A 41-year-old Somerset man has been indicted on five counts for allegedly taking lewd photographs of a young girl at a Red Bank car dealership. The man is charged with 1st Degree Manufacturing of Child Sexual Abuse Materials, 2nd Degree Manufacturing of Child Sexual Abuse Materials, 3rd Degree Invasion of Privacy, and two counts of 3rd Degree Endangering the Welfare …

Police are looking for this woman. (Photos: FTPD) UPDATE: Police say Dover has been found, safe. A ”member of the community” saw a post about the search for her on the Township’s social media site and notified authorities, police said. Dover was found at an undisclosed location in Newark, police said.

A 43-year-old Bridgewater man was killed June 6 when the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a Ford pickup truck on Canal Road at Elm Street, police said. Police said that Luis Ruiz was driving his 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on Canal at about 8:20 p.m. when he collided with the truck, driven southbound on the road by Octaviano …

Franklin Township renters received the most aid of any in the county. Township renters received about $2.9 million in federal aid through a one-time program to prevent Covid-related evictions. The township was one of 18 Somerset County towns which received a total of nearly $9 million in renters aid to prevent evictions of renters who had fallen behind in their …

The map shows township storm drains that are available to be “adopted.” Township residents can now volunteer to help keep Franklin’s 7,473 storm drains clear and clean. The Township recently joined the national Adopt-a-Drain program, through which residents sign up to “adopt” drains in their neighborhoods or elsewhere in their town.

David W. Gates of Somerset passed away June 3 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 79. Born in Ossining, New York, he lived in Long Island, Syracuse and New Brunswick before moving to Somerset in 1967. He worked for Public Service Electric & Gas as a member of the Gas & Appliance Workers UA …

Mr. Thomas A. Lyons, III passed away June 4, 2022 at the Bristal Assisted Living Center in Somerset. He was 79 years old. Tom was born and raised in the sixth ward of New Brunswick, and spent lots of time in Cape May. He graduated from New Brunswick Vocational and Technical High School and enlisted in the Army Reserves where …

The Library Board of Trustees heard about a number of projects proposed by Library Director January Adams. The Franklin Township Library Board of Trustees approved a $3.8 million 2022-2023 library budget and heard of some maintenance and other big-ticket projects in the offing at its May 25 meeting. About 70 percent of the budget, or $2.7 million, is targeted for …

Eleanor Fidecaro passed away June 1 at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick. She was 94 years old. Mrs. Fidecaro was born in Dunlo, Pennsylvania. She was raised in the coal mine towns of central Pennsylvania. She moved to the New Brunswick area at age 16. After marrying, she and her husband moved to the Somerset section …

All of Central Jersey College Prep’s senior class will graduate on time this Spring, and each student has also been accepted to a college or university next Fall, continuing an unprecedented senior class streak for CJCP which began in 2011.  Next Fall, this year’s senior class will be attending schools such as Harvard, West Point, honors programs around the country, …