The Franklin High School boys’ soccer team fell to the Hillsborough Raiders 3-0 on Sept. 25. Hillsborough scored two goals in the first half and their third in the second half. With the loss, the Warriors fall to 2-7 overall and 2-4 in the Skyland Conference. Here are some scenes from the game:

Members of Franklin Township PBA Local 154 will receive 2 percent and 3 percent salary hikes during the course of new 5-year contracts approved Sept. 25 by the Township Council. The contracts had previously been ratified by the membership of PBA 154 and the PBA 154 Supervisory Officers Association. The contracts are retroactively in effect as of Jan. 1, 2019, …

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The intersection of Cedar Grove Lane and Amwell Road is one of two that will receive upgrades during the project. A repaving project on a section of Amwell Road is expected to begin later this month and extend into October. Amwell between DeMott and Cedar Grove lanes will be repaved, and new ADA-compliant traffic and pedestrian signalization will be installed …

The township is considering building a “grandparents’ park” at the corner of Willow Avenue and New Brunswick Road. The township is considering building a “multi-generational” park at the corner of New Brunswick Road and Willow Avenue. The park, also known as a “grandparents’ park,” would be built on about an acre of the 24.63 acres of Green Acres open space …

More than 130 bicyclists took part in this year’s RCDCU bike-a-thon “Bike to Fight Prostate Cancer,” held at Franklin Middle School – Hamilton Street campus. This was the 12th year the charity ride was held. Cyclists could choose a 10-, 30- or 50-mile route, all of which took them through different parts of Franklin Township. On hand to cheer the …

The Franklin High School Lady Warriors were blanked, 3-0, by the Watchung Hill Regional High School squad on Sept. 20. Franklin threatened a number of times during the game, but were stifled by Watchung’s defense. The Lady Warriors’ next scheduled game is Sept. 25 at Hillsborough High School. Following are some scenes from the game:

Ying Hua International School students and residents from three Brandywine senior citizen homes gathered Sept. 20 to spell out the word “peace” at the school. (Photo: Brandywine Living.) Residents of three area senior citizen’s homes joined with students at Ying Hua International School in Kingston Sept. 20 to celebrate International Peace Day. The students and seniors from three Brandywine Living …

Beatrice Falcon McLaughlin, 95, of Somerset died on September 19 at the home of her son Thomas. Born in Franklin Township, she lived in New Brunswick before moving to Somerset in 2012. A graduate of Middlebush School, Franklin Township and a 1942 graduate of Bound Brook High School, she was a parishioner of St. Mary of Mount Virgin Church, New …

Diana Badia, 92, a long-time resident of the Somerset area, passed away September 18 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, with her family by her side. Born Diana Falcone in 1927 in Foggia, Italy as one of four children to Carmela Falcone, Diana immigrated to the United States in the early 1950s and lived at her aunt’s home, eventually …