FTPD Sgt. Greg Price, Quailbook employees Nick Pisani and Tom Russo, Johnny Stokes, FTPD Sgt. Dan Lyons and FTPD Officer Jelani Lanier at their reunion on Quailbrook Golf Course. Johnny Stokes will never forget the day that wanting to avoid traffic on Route 287 saved his life. The Fords resident was at Quailbrook Golf course on August 23, 2021, and …
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The surge in Covid-19 cases in the township has spurred the school district to return to the mask mandate, as of May 23. All students, faculty, staff and visitors must wear masks when inside district buildings or on school buses, according to a message that was sent to parents and is available on the district’s web site. “This mask requirement …
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Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 21 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on May 20. That brings to 13,568 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 233 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest …
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Nineteen district teachers and paraprofessionals were honored May 19 during the district’s annual Educators of the Year breakfast at the Imperia on Easton Avenue. The honorees are recognized under the Governor’s Educator of the Year program.
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Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 48 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on May 19. That brings to 13,547 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 233 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest …
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Submitted by St. Matthias Elementary School. St. Matthias Elementary School has been selected for the 2022 Best of Somerset Award in the Elementary School category by the Somerset Award Program.
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The Franklin High School varsity Boys’ Tennis team’s three seniors were honored May 18 in a ceremony before the match against Phillipsburg. The seniors were Ahmed Zubair, Sean Alexander Edwards and Justin Pride.
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Participants in a June, 2020 Juneteenth march in the township. (File photo) The Somerset County Democratic Black Caucus’s first Juneteenth Parade is set for 11 a.m. June 18, with the starting point being the Pine Grove Manor School, 130 Highland Ave. The parade will wend its way up Highland Avenue to Hamilton Street, ending at Naaman Williams Park, 42 Matilda …
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Positive coronavirus test results were reported for another 33 Franklin residents, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on May 18. That brings to 13,499 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 233 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest …
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Update 2: An arrest in the assault has been made. Police on August 10 charged a 38-year-old Raritan man with this assault, as well as an assault in Bridgewater. The man was arrested on Aug. 4 after he was allegedly caught masturbating in front of children near a bridge in Raritan Borough. Police said they found a bicycle matching a …
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