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Bill Bowman is an award-winning, 40-year veteran of community news. He has written for weekly and daily newspapers, and state, national and international magazines. His investigations have resulted in the first-in-the-nation state program to purchase thermal imaging cameras for all NJ fire departments and fire academies, the halting of a massive land development deal marred by influence peddling, and the creation of a web-based database charting violations against New Jersey senior-citizen facilities.

Coronavirus Update: Nine More Positive Test Results

Another nine Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on April 22. That brings to 5,770 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 201 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported …

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FMS Hamilton Street Campus Pivots To Remote Learning Following Multiple COVID-19 Occurrences

Franklin Middle School’s Hamilton Street campus will switch to remote-learning only April 22 after the coronavirus recently affected six staff members. Three staff members “in a relatively short period of time” tested positive for the virus, and three more are in quarantine due to exposure to the virus, schools Superintendent John Ravally said in a letter to the school community.

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Somerset Patriots Chairman Emeritus, Philanthropist, Steve Kalafer, 71, Succumbs To Cancer

Steve Kalafer (Photo: Somerset Patriots.) Submitted by Somerset Patriots. The Somerset Patriots have announced that the team’s Chairman Emeritus, Steve Kalafer, passed away on April 21 from cancer at the age of 71.

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Coronavirus Update: Another 19 Positive Test Results

Another 19 Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on April 21. That brings to 5,761 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 201 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported …

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Solar Arrays, Warehouse Win Planning Board Approval

Applications to install solar panel arrays on and around a private school and to build a large warehouse were approved April 21 by the Planning Board. The application by EZNergy was to install solar panels on the roof and in the parking lot around the Center School on Riverview Drive. The Board was told that in addition to solar panels …

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School Administrators: We’re ‘Relieved’ By Chauvin Guilty Verdict

Schools Superintendent John Ravally, pictured, and Assistant Superintendent Dan Loughren wrote a letter to parents April 20 concerning the guilty verdicts in the trial of a White former police officer for the killing of a Black man. (File photo). The school district’s top administrators on April 20 weighed in on the multiple guilty verdicts against a former Minneapolis police offer …

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Coronavirus Update: Another 18 Positive COVID Test Results

For the second consecutive day, another 18 Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on April 20. That brings to 5,742 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 201 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. …

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Coronavirus Update: 18 More Positive Test Results

Another 18 Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on April 19. That brings to 5,724 the number of Franklin residents that have tested positive for the virus since mid-2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 201 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported numbers …

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Coronavirus Update: 47 More Positive Test Results

Another 47 Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus over the last 48 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on April 18. OEM reported on April 17 that 26 residents tested positive, and on April 18 reported that 21 tested positive. This brings to 5,706 the number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus …

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Coronavirus Update: 37 More Positive Test Results

Another 37 Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on April 16. A total of 5,659 Franklin residents have tested positive for the virus since mid-March 2020, OEM reported. The deaths of 201 Franklin residents have been attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported numbers for positive test …

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