By Bill Connell, Somerset. Before I get started, lets do an exercise. I assume Franklin Reporter & Advocate readership crosses the broad demographic of Franklin. Think a minute about your race and your culture. Now think about the person with the most racist views you know, in your chosen demographic. See, we all have one, and we can start on …

​Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have re-signed Atlantic League All-Star left-handed pitcher Rick Teasley for the 2019 season. “I’m excited to be coming back, especially with so many familiar faces also returning,” said Teasley. “We haven’t finished the way we started the last two years, so we are looking to change that this year and have fun while doing so.”  Teasley …

FTP Sgts. Ken Daly, Ariel Almora and Kevin Fitzharris, left to right, were sworn in at the Council meeting. The three newest Franklin Police Department Sergeants were formally sworn in at the Township Council’s Feb. 26 meeting. Ken Daly, Ariel Almora and Kevin Fitzharris were sworn in to their new positions in front of friends, family, and police officers and …

Township Councilman Rajiv Prasad asked for a review of area Municipal Court Judge salaries in early 2018, including that of presiding municipal court judge Hector Rodriguez, barely a year into Rodriguez’s current term. The review, requested several months after Prasad steered a township landlord to Rodriguez for help with a tenant issue in 2017, came around the time budget appropriations …

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced today that it has reached a three-year agreement with the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) that will permit MLB to test experimental playing rules and equipment during the Atlantic League’s Championship Season. In addition to rules governing the transfer of players from the Atlantic League to Major League Baseball, the new agreement includes rights …

All three township Stop & Shop supermarkets will have a new “employee” zipping down the shopping aisles come this Spring. The new addition’s name is Marty; Marty won’t need to take breaks, won’t call in sick and may just need the occasional software upgrade. (But who among us doesn’t?) Marty is a robot being deployed to 41 of the 60 …

Mary Theresa Mulvey (Jordan), 85, passed away on February 23 at St. Peter University Medical Center in New Brunswick, surrounded by her loving family. Mary Mulvey was born October 14, 1933 in Philadelphia to the late John and Cecilia (McGuigan) Jordan. Mary was raised in Philadelphia and relocated to Lansdowne PA, Somerset and Barnegat. She then settled back in Somerset …

The fans came out in force Feb. 25 to celebrate Lady Warrior Diamond Miller as she was presented her honorary McDonald’s All-American team jersey. The jersey will be framed and hung at the high school. Miller was one of 24 high school girls nationally picked to play in the prestigious all-star game. District Athletic Director Ken Margolin ran down Miller’s …

The top-ranked Lady Warriors cruised to victory over Perth Amboy Feb. 25 in the first round of the North II Group IV tournament, 83-14. The Lady Warriors scored 51 points before the Panthers were able to get on the board with 34 seconds left in the first half. All five Franklin starters were back on the bench in the second …

Defense was the name of the game Feb. 25 in the Franklin High School Warriors’ 44-39 win over Columbia High School in the state tournament opening round. A total of 13 points were scored in the first quarter, attesting to the teams’ game plans. Joshua Kuroad-Grauer opened the scoring for the Warriors, slipping in a follow-up layup after a missed …