Three township residents were among five people honored October 22 at the National Civics Day celebration held at the Franklin Youth Center on Lewis Street. Township residents honored during the ceremony were Somerset County Commissioner Director Shanel Robinson, who was given the Unity Award; the Rev. Catina Jackson, who was given the #CitizenStrong Award, and Week of the People president …

Senior Quasim Ashford stiff arms a Plainfield Cardinal during the Warriors’ game on October 21. They didn’t experience victory in eight tries this season, but Franklin High School football head coach Blair Wilson still considers his players to be winners. The Warriors finished the 2022 campaign falling to the Plainfield Cardinals 40-26 on October 21 at home. With the loss, …

Senior football player Samuele Mattia was among those honored during senior night on October 21. Seniors on the Franklin High School football team and cheerleading squad were honored October 21, before the Warriors’ final game against Plainfield. A total of 25 football players and 10 cheerleaders were escorted through a gauntlet of cheerleaders by friends and family members.

Schools Superintendent John Ravally tells the school board about the Warrior Health Center proposal. In a move it hopes will cut health care costs for its employees, the Board of Education on October 20 approved a long-term lease for office space that will be used as a health center. The Franklin Township Public Schools Warrior Health Center at 61 Veronica …

Genesi Miles speaks at the Board of Education meeting October 20, after she was formally named as Pine Grove Manor school’s new principal. A temporary action last month became permanent on October 20 when the Board of Education named Genesi Miles as the new principal of Pine Grove Manor School. MIles served as the school’s acting principal since September, when …

A Franklin Park School student decorates her pumpkin Oct. 19 during the school’s Unity Day celebration. Although it’s been celebrated for years, Unity Day 2022 was a first for some students at Franklin Park School. The difference? They got to feel what it was like to go pumpkin-picking.

Planning Board chairman Michael Orsini told the applicant’s attorney that he thought their project was too big for the space they had. It’s back to the drawing board for a township church that has wanted since 1999 to raze its building and rise again from the ashes. Macedonia Church of God in Christ was told by the Planning Board that …

The six Senior members of the Franklin High School Cross-Country teams were honored at their Senior Night on October 18. Ken Margolin, the school’s Athletic Director, told the seniors that he was “super, super proud” of what they had accomplished during the season.

Environmental Commissioner Arnold Schmidt said it’s time the township charged developers the actual cost of replacing trees they remove for projects. Developers have been getting off easy for too long when it comes to paying to replace trees they remove for building projects, and something needs to be done about it. So says the township’s Environmental Commission, which moved on …

State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen has written what supporters call the strictest set of laws regulating the concealed carrying of guns in the country. (File photo.) A bill whose supporters say will create the strictest concealed-carry law in the country – and who fully expect it to be challenged in court – was introduced in the state Legislature on October 13. …