Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 27 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 5. That brings to 15,271 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 233 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest …

Township resident and former state Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula, right, assists with the ribbon-cutting at Apna Bazaar. Boasting that it’s the largest South Asian food market on at least the East Coast, if not the country, Apna Bazaar Farmer’s Market opened its doors August 4 with a little bit of religion, food, and of course, music and dancing. This is the …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 11 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 4. That brings to 15,244 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 233 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 14 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 3. That brings to 15,233 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 233 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest …

Engineer’s site plan for the proposed warehouse expansion. A township electronics distributor won permission from the Planning Board August 3 to expand its warehouse on Atrium Drive. F&E Electronics was looking for permission to add 70,300 square feet to its existing approximately 70,000-square-foot building. The site is the former Garden State Exhibition Center.

Zach Lichtmann, left, stares into the heavens with three township residents as they look for the International Space Station, which was flying 300 miles overhead during the National Night Out celebration. Hundreds of township residents came out to the Municipal Complex on August 2 for Franklin’s first observance of the National Night Out celebration. The residents were greeted by about …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 34 residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 2. That brings to 15,219 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 233 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported …

Anthony E. Massey of Somerset passed away on July 31 at home. He was 42. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, he was raised in Piscataway before moving to Somerset in 2003. Anthony worked as a Line Man for Verizon in Plainfield and belonged to IBEW Local 827. He enjoyed freshwater fishing, football, baseball, woodworking, rebuilding, and odd jobs around the house, …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 87 Franklin residents from July 29 to August 1, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 1. There were 35 new positive cases reported on July 29, 21 new cases reported on July 30, 18 new cases reported on July 31, and 13 new cases reported on August 1, OEM …

Mr. Irving Leong passed away on July 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 67 years old. Mr. Leong was born in Manhattan and was raised in New York City. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and furthered his education at the City College of New York where he earned a bachelor’s degree in …