For the fifth consecutive year, members of the U.S. Armed Forces serving abroad will be treated with candy donated by a local dentist’s patients. As he has for the past quinquennial, Dr. Joseph Haddad of Advanced Dental Arts on Easton Avenue offered to pay for excess candy collected on Halloween. This year, he said, people brought in more than 150 …

More than a dozen families in the township and a neighboring town will have a happy Thanksgiving this year, thanks to a local church and the FTPD PBA. Members of True 2 Life Ministries and representatives of Franklin Township Police PBA Local 154 traveled throughout the eight villages and into South Bound Brook to deliver complete Thanksgiving dinners: turkeys, stuffing …

More than 90 students at Rutgers Preparatory School participated in the annual Diwali celebration on Nov. 18. Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is one of the most popular Hindu festivals and is celebrated in the Autumn. The students, representing all three school levels, created and performed dances and spoken-word presentations, as well as presentations about famous Indians. …

If all permits are not obtained, the Compressor Station 206 and pipeline near and under the Raritan Bay cannot be built.   The NJDEP is still reviewing permit applications for the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Project.  Over 300 concerned residents attended the NJDEP Hearing on November 5, and the 3-minute comments were still being made past 11:00 PM.  That was an …

NEW BRUNSWICK – More than 50 members of the Franklin High School Class of 1988 were expected on Nov. 17 to meet at The Heldrich Hotel here for their 30th reunion. The event, organized by Alvin Washington and Candace Nash, was the second decennial reunion the high school friends put together. Washington, who now lives in Tampa, Fl., said they’d …

Robotics teams from around the region gathered Nov. 17 at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School to earn a berth in the state championship round of the FIRST Lego League competition. The international competition is sponsored by FIRST, a Manchester, N.H.-based organization dedicated to inspire and encourage young people’s participation in science, and the Lego Group, maker of the popular …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots and Manager Emeritus Sparky Lyle have announced that they will host their annual Holiday Toy Drive at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday, December 8th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Fans will be able to bring new, unwrapped toys to the Somerset Patriots Team Store located at the ballpark throughout the day. The toys will …

Update: Butler was found guilty on Nov. 16 of endangering the welfare of a child in the third degree and criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office   Butler faces five years in state prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 11, 2019. As part of the sentence, Butler will be …

Update: Liem and Sanger were released on bond on Nov. 15. The two are still fighting deportation. Original Story: A federal district court judge on Feb. 2 temporarily stayed the deportation of two Indonesian men – one of whom is a Franklin Park resident – who were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The men, Gunawan Liem of Franklin Park …

A process that began when she was in the 8th Grade ended Nov. 14 as Franklin High School basketball standout Diamond Miller formally committed to play for the University of Maryland. Miller signed her Letter of Intent to play for the Division 1 team surrounded by friends and family in an FHS second-floor classroom. The all-time leading scorer in the …