Submitted by the Franklin Township Task Force on Compressor Station 206. There are only a few more days to let DEP know why they should reject permits for NESE with its Compressor Station 206 in Franklin Township and pipeline under Raritan Bay. The DEP can stop it if they deny the permits again and do so “with prejudice”.  Go to …

By Bill Connell, Somerset. Tuesday night at Township Council was more interesting for who was not there then for who was. The chamber was filled with the usual gadflys and antagonists. I did not see any “normal” citizens or, for that matter, police officers. Nobody beyond the predictable got up and spoke on the matter. This was disappointing. I was …

Members of the 1994 Franklin High School state championship football team gathered Aug. 17 for their 25th reunion. Members of the Franklin High School 1994 championship football team, and their coaches, huddled at the Twenty/20 tap house Aug. 17 to mark the 25th anniversary of their taking the state trophy home. Organized by Robert Edmond, one of the team’s three …

Waldorf, Maryland – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (19-16, 44-60) scored six runs in the fourth inning to down the Somerset Patriots (13-22, 55-50) 9-7 on Saturday night at Regency Furniture Stadium. The Patriots jumped ahead with a run in the first inning when Justin Pacchioli walked, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error. Edwin Espinal, the next …

Mrs. Corazon Marcos Gabriel passed away on August 13. She was 71 years old. Cora was born in the Philippines and lived there as a child and young adult. She grew up with a passion for helping her family and a desire to obtain a strong education. In 1969, she graduated with Honors from the Mapua Institute of Technology with …

Submitted by the Franklin Township Task Force on Compressor Station 206. Do you care about breathing polluted air, drinking water of poor quality, and eating poisoned fish? Increased hot and rainy days, more ozone-alert days and flooding, and increased water temperatures threaten our health and economy. Now is the time to speak up – We have until August 23 to …

Dignitaries participate in the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Franklin Township Youth Center on Aug. 15. A day that Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois has thought about for years arrived Aug. 15 with the groundbreaking of the Franklin Township Youth Center on Lewis Street. Targeted for the land that once held the Somerset Community Action Program headquarters, the 24,000-square-foot, $9.8 million youth …

High levels of coliform bacteria in the water has delayed the opening of the Colonial Park Spray Park. High levels of coliform bacteria in the water have scuttled plans for an Aug. 16 ribbon-cutting of the Colonial Park Spray Park. The latest test results on the water, expected back to the Somerset County Park Commission by the evening of Aug. …

By Robert Petersen. Overall, time will tell the measure of the decision to have a civilian administrator for the Franklin Township Police Department who is appointed by, and beholden to, the Township Manager. But something else occurred last night that is very troubling. Mayor Phil Kramer’s accusations that those who only had two Township Council meeting opportunities to voice opposition …

By Arnold W. Schmidt. I read with interest that our former Mayor and now Freeholder Brian Levine and other Republicans running for office in Franklin Township are trying to use our current Police Department situation as a politically divisive wedge issue. So far as we know, this problem has been going on for at least three years but possibly further …