Prizes were awarded at various holes during the golf outing. More than 70 duffers hit the links at the Bunker Hill Golf Club August 16 to raise money for the district’s teachers. The event was the inaugural golf outing hosted by the Franklin Township Warrior Educational Foundation, a 2-year-old non-profit formed by “a group of parents, former educators, representatives of …

Another 37 Franklin residents tested positive for the coronavirus between August 13 and 16, the township Office of Emergency Management reported. There were 18 cases reported on August 13, 13 cases reported on August 14, six cases reported on August 15 and five cases reported on August 16. That brings to 6,421 the number of Franklin residents who have tested …

Another Franklin resident’s death has been attributed to the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 12. Also, 12 more township residents have tested positive for the virus, OEM reported. That brings to 6,379 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 207 Franklin residents …

Tara Kenyon, the township’s open space consultant, said one of the three stormwater runoff projects she recommended would have to be replaced. One of the three projects the township Environmental Commission hopes will help mitigate the effects of development in the township has to be scrapped, the township’s open space consultant said on August 11. A system that would have …

The death of another Franklin resident has been attributed to the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on August 11. And another 22 Franklin residents have tested positive for the virus, OEM reported. That brings to 6,367 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. With a 2019 Census …

Angela Flower Frigiola passed away on August 9 at her home in Somerset. She was surrounded by her loving family when she passed. She was 77 years old. Mrs. Frigiola was born and raised in Yonkers, NY. She graduated from Yonkers High School where she was a cheerleader and the home coming queen. After marrying, she relocated to Somerset in …

Verna V. Toki, 96, joined our Lord and Savior on Friday, August 6 from her home in Somerset after a very brief illness. Mrs. Toki was born May 19, 1925 in Windber, Pennsylvania to the late Joseph and Anna (Timko) Thomas. In 1961, she relocated and settled with her family in Somerset. She was a communicant of St. Peter the …

Township Councilman spoke in favor of replacing the skate park. Work on a new skate park in Middlebush Park will probably start in the Spring of 2022, now that the Township Council awarded a $308,000 contract for its design and construction at its August 10 meeting. And once the park is open, the township ordinance regarding wearing safety equipment while …

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 …