One more township resident tested positive for the coronavirus in the preceding 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 26. There were no new reported deaths of Franklin residents that were attributed to the disease in that time frame, OEM reported. The total number of township residents who have tested positive for the virus since mid-March …

Another pair of Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 25. The number of deaths of township residents that could be attributed to the coronavirus remained steady at 128. The new total for the number of township residents who have tested positive for the virus …

Sherry Miller, 75, passed away June 25, 2020 at her home in Monmouth Junction. Ms. Miller was born June 13, 1945 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. She grew up in the Bronx. She then relocated to Colonia and Somerset, before recently settling in Monmouth Junction. Sherry graduated from Monmouth University with a Bachelor’s in education. She was a teacher for School Number …

Five township residents were among seven people charged with running a Franklin-based marijuana distribution ring, police said on June 25. The five township residents, all in their 20s, were charged along with two New Brunswick residents, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

What was supposed to be a routine in-person culmination of an online PlayStation game console exchange for four township residents turned into robberies of all of them by a 22-year-old New Brunswick man, police said on June 24. The man was arrested on June 19 near Hempstead Plaza on Route 27 and charged with two counts of 1st Degree Robbery …

One of the 8th Graders’ cars decorated for the graduation ceremony. In the second of two days of “drive-by” graduation ceremonies, the Central Jersey College Prep 8th Grade class formally became high schoolers on June 23. Sitting in their parents’ cars – many of which were decorated – the students heard several speeches, including one by class Valedictorian Kristin McNally, …

Two more Franklin residents have tested positive for the coronavirus, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 23. There were no new deaths of township residents attributed to teh virus in the past 24 hours, the OEM reported. The total number of township residents who have tested positive for teh virus since mid-March is now 1,273, while teh …

In a non-traditional cap to a non-traditional school year, Kindergartners and 5th Grade students at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School were given drive-by “graduation” ceremonies June 22 at the school. The drive-by ceremony was necessitated by the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before allowing limited in-person graduation ceremonies, Gov. Phil Murphy approved the drive-by variety.

Mr. Antoni Korytkowski passed away on June 20 at his home in Somerset. He was 75 years old. Mr. Korytkowski was born in Poland. He was educated there and served in the Polish Armed Forces. He came to United States in the late 1980s before permanently moving to Somerset with his family in 2001. He was employed as a plumber …

Police are seeking the public’s help in investigating a June 20 shooting that left a Woodbridge man wounded. Police received a a call about a man with a gunshot wound near Baier Avenue at about 1:55 a.m. June 20, according to a release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.