John Kauchak. Unity Bank Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President John Kauchak has been selected as a recipient of the NJBIZ 2022 ICON Award. The honor recognizes leaders over the age of 60 from New Jersey financial services and other industries for work throughout their careers. “We are very proud of the contributions John Kauchak has made to the business community …

Primary voters can vote early June 3-June 5 at the Senior/Community center, 505 DeMott Lane. The hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 3 and June 4, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 5, according to a press release from the Somerset County Clerk’s office.

Engineer Jayesh Patel speaks to the Zoning Board at the June 2 hearing. An application for a 29,000-square-foot Hindu temple on South MIddlebush Road was approved June 2 by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The approval for Sai Datta Mandir is the second one for a temple in that area within the last year. In October 2021, the Dada Bhagwan …

Jasmine Jackson and Holly Attanasio, center, left to right, signed their collegiate Letters of Intent June 2 at Franklin High School. Also pictured is FHS Principal Nick Solomon, far left, and FHS Athletic Director Ken Margolin, far right. Two more Franklin High School athletes signed letters of intent during a short ceremony June 2. The athletes honored were Jasmine Jackson, …

Students were able to operate robots built by the Franklin High School robotics team. Franklin Park School 3rd Graders spent June 2 building little machines out of Legos and operating robots built by high school students, and participating in other activities meant to introduce them to the world of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. It was all part of “Third …

Plans are to build the warehouse at Elizabeth Avenue and Grant Street.

The Franklin High School baseball Warriors fell to the Elizabeth Minutemen, 7-1, June 1 in the opening round of the 2022 NJSIAA baseball tournament. Elizabeth jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning, then added three more runs in the second to make it 4-1.

Mrs. Mae Zanellato passed away peacefully on May 30 at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. She had recently turned 94 years old and celebrated her birthday with family. Mrs. Zanellato was born in Manhattan and lived in Brooklyn for a time while she was young. Her family relocated to the Somerset section of Franklin Township when she was twelve …

Joanne L. Kau of Somerset passed away on May 30 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 77. Born in Plainfield and raised in North Plainfield, she lived in Hillsborough before moving to Somerset. She worked as a Realtor for Century 21 in Hillsborough before her retirement. Joanne was known for her love of animals, …

Martin J. Wolf, Sr., 90, died May 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Known by his friends and family as “Wolfie” or “Marty”, he was born on January 17, 1932, at St. Peter’s Hospital in New Brunswick to the late John and Elizabeth Wolf, Sr. Marty grew up and lived in the local area with fond …