Schools Superintendent John Ravally, in a letter representing the district’s senior leadership team, said they wanted to assure the district that they “are motivated to bring change to the systemic racism that has oppressed Black and Brown people in this country for far too long.” (File photo). The color of a person’s skin “should not dictate how one is treated …

Karen Duffy laughs with two nurses after she was taken from an ambulance that brought her home after a month-long battle against the coronavirus. Karen Duffy’s homecoming on June 3 was a noisy affair. It wasn’t just the cheering and applause from family and friends who had gathered on her front lawn to welcome her home, and it wasn’t the …

A township official said 72 people were tested for the coronavirus June 3 at this drive-thru site at Franklin Middle School-Hamilton Street campus. Now that the first one is under their belts, the township may schedule more “pop-up” coronavirus testing sites like the one it held on June 3 in the Franklin Middle School-Hamilton Street campus’s parking lot. That was …

One more township resident tested positive for the coronavirus over the previous 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 3. There were no new deaths attributed to the disease in that time period, OEM said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

Rita Virginia Ryan Martyn passed away peacefully on May 31, 2020 at Parker Home River Road where she was a resident for more than twelve years. She was 94 years old. Born and raised in Woodbridge, NJ, to a large, loving family, she met Harry, her devoted husband of 70 years, on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach and together …

Franklin High School principal Frank Chmiel details Class of 2020 graduation plans in a YouTube video. A series of in-person “mini-graduations” starting on July 13 will comprise the Franklin High School Class of 2020’s graduation celebration. The details of how graduation will be observed this year were discussed by FHS principal Frank Chmiel in a YouTube video released on June …

One more township resident’s death has been attributed to the coronavirus, bringing the total township deaths to 119, the Franklin Office of Emergency Management reported on June 2. There were also four more township residents who have been tested positive for the virus, bringing the total to 1,217, the OEM reported. Test samples for the coronavirus will be collected from …

Kenneth B. Collins, 76, beloved father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, May 30. Mr. Collins was born April 7, 1944 in New Brunswick to the late George and Mary (Dwyer) Collins. He was a longtime resident of North Brunswick. Kenneth was a truck driver for Teamsters Local 701, where he worked for many years. He enjoyed going to the beach …

Assumption is honoring 80 students who have been recognized with departmental honors, special awards, and Augustine Scholarships, academic awards for those who excel in their field of study. Colleen Kurtz, Class of 2020, of Somerset, received the departmental award for criminology. University of the Cumberlands has conferred degrees to the Class of 2020, including Jyothi Kumar Emmadishettyof Somerset, who received their Master of Science …

Franklin native Jasmin Bonner leads hundreds of protest marchers through the streets of Franklin in a Black Lives Matter-sponsored event on May 31. Hundreds of protesters – possibly up to 1,000 – took to the streets of Franklin on May 31 to call for for an end to institutionalized violence against African-Americans. Organized by Black Lives Matter, the protestors gathered …