini Shanmugarajah, Uncle of …

By Marisa Gallagher. Franklin Athletics Booster Club and FHS Athletics would like to announce that our FHS Varsity Cheerleaders competed at the UCA (Universal Cheerleaders Association) Regional Championships on Saturday November 19 and took FIRST PLACE in the traditional division and THIRD PLACE in the game day division. The team was awarded TWO bids for both of their routines to compete …

Terri Seggio gestures as she speaks about the volunteers who helped her put on theatre productions at Franklin Middle School – Sampson G. Smith campus. Volunteers who helped bring to life the many plays and musicals presented by the SGS/HMS Players over the past two decades were honored at the November 17 Board of Education meeting. Leading the list of …

By Bill Connell. The dad of a childhood friend, Mr, Kennedy, was approaching me in the frozen food aisle as I was shopping with my one year old daughter.  He smiled and said “You are one of us now.”  Twenty five years later, I am waiting for him to knock on my door and hand me an AARP card and …

Newly appointed FHS vice-principal Kelley Guerrero speaks to the school board at the November 17 meeting. The Board of Education reached outside the district for the new Franklin High School vice-principal. Kelley Guerrero, a Bergen resident and history teacher at West New York’s Memorial High School, was named to the position at the Board’s November 17 meeting.