Onoseta Ufuah goes up for a shot in heavy defense during the Lady Warriors’ March 11 game against Randolph. UNION – Most days, ask Lady Warriors’ basketball team head coach Audrey Taylor about the overarching factor in a particular win, and she’ll tell you “defense.” But after the Lady Warriors came back to win the NJSIAA state Group 4 semi-finals …

State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen has cancelled his planned Job Fair due to coronavirus concerns. “Today my office is forced to make a difficult decision of cancelling my 2020 Job Fair” Danielsen wrote in a statement. “While this event has provided many individuals to improve their quality of life by seeking new employment opportunities, the current state of affairs with the …

Township Manager Robert Vornlocker presented the Council with a $63 million proposed budget. A $63 million spending plan was introduced March 10 by the Township Council. The $62,827,195.19 2020 budget – up $895,857 over the 2019 budget of $61,931,338 – is powered by a tax levy of $25,751,390.71. That’s an increase of $614,888.79 over the 2019 levy.

More than 1,000 homes are being added to Somerset County’s dual-stream recycling program in the township. Those added to the program will begin receiving two 65-gallon containers for the recyclables on March 12, according to a notice from the county recycling division. The new recycling program will begin on March 26.

Junior center Kyierah Dempsey-Toney shoots for two of her game-leading 17 points March 9 during the NJSIAA state sectional championship game. To hear Kennady Schenck tell it, she and her Lady Warrior teammates had their NJSIAA state sectional championship game won days ago. That would have been March 7, when the Lady Warriors basketball team blew past Bayonne in what …

Fears of the novel Coronavirus prompted the faculty advisor of Franklin High School’s Model UN Club to cancel the club’s participation in a national competition in New York City. The decision to not attend the National High School Model United Nations Conference at the New York Hilton was made after the club’s advisor, Lou Guglielmo, consulted with FHS principal Frank …

Attendees will be able to pick a bowl donated by local potters. (File photo.) The second annual “Empty Bowls” fundraiser for the Franklin Food Bank is set for 1-4 p.m. March 22. The event, one of the largest fundraisers for the food bank, will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 20-0 Atrium Drive.

Senior Onoseta Ufuah goes in for a layup March 5 in the Lady Warriors’ state tournament game against Hunterdon Central. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team continued their winning ways over Hunterdon Central Regional March 5, defeating the Red Raiders 38-25 in the NJSIAA Sectional quarterfinals. The win marks the third time this season the Lady Warriors have …

Lady Warrior Onoseta Ufuah goes up for a shot late in the NJSIAA Sectional opening round against Newark Eastside. The Franklin High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams each won their first-round state tournament games March 3. The boys defeated Edison 66-60, while the girls romped over Newark Eastside, 65-15.

Reservations for wedding ceremonies and photographs at two locations in Colonial Park are now being taken by the Horticulture Department of the Somerset County Park Commission. The locations are Colonial Park Gardens, namely the Arboretum (for ceremonies and photos) and the Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden (for photography only). The fee for each garden is $150.00 per hour.