More than two dozen new positive coronavirus cases and two more virus-related deaths were reported in the township, the Office of Emergency Management said April 18. The 28 new patients brings the township’s total to 639, and the two new deaths brings the township’s total to 43. The joint Somerset-Hunterdon drive-through testing center at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg …

The Somerset County Business Partnership (SCBP) has launched a web portal that will allow businesses and individuals to donate to the SCBP Foundation to support the COVID-19 relief effort. All funds raised will be used to purchase food from local restaurants that will be delivered to medical and administrative staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital/Somerset (RWJUH/Somerset), local healthcare workers, …

The number of township residents infected with the coronavirus grew to 611, and the number of deaths increased by one to 41, the township reported on April 17. Franklin now has about 31 percent of all of the more than 2,000 coronavirus cases in Somerset County, as well as 31 percent of all of the 132 deaths. The joint Somerset-Hunterdon …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally said the district is “certainly” looking at alternatives to the traditional high school graduation. In the wake of Gov. Phil Murphy’s order closing all schools until at least mid-May, the township schools superintendent said April 16 that the district is “certainly” looking at options to the traditional June graduation. Speaking during a virtual Town Hall hosted …

Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said at a town hall meeting that rules closing the various parks in the township will be enforced by the police department. (File photo.) The township police department is stepping up its enforcement of prohibitions against gatherings in Franklin, state and county parks, a township official said April 16. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said in a …

Volunteers check in a person at the RVCC drive-through testing center. Cases of coronavirus among Franklin Township residents continue to increase, with 27 new cases and five additional deaths reported by the township’s Office of Emergency Management on April 16. The new totals are 597 cases and 40 deaths, according to the OEM. April 16 was also the first day …

Stephen Farkas, of Somerset, formerly of Milltown, passed away April 16 after a courageous fight with COVID19. Steve was born July 7, 1929, in New Brunswick, NJ, the son of Joseph (Josef) Farkas and Esther (Ester) Kara Farkas. He graduated from New Brunswick High School and The College of New Jersey (then called Trenton State Teachers’ College). Steve’s career in …

County, state and federal officials were given an introduction to teh new Somerset-Hunterdon counties COVID-19 testing site on April 15. The site is located at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg. Plans are to allocate 150 tests per day for each of the initial three days of testing: April 16, 17 and 20. William Stahl, the county’s health and public …

The number of township residents testing positive for the coronavirus swelled by 33, while 11 more residents were reported to have succumbed to the disease on April 15. The totals now stand at 570 positive cases and 35 deaths, according to the township Office of Emergency Management. Franklin residents represent about one-third of all coronavirus deaths in Somerset County and …

The township’s annual Farmer’s Market has been cancelled this year, but not for the reason you’d think. The market, begun in 2017 and located at the corner of DeMott Lane and Amwell Road, has for the past three years run from the beginning of June through September, ending on Franklin Day. But not this year. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said …