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Business and property owners in the Hamilton Street Business District will not be charged an assessment this year, thanks to action taken April 28 by the Township Council. Business and property owners in the Hamilton Street Business District will not have to pay an additional assessment this year, thanks to action taken by the Township Council on April 28. The …

The township’s Memorial Day parade is one of the social casualties of the coronavirus. (File photo.) Celebrations for Memorial and Independence days will not look the same as they have in past years, a township official said April 28. And while those celebrations will most likely be much different – if they’re held at all – residents who use the …

Quovella Spruill. The township has hired a retired Essex County Prosecutor’s Office chief of detectives to lead the Franklin Police Department, a move that is historic in at least two ways. Quovella Spruill, the newly hired Public Safety Director, is the first woman and first African-American to lead the township police department. Spruill’s appointment to the position was announced at …

Amwell Road reconstruction work is hoped to reduce traffic accidents along the thoroughfare. The reconstruction of a portion of Amwell Road is scheduled to resume on May 5, according to the Somerset County engineering department. The work will be performed on weekdays between Mettlers Lane and Elizabeth Avenue, between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to a notice posted by …

The number of Franklin residents testing positive for the coronavirus reached 907 on April 28, and the number of deaths reached 75, according to county health officials. The numbers were reported on the Somerset County Board of Health’s web page. Long-Term Care Facilities Bear Brunt Of Township COVID-19 Deaths According to the township Office of Emergency Management, the best way …

About 66 percent of the 73 Franklin residents who have died from the coronanvirus since mid-March contracted the disease in a long-term facility in the township, according to state and county records. That’s an increase of six percentage points from April 20, when the state Department of Health first publicly released statistics about coronavirus’ impact on long-term care facility patients. …

Tunde Olatunji passed away on Saturday evening at his home in Franklin Park. He was 52 years old. Mr. Olatunji was born in Nigeria. He moved to Franklin Park in 2007. He was employed as a nurse. He is survived by his wife, Favour Funmi Olatunji of Franklin Park. Services will be held privately.

The number of township residents testing positive for the coronavirus increased by 25, the township Office of Emergency Management said on April 26. There now have been 845 residents who tested positive for the virus since mid-March. The number of township residents who have succumbed to the virus held steady at 69, according to the OEM. Another round of sample …

Another 20 township residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, and four more have died from it, according to the township Office of Emergency Management. The additional cases bring the total number of positive cases to 820, and the total number of coronavirus deaths in the township to 69, the OEM reported on April 25. New testing dates at the …