The rate of coronavirus infection among Franklin Township residents is showing signs of possible slowing, with just about a week of single-digit daily growth. On May 17, the Somerset County Health Department said that 1,161 township residents have tested positive for the virus, an increase of two in the previous 24 hours. The number of township residents whose deaths were …

A nearly four-year battle against a project that would have placed a 32,000-horsepwer gas compressor station in the township ended May 15 with the denial of necessary permits by the state. In a decision based more on a technicality than environmental concerns, state environmental officials have denied a series of applications that would have allowed the construction of a 32,000-horsepower …

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Franklin may indeed have a farmers’ market this summer. A lack of vendors interested in participating in this year’s planned market caused it to be cancelled earlier in the year. But, as Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said on May 14, there is renewed hope.

Township officials are looking for ways to help local businesses emerge from the coronavirus lockdown. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker talked about some of the strategies being discussed during the May 14 “virtual” town hall hosted by Mayor Phil Kramer.

Township officials are “in discussion” with the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders to establish a popup coronavirus testing site in Franklin, Mayor Phil Kramer said on May 14. Kramer made the statement during his weekly “virtual” town hall. “We even have a site in mind,” Kramer said. “We have been pushing it and they are diligently working on it. …

With nine more Franklin residents testing positive for the coronavirus reported in the previous 24 hours, the township logged its third consecutive day of single-digit case increases. The total of residents who have tested positive for the disease is 1,149, according to the Somerset County Health Department. Two more residents died from the disease, bringing the total fatalities to 10, …

By Mayor Phil Kramer On May 13th Franklin hit two milestones regarding COVID-19. Both of them 100.

The death toll of Franklin residents from the COVID-19 pandemic has hit 100, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on May 13. The Somerset County Health Department reported that the total number of Franklin residents who have tested positive for the disease is 1,140. Test samples for the coronavirus will be collected from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May …

There were only four new reported township residents who tested positive for the coronavirus disease in the previous 24 hours, the Somerset County Health Department reported on May 12. A total of 1,134 residents have tested positive for the disease, according to the county health department. Of those, 98 have died, according to the township Office of Emergency Management. Test …