The Board of Education is taking the first steps toward a potential $50 million capital improvement program affecting nine township schools, seeking the assistance of the Somerset County Improvement Authority to arrange financing for renovations and other improvements.

LEGAL ROADBLOCK – Township Attorney Lou Rainone explains why the Township Council cannot gt involved in Zoning Bord of Adjustment applications. Residents hoping to enlist the Township Council in their fight against a proposed mosque on South Middlebush Road ran into an obstacle Oct. 27: The New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law.

NEW WEATHER STATION – New Jersey American Water and Rutgers University recently marked the completion of the Rutgers Weather Station in Franklin, funded by a $25,000 grant from the American Water Charitable Foundation. Pictured from left: Danielle Kearsley, superintendent of Water Quality and Environmental Compliance; Justin Dapolito and Marc Medina, superintendents of Treatment; and Frank Marascia, senior production manager, all …

10/04/2026 A 23-year-old Nashville, TN man was issued a summons for defiant trespassing during an assist other agency investigation in the area of Howard Ave. He fled a motor vehicle crash on foot, which occurred in an outside jurisdiction. Patrol located him on private property where clear No Trespassing signs were posted. He was issued a summons and turned over …

J. Gary Howarth, 72, passed away on October 26 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Gary was born on July 11, 1954, in New Brunswick to the late Joseph and Fannie (DeLeo) Howarth. He was raised in Somerset, where he remained a lifelong resident. Gary enjoyed a successful career as a Director of Human Resources for various …

STICKING WITH FLOCK – Mayor Phil Kramer announced on October 27 that the Township would continue with its Flock security camera program, but would not expand it as originally planned. Franklin Township will continue using its 19 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras, but plans to add seven more have been shelved following an October 27 Township Council meeting at …

SOLOMON FOLLOWING SOLOMON – The outgoing Director of School Management, Nick Solomon, with his wife, Rebekah Solomon, the incoming Director of School Management, at the October 27 Board of Education meeting. Rebekah Solomon, principal of Franklin Middle School’s Sampson G. Smith campus, was named the school district’s new Director of Student Advocacy and School Management at the October 27 Board …

By Bill Connell. The Franklin Reporter has once again posted an article pointing out that Flock is bad.  I am not sure if this is reporting or advocating, but their name warns you it could be either.  Regardless, they have taken a position that the bad outweighs the good.   I have faith they have given it more consideration than a high school …

A periodic look at retail happenings in the Franklin Township region. A former Korean barbecue restaurant on Route 27 in Edison is being converted into New Jersey’s first Wagyu Factory, an all-you-can-eat restaurant featuring premium beef and tableside grilling.

A Flock Safety camera. (Photo: Shutterstock.) Edison Township officials may reconsider their expansion of Flock Safety surveillance cameras following objections from residents, while a Massachusetts city has fired two police officers for misusing the technology to track people with whom they had personal relationships. Edison Township Council President Joseph Coyle said he would consider forming a three-member committee to examine …