The Magnolia Street bridge replacement work is now not expected to be completed until later this Spring. (File Photo.) The Magnolia Road bridge replacement project’s end date has been stretched from mid-February to sometime in April or May, the Somerset County engineer said on March 17. The delay is due to necessary preparatory utility work that has to be done …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 12 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on March 18. That brings to 12,498 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 231 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. The Somerset County Department …

Armando Quiroz was named to the newly created Supervisor of World Languages position at the school board’s March 17 meeting. The Board of Education on March 17 hired a veteran Spanish teacher to fill its newly created World Languages supervisor position. Armando Quiroz most recently was the Supervisor of World Languages and ESL for the Summit school system, a position …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally said that the County’s improving COVID-19 situation led to the recommendation to lift the indoor mask mandate in schools. Anticipating low Covid-19 activity in the Township and Somerset County, the Board of Education on March 17 voted to remove the mandatory indoor mask mandate as of March 21. Schools Superintendent John Ravally said at the meeting …

The school district’s assistant superintendent for business, Jonathan Toth, and schools Superintendent John Ravally (left to right) discuss the proposed 2033 budget at the school board’s March 17 meeting. The Board of Education on March 17 introduced it’s proposed $204 million spending plan for Fiscal Year 2023. The District’s preliminary $203,871,228 total budget – a 6.2 percent increase over FY …

Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another seven Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on March 17. That brings to 12,486 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 231 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. The Somerset County Department …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally said the District is working to mitigate the effects of a loss in state aid. (File photo.) School officials are working on how to absorb a $33,000 reduction in state aid without it having an adverse impact on programs and services. The district is slated to receive $15,621,841 in state aid for FY 2023, according to …

An artist’s rendering of a Belmont Drive warehouse approved by the Planning Board. A 150,000-square-foot warehouse on Belmont Drive was approved March 16 by the Planning Board. The developer, South Plainfield-based The Harbor Group, will raze an existing one-story office building to build the warehouse. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

Ruth Doris Sjogren passed away peacefully after a long, prolonged battle with Alzheimer’s dementia, on March 14 in the Memory Care unit of Paragon Village in Hackettstown. She was 91, just missing her 92nd birthday. Ruth was born in Roosevelt, Long Island, on March 22, 1930, to her Swedish parents, who lived in Gothenburg, Sweden. Ruth met her future husband …

Mr. Thomas “Tom” Bardarik, 85, passed away peacefully on March 14 at Spring Hills of Somerset, where he recently resided. Tom grew up in Saint Clair, PA. He graduated from Penn State University in 1959 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Tom served in the United States Army, was stationed in Germany, and later attained the rank of Captain. He …