Mr. Lou Kelter passed away on December 20 at his home in Somerset. He was 82 years old. Mr. Kelter was born in Brooklyn and lived there as a child. He was a Mechanical Engineer for many years and partner in Kelter and Gilligo Consulting in Princeton. He moved to Franklin Township in 1964 where he and his wife, Joan, …

UPDATE: A Somerset County Grand Jury handed down indictments for the four Rubin family members and their two employees, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said on December 20. The Grand Jury charged David Rubin, Lisa Rubin, Sherylee Rubin, Batsheva Rubin-Rivera, Andre Watts and Dunia Patricia Hernandez with second degree operating an organized retail theft enterprise, second degree receiving stolen property, …

Board of Education member Christine Danielsen attended her last board meeting on December 19. Veteran Board of Education member Christine Danielsen was lauded by her colleagues at the December 19 meeting, her last as a board member. Danielsen served two, three-year terms on the board, joining the panel in 2014 when it was essentially divided into two camps, which resulted …

Police are investigating a December 17 accident on Amwell Road that left one man dead. Police said that the man, who was not identified pending notification of his next of kin, was trying to cross Amwell Road, near Doria Road, at around 9:35 p.m. when he was hit by a person driving a Kia Sorento.

Isla Glaser, right, with her mother, Haley and sister at the FTPD press conference on December 18. A 4-year-old township girl hailed as a hero for saving her mother’s life was named an “honorary junior police officer by the Franklin Township Police Department on December 18. Isla Glaser of Bartle Road was feted by the FTPD in a press conference …

A 4-year-old township girl is being credited with saving her mother’s life on December 6, after the woman had collapsed in their home. Police Dispatchers Julie Kozo and Olivia Klein received a 9-1-1 call at 7:45 a.m. from a little girl who turned out to be Isla Glaser, a Bartle Road resident, who told them that her mother had fallen …

Andrew (Endre) Schrancz, 84, of Somerset, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his loving family, on December 14. He was born November 24, 1935, in Hungary, and immigrated to the US in 1957. He lived in Edison for many years before moving to Somerset in 2004. While attending school in New Brunswick to learn English upon his arrival …

Township Councilman Rajiv Prasad was feted for his 13 years on the Council Dec. 10 by the same Council members who voted to censure him a year earlier. The Township Council chamber was awash in love for Councilman Rajiv Prasad on December 10 as friends and Council colleagues honored him for his 13 years on the governing body. Prasad decided …

Somerset County law enforcement officials will once again participate in the annual “Drive Sober of Get Pulled Over” campaign now through January 1, 2020. During that time, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated, according to a joint press release issued by the Somerset and …

Melissa Jenkins and Mayor Phil Kramer cut the ribbon opening the new BAM Desserts store on Easton Avenue. Success is sweet for the owners of BAM Desserts, evidenced by the December 13 opening of their new, expanded location at 1830 Easton Avenue. Owners Melissa and Lester Jenkins held a ribbon-cutting to formally mark the new location’s opening. Among those attending …