An artist’s rendering of the proposed Trimandir temple, targeted for a 16-acre tract on South Middlebush Road. An application for a 21,000-square-foot temple on South Middlebush Road, adjacent to Snyder’s Farm, is set to be heard at the September 17 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. The temple has been in the works for at least the past five years. A …

Three more Franklin Township residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on September 14. The new report comes after eight new positive test results were reported over the weekend, according to the OEM. The new results bring to 1,498 the number of positive test results of Franklin Township residents since mid-March. The deaths …

Lionel Macauley was one of two men with ties to Franklin Township killed in an early morning shooting in New Brunswick on September 13. (Photo: Facebook.) Update 2: A 19-year-old Somerset man was arrested February 5 and charged with the two murders. The man was charged with two counts of 1st Degree murder, one count of 1st Degree Conspiracy to …

Another dozen Franklin Township residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on September 11. That brings to 1,487 the number of township residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March, according to OEM. The number of Franklin residents whose deaths have been attributed to the virus remains at 138, OEM reported. …

Elizabeth Avenue School vice-principal Greg Romero, Canal Walk Mask Makers Joan Klimpl, Kathy Caragher, Susan Hoffman and Art Hoffman, and EAS principal John Haney after the Canal Walk group donated face masks to the school’s students and staff. Students and staff of Elizabeth Avenue School will have a surprise waiting for them when (if?) they return to school for in-person …

Two more township residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on September 10. That brings the total number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March to 1,475, OEM reported. There have been 138 deaths of Franklin residents attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest …

The township’s annual “Patriots’ Day” observance of the September 11 terrorist attacks will be held virtually this year. (File photo.) The official township observance of the September 11 terrorist attacks will be held virtually this year, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made by Township Manager Robert Vornlocker during the Township Council’s September 8 meeting.

Three more positive coronavirus test results were reported in Franklin by the township Office of Emergency Management on September 9. That brings the total number of township residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March to 1,473, with 138 Franklin resident deaths attributed to the virus, OEM reported. Note: These are the latest reported numbers for positive test …

Submitted by Venus Jewelers. Venus Jewelers will hold its annual Gem and Design Show on September 11 and 12 at its store in the Rutgers Plaza, Easton Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard.

The first day of (virtual) school in the township was met with mixed reviews by parents and the district administration. Students in the traditional township schools began the 2020-21 school year on September 8 by firing up their Chromebooks and settling down in their work spaces, as opposed to grabbing their backpacks and running out to meet the bus.