The township’s Memorial Day Parade and observance returned on May 30 after a two-year Covid-19 hiatus. Marchers paraded up DeMott Lane from New Brunswick Road to the Veterans Memorial Park at the Municipal Complex.

A township police officer was suspended without pay May 26 following the filing of criminal charges against him connected to the death of a motorcyclist. Officer Lawrence Stiscia, a resident of the Asbury section of Franklin Township in Warren County, was charged May 26 with Second Degree Death by Auto in connection with an accident which occurred on Route 31 …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally gave details about the planned school-based health clinic at the May 26 Board of Education meeting. Plans are being finalized for what could eventually be a community health center based at Hillcrest Elementary School. The school district received a $200,000 federal grant to partner with Somerville-based Zufall Health Services to offer the clinic in what will …

Amy Arsiwala was named the school district’s new Supervisor of Instructional Technology at the Board of Education’s May 26 meeting. A 7-year veteran of the school district was named as the new Supervisor of Instructional Technology by the Board of Education on May 26. Amy Arsiwala will assume the $105,000 position on August 1.

Submitted by the Franklin Township Environmental Commission. Thanks to recent grant awards by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), a total of $54,000 was awarded to six multi-unit dwellings (MUDs) in Franklin Township. The state wide program approved a total of $1,059,500 in grant funding to purchase 223 electric vehicle (EV) chargers and to assist in the preparation …

School officials in Franklin attempted on May 25 to reassure parents about the safety of their schools, a day after the killing of 19 students and two teachers in a Texas elementary school. Franklin schools Superintendent John Ravally and Namik Sercan, the chief education Officer at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, issued letters to parents that detailed some of …

Somerset County officials are releasing few details about the May 24 ransomware attack that crippled County computers. Somerset County officials are releasing few details about the May 24 ransomware attack that crippled County computers.

Part of Amwell Road, between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and DeMott Lane, will close at night for the next several days for paving. Amwell Road between J.F.K. Boulevard and DeMott Lane will be closed tonight and at least through thee end of the week for repaving work. The work will be conducted from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Traffic will …

Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois, far right, presents a special plaque to Saffie Kallon, second from right, for her work on the township Youth Center. The celebration of the new Franklin Township Youth Center continued at the May 24 Township Council meeting, with a special presentation to one of the Center’s guiding forces. Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois (D-At Large) credited with …

A $3 million bond ordinance to pay for a handful of road improvements in the Township was introduced by the Township Council at its May 24 meeting. The Ordinance sets aside $2,812,500 for the work.