A Franklin High School student was named one of New Jersey’s 62 “Cybersecurity Scholars” by the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation. The designation earned Jacquelyn Layton-Brown a $2,500 college scholarship.

Carolina Chaves of Somerset was among the 27 University of Scranton students inducted into Lambda Pi Eta, the national honor society for communication majors. Chaves is a senior strategic communication major at the Jesuit University. Dean’s List status, which is awarded to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly …

June Virtual Programs and Classes for All Senior Center ClientsJune 7, 1 p.m. – The Coffee House Project with John Fitzpatrick. Join John and be transported to another time while listening to a live Zoom broadcast of some of the greatest hits from the 18th to the 21st century, which has been taken from an eclectic, interesting, sometimes humorous, and …

A member of the Tabatchnick family, whose food manufacturing plant is on Hamilton Street, told the Planning Board on June 2 that the company wants to participate in the budding cannabis industry. (Photo: Tabatchnick Fine Foods.) A June 2 Planning Board discussion on the new zoning ordinance changes for cannabis businesses had an unexpected participant: a member of the Tabatchnick …

Warriors’ shortstop Joshua Kuroda-Grauer tags out a JP Stevens’ runner during their opening round game in the NJSIAA North II Group IV tournament. A towering first-pitch home run by Joshua Kuroda-Grauer set the tone in the Franklin High School Warriors baseball team’s 2-1 win over JP Stevens High School in the opening round of the NJSIAA North II Group IV …

Another township resident’s death has been attributed to the coronavirus, and four more residents have tested positive, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 2. That brings to 6,085 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 205 residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM …

Members of the Franklin Food Bank staff, Somerset County Sheriff’s Department and Franklin Township Police Department at the Food Bank headquarters for the check presentation. The fact that the Franklin Food Bank received a donation on June 1 wasn’t unusual; what was unusual was how the donation was delivered. Members of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department, accompanied by officers from …

More than 200 Franklin High School seniors put on the glam June 1 for an abridged prom, another sign of things returning to “normal” now that the coronavirus pandemic seems to be waning. The venue, the Forest Lodge in Warren, offered a number of covered spaces to host the school’s prom outdoors.

Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting in the township that left a New Brunswick man wounded. Township police were dispatched to an area hospital at 10:26 p.m. on May 31 on a report of a man having been shot on Hamilton Street, near Matilda Avenue.

Janine Q. Yanes, a senior at Franklin High School, won the Rutgers University sponsored National Merit Scholarship, the organization announced on June 2. Yanes is one of 3,100 winners of National Merit scholarships funded by U.S. colleges and universities.