By Bill Connell, Somerset. We have a Board of Education election coming up. Over the years I have been very involved in our schools; as a parent, as a volunteer, and as an active community member following our board. In a way the school board election seems sort of boring, yet critical to our township. My mind has gravitated to …

By Scott Siegel, Somerset. My opponent talks of stable taxes, smart budgeting, against future development and increased transparency. He fails on all four.

Ghosts, ghouls and goblins were joined by superheroes and other characters Oct. 28 at the Hamilton Street Trunk or Treat event. Sponsored by the Franklin Township Week of the People Organization and the Hamilton Street Business District, the event took over part of the John’s Plaza parking lot for a few hours.

With less than two weeks before Election Day, several hundred Somerset County Democrats gathered in the township Oct. 27 for one last pep rally. And leading the cheers was the man who tops the statewide Democratic ticket, gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy.

A Somerville man faces attempted murder and other charges in an incident that started in Somerville and spread into Franklin Township. Azikwa D. Rustin, 30, faces multiple charges in the incident in which a 26-year-old Easton, Pa. man was reportedly shot while sitting in his car near Third and Center streets in Somerville, according to a press release from the …

Patrick Dolan, the long-time Franklin High School football coach and athletic director, died Oct. 24 at the age of 82. Dolan lived in Arden Courts of Yardley, Pa. at the time of his death. In his 10 years as the FHS football Warriors head coach, from 1962 to 1972, Dolan amassed a record of 27 wins, 58 losses and five …

A township resident is the newest member of The Saint Peter’s Breast Center in New Brunswick. Dr. Rose Mustafa, a Franklin Park resident, joins Drs. Susan McManus, director of the Saint Peter’s Breast Center, and Lisa Hopkins.

A township resident is the newest member of The Saint Peter’s Breast Center in New Brunswick. Dr. Rose Mustafa, a Franklin Park resident, joins Drs. Susan McManus, director of the Saint Peter’s Breast Center, and Lisa Hopkins.

PISCATAWAY – The two major party candidates for state Senate from the 17th Legislative District went toe-to-toe Oct. 25 in a late-campaign debate at Piscataway High School. Incumbent Democrat Sen. Bob Smith – whose hometown is Piscataway – and his Republican challenger, Franklin Township resident Daryl Kipnis, spent about an hour making the case for their election on Nov. 7.

The purchase of a data storage unit and amendments to several contracts were approved by the Township Council at its Oct. 24 meeting. The council approved a $70,000 contract with Starnet Solutions of Farmingdale for a data storage unit to replace an aging one in the township’s data center.