Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 44 Franklin residents from July 23 to July 25, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on July 25. There were 28 more positive results reported on July 23, 11 more positive results reported on July 24 and five more positive results reported on July 25, OEM said. That brings to 15,012 …

Firefighters at the scene of a fire that displaced two families on Victor Street July 23. (Photo: East Franklin Fire Department.) Careless disposal of a cigarette was the reported cause behind a July 23 fire that left two Victor Street families looking for alternative shelter. The fire, which also burned grass behind the residence, damaged several other homes as well, …

Police credited a window break tool such as this with helping to save a township woman on July 23. (Photo: FTPD.) A 23-year-old township woman managed to extricate herself from her car when it drove into the Delaware & Raritan Canal July 21 through the use of a “window break tool,” according to police. The woman, Sara Goyal, was treated …

The 2022 class of the Franklin Township Police Department Youth Academy. A week of physical training, classroom learning and once-in-a-lifetime experiences was capped off at the July 22 Franklin Township Police Department Youth Academy Cadet graduation. The 15 cadets – down from 22 when the program started – were led into the Franklin Middle School – Sampson G. Smith campus …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 15 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on July 22. That brings to 14,968 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 …

Canal Walk’s 18-game winning streak was snapped July 22 in a 3-2 loos to the A Team in the Senior Softball League’s opening championship game. The A Team is the defending champion, having won the ultimate series each of the last three years.

Franklin Middle School – Hamilton campus vice principal Tania Kelly, 7-11 area leader Jennifer Arnold, Kunjan and Rohan Patel, owners of 7-11 on Hamilton Street, FMS at Hamilton principal Torrie Rumpf-Hurd and Deborah Cook, FMS literacy coach, at the 7-11 check presentation. An ambitious reading program at Franklin Middle School’s Hamilton Street campus got a big boost on July 21 …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 32 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on July 21. That brings to 14,953 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 …

Police investigate a late-night accident on Easton Avenue that left an 18-year-old township resident dead. A 19-year-old township man was killed July 20 when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a Toyota Camry on Easton Avenue, in front of the Harrison Somerset apartment building. Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting the accident at about 8:59 p.m., according to a …

Project architect Ashraf Ragab describes the apartment building to the Planning Board. A Kendall Park developer who wants to build a three-story mixed-use residential building on Hamilton Street will have to wait until at least November to see if his project will become reality. That’s because the Planning Board told representatives of the developer, Mohamed Nassim, that his application had …