Nearly $14 million in goods and services purchases were approved May 26 by the Township Council. The largest expenditure – $10,200,000 – was awarded to 17 companies for engineering consulting services. Each of the contracts is worth $600,000.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have unveiled a Design A Jersey Contest that will benefit their long-time partner Hugs For Brady. The team is asking individuals to get creative and design their very own Somerset Patriots jersey. The jersey can be any look or theme desired that will make it unique and special. Submissions will be accepted through email …

The total number of township residents whose deaths can be attributed to the coronavirus increased by three in the past 24 hours, according to the township Office of Emergency Management. That brings the total number of deaths of township residents to the disease to 114. In that same period, the number of Franklin residents testing positive for teh virus increased …

Mrs. Ann Szymborski passed away on May 25 at Somerset Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerville. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Szymborski was born in Woodbridge and moved to Franklin Township in 1956. She was a former member of the Congregational Church in Bound Brook. Mrs. Szymborski was employed as a systems analyst with Lucent Technologies for over …

A one-day, “pop-up” coronavirus testing center will makes its home at Franklin Middle School Hamilton Street campus on June 3, a township official announced on May 26. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said during a virtual Township Council meeting that Franklin is partnering with the Somerset County Health Department and Zufall Health of Somerville in bring the site to the township. …

Two more Franklin Township residents have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported May 26. The total number of Franklin residents with positive test results is now 1,180, according to OEM. The number of residents’ deaths attributed to the virus remains at 111. Test samples for the coronavirus will be …

The number of township residents who tested positive for the coronavirus has increased by three, but there have been no new deaths for the past two days, the township Office of Emergency Management reported May 25. The total number of Franklin residents who have tested positive is now 1,178, the OEM reported. The number of residents whose deaths have been …

Sol D. Levine, 93, of Somerset, passed away peacefully on May 23 after four weeks of remarkable care provided by the staff of Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick. Although his loving family was only able to visit him by virtual means during this time, the isolation Sol experienced during his stay while fighting Covid-19 and dementia is in contrast …

Patricia A. Toland from Somerset died peacefully on May 23. She was 87 years old and has been reunited with her husband, Donald Toland. One of eight children, she was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania before her family moved to Philadelphia. She met her husband while working as a telephone operator at Dun & Bradstreet. She & Don were married in …

Another 10 township residents have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, but there were no new reported deaths from the disease, the township Office of Emergency Management said on May 24. The total number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the disease now stands at 1,175, while the total number of deaths attributed to …