Main Street in Bound Brook between Railroad Avenue and the bridge over the Raritan River will be closed during construction from 7 a.m. November 3 to 7 p.m. November 4, the state Department of Transportation said. The closing is necessary because the railroad crossing at that location is being replaced, DOT said.

Sewerage Authority executive director Joe Danielsen told Commissioners that the Covid testing program would end soon. A program run by the Sewerage Authority to try to track Covid outbreaks in the township will end in the next several weeks. Sewerage Authority executive director Joe Danielsen told the authority’s Board of Commissioners on November 1 that the program did not produce …

Photos submitted by LaQuina Fladger. The Franklin Township Pop Warner 12U team bested New Brunswick on October 30, 13-0, to grab the Central Jersey Championship cup.

The Somerset County-operated senior wellness centers continue to offer in-person and virtual programs throughout November on Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The senior centers offer a wide range of experiences designed for lifelong enrichment in a social and uplifting atmosphere intended to positively impact the overall health of aging adults with a variety of educational, health, …

The Franklin Reporter & Advocate was out and about on October 28 and 29, bringing you donations, parties and fundraisers. Om October 28, we were at the Franklin Food Bank HQ on Churchill Road where the food bank received a nearly $7,000 cash donation from the Sodhani Foundation and members of the Canal Walk community.

By David Burns. Several years ago I was elected to the Franklin Township Board of Education.

Township registered voters can begin casting their ballots in the November 8 election on October 29, at the Senior/Community Center, 505 DeMott Lane. The township location is one of six polling locations in Somerset County that are open for early voting through November 6.

By Ted Chase. What will most perplex township voters on Nov. 8 is the Municipal Public Question.  This concerns what is called Community Energy Aggregation.

Deputy Mayor Crystal Pruitt suggested that the Town Hall be held in December. An informational town hall on planning and zoning concepts is being planned by the Township Council, and will probably be held in the beginning of December. The idea for the town hall was broached by Councilman James Vassanella and comes in the wake of questions and concerns …

Nutandeo Gupta Jagdeo, of Somerset passed away on October 22 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 61 years old. He was born in Albion, Guyana where he later met his wife Kawalpattie Jagdeo. Over the course of 40 years, they stayed through thick and thin, and migrated from Guyana to the United States, later …