Another 42 Franklin residents reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus between August 7 and August 10, according to the township Office of Emergency Management. There were 15 new cases reported on August 7, three new cases reported on August 8, eight new cases reported on August 9, and 16 new cases reported on August 10, OEM reported. That brings to …

Baseball great Dwight “Doc” Gooden shows kids in the Simuel Whitfield Simmons Organization program how to throw a curve ball. About two dozen kids from Franklin and the surrounding area – most of them baseball fans – got a treat on August 7: a face-to-face meeting with baseball great Dwight “Doc” Gooden. Gooden, who at one time called Piscataway his …

Another seven Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 6. That brings to 6,303 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 205 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported …

Environmental expert Susan Quackenbush told the Zoning Board of Adjustment about potential environmental impacts from a proposed temple on South Middlebush Road. The attorney for the developer of a proposed 21,000-square-foot temple slated for South Middlebush Road said August 5 that the building’s design will probably be changed. Attorney Peter Lanfrit told the Zoning Board of Adjustment that so many …

Another Franklin resident has tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 5. This brings to 6,296 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 205 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported numbers …

The Somerset County Health Department is beginning to plan how it will address vaccinations, especially of school children, come the Fall. Michael McCarty, the County health department’s liaison to the township’s Advisory Board of Health, told Board members August 4 that health officials started talking about September this week. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

Another nine Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 4. That brings to 6,295 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 205 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported …

A 2 percent rate hike that would raise residential sewer rates by $9 a year was approved August 3 by the township Sewerage Authority. The rate hike was proposed in July by the authority’s interim executive director, state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

Fr. Douglas Haefner. (Photo: Marilyn Parente) The former senior pastor at St. Matthias Church was sentenced to seven years in state prison on August 4 for stealing more than $500,000 from church coffers. Fr. Douglas Haefner pleaded guilty to one count of 2nd Degree Theft in May for diverting $516,984.56 to his personal use. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …

FMS – SGS Campus vice principal Daryn Plummer was the graduation’s keynote speaker. More than two dozen township middle and high school students received graduation certificates July 30 from the Franklin Youth Initiative’s Boy’s Council program. The ceremony was named in honor of Bruce Medley, who ran the program until his death earlier this year. Don’t Miss Out! No other …