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.

The Rte. Rev. Milton Francis Britto passed away peacefully at his home in Somerset on November 14, surrounded by his loving wife, Rev. Saundra, and family. He was 94 years old. Rev. Britto was born and raised in Brooklyn NY where he was educated in the NY public school system. He relocated to New Jersey in 1997 after his marriage …

Michael F. “Mikey” Grabowski, of Somerset passed away on November 13 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 70.Born in Jersey City, he attended St. Bridget’s Grammar School and graduated from North Bergen High School in 1970.Mikey worked as an Operational Manager for Essendant in Edison. He also served in the US Air Force during …

Library Director January Adams told the Board about the cost increase in the Franklin Park library project. Construction of the Franklin Park branch of the Franklin Township Library will cost about $80,000 more than anticipated, thanks to an unexpected discovery by construction workers. Construction workers who were preparing to put a sewer line in place discovered that there was already …

Athletes gathered in the high school auditorium for the ceremony. Franklin High School fall athletes were honored in a ceremony held at the school on November 15. Here is a list of the winners:

Tara Kenyon, the township’s Open Space Consultant, talks to the Open Space Advisory Committee about the Health Assessment project. People who live in the southern end of Franklin Township have the longest life expectancy of any group of residents anywhere else in Somerset County. Using Census data paired with the Township ward maps, township researches found that Ward 1 residents …