SOMERVILLE – The Interfaith Hospitality Network of Somerset County will be known by a new name now that the year has turned: HOME of Somerset County, Inc., according to a press release from the organization. The new name reflects the nonprofit agency’s four core components: housing, outreach, multifaith, and empowerment, according to the release. “We are excited about beginning 2021 …

Another 37 Franklin residents have reported testing positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on January 6. That brings to 3,306 the number of Franklin residents – 51 per 1,000 residents – who have tested positive for the coronavirus since mid-March, and 159 so far this month, according to OEM. The deaths of 172 Franklin residents …

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in investigating a shooting that occurred in the evening of January 3. This is the second shooting incident in the township in two days. A New Brunswick man was shot to death outside a Cedar Grove Lane hotel on January 1. Township police, responding to a “shots fired” 9-1-1 call at around 8:49 p.m., …

Township Councilman James Vassanella was sworn in as Deputy Mayor during the Council’s January 5 virtual meeting. The spinning wheel’s arrow landed on Township Councilman James Vassanella this year, making him the Deputy Mayor for 2021. Vassanella was elevated into the position during the Council’s January 5 virtual meeting. Vassanella, a Democrat who represents the township’s 5th Ward, last served …

Raquel (Candal) Fischbach passed away on January 3 at Parker at River Road in Piscataway. She was 88 years old. Mrs. Fischbach was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After marrying, she and her husband Frank, moved to The Bronx in 1962. They relocated to Somerset in 1965, where they would raise their young family. Raquel was employed …

The deaths of three more township residents have been attributed to the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on January 5. Another 32 township residents tested positive for the virus, OEM reported. That brings to 3,269 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March, with the deaths of 172 Franklin residents attributed …

Police are asking for the public’s help in looking for the person who shot a man outside of a township hotel on New Year’s Day. Township police responding to a 9-1-1 call at about 2:31 a.m. at a Cedar Grove Lane hotel January 1 found a New Brunswick man, suffering from a gunshot wound, outside the building, according to a …

Mayor Phil Kramer receives the first of two Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations from Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Center R.N. Catherine Urban. Mayor Phil Kramer is not a big fan of receiving inoculations … until now. The Mayor, himself a physician, said he was eagerly anticipating his chance to begin the vaccination process for COVID-19. So it came to pass …

Nine more Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on January 4. That brings to 3,237 the number of township residents that have tested positive for the virus, OEM reported. The deaths of 169 township residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported numbers for positive …

Louis Troulis passed away on January 2 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 91 years old. Mr. Troulis was born in New Brunswick. He graduated from New Brunswick High School where he excelled as a gymnast. He then went on to serve our country faithfully in the United States Army and was discharged honorably. He …