PLANNING BOARD HOUSEKEEPING – The Planning Board on June 17 considered a number of changes and revisions to the Township’s Master Plan. The Township Planning Board on June 17 voted to forward two ordinances to the Township Council stemming from recommendations in the Township’s Master Plan Reexamination Report, approving a sweeping consolidation of the township’s cluster subdivision regulations and endorsing …

TEACHING THE CHILDREN – Franklin Food Bank Executive Director Derek Smith speaks to a group of students from the Sadiq School during a tour of the food bank headquarters. Students from the Sadiq School on Cedar Grove Avenue donated hundreds of dollars to the Franklin Food Bank on June 17, money that they earned by selling hand-made items.

INCLINED TO DENY – Historic Preservation Commission chairman Pat Shimalla told representatives from J.H.T. Properties that he was initially inclined to deny their application for a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Commission at the June 15 meeting. The Township Historic Preservation Advisory Commission again declined June 16 to endorse a proposed retail center on a Route 27 historic site, saying …

There were no reported injuries from a June 15 fire at the Imperia by Dhaba on Easton Avenue, officials said. A fire activation alarm was received from the Imperia at 2:19 p.m., according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department.

Sterling Rd Area Resurfacing – Concrete work on Stewart Ave to begin on June 15th, weather permitting.  Sterling Rd Olsen Dr Stewart Ave Stockton Ave Clover Pl Marion Ave Annapolis St Cedarbrook Rd Resurfacing – Concrete work to begin on or about June 22 weather permitting

VOTING TO GET ACTIVE – Environmental Commission member Arnold Schmidt, right, charged at the Commission’s June 15 meeting that the Township Council is putting commercial interests over the health of the township’s residents. The Environmental Commission voted unanimously June 15 to send representatives before the Township Council to advocate for a proposed ordinance restricting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers, …

STORE DESTROYED – A lightning strike is the unofficial cause of a late-night June 15 fire that destroyed a Hamilton Street store. Updated at 5:28 p.m. with statement from the strip mall’s management company. A lightning strike late in the night of June 14 hit the 99 Cent Plus Discount Store, sparking a fire that destroyed it and heavily damaged …

Franklin High School Class of 2012 graduate Carlton Agudosi returned to the township on June 14 to run another of his football clinics. Agudosi played for Rutgers University, and in the NFL and Canadian Football League.

The Warriors4Life Foundation held its annual “photo op” showcasing scholarship awardees June 14 at the township Cultural and Performance Gazebo in the Municipal Complex on DeMott Lane. The Foundation was created in 2017 by Nicholas and Rebekah Solomon and Daryn and Adrian Plummer, “to generate scholarships for students in the Franklin Township community of Somerset, NJ that exhibit excellence in …

Officials are investigating a June 13 fire in a Willow Road home that left it uninhabitable. FTPD officers, firefighters and EMS personnel were dispatched to the location after Township police received a call of a garage fire at about 8:21 p.m., according to a press release about the incident.