LAYING IT OUT – Township resident Frank Sciara argues against the Flock Safety cameras at the August 11 Township Council meeting. Sciara started a petition calling on the Township Council to cancel the contract. Speaker after speaker urged the Township Council on Aug. 11 to cancel its contract with Flock Safety, telling officials at a packed and sometimes hostile hearing …

Henry Morton Miller, 94, passed away peacefully on July 31 in Somerset, where he was a cherished resident for more than 60 years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 25, 1931, Henry graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1949 and later earned an Associate of Applied Science Degree with a specialization in Merchandising from Brooklyn College in 1959. …

STUDENT WINNERS – Central Jersey College Prep Charter School students (left to right) Ahan Paul, Noah Laurent, Nilakshya Rajora, and Anaya Shah, took top honors at the recent 50th Annual Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) International Leadership Conference. (Photo: CJCP). Central Jersey College Prep students took home a series of top honors at the 50th Annual Health Occupations Students of …

By Michele C. Petersen. As our Township Council decides whether, and to what extent, Franklin will use Flock Safety technology, residents should look beyond what the system promises today and ask what it could become tomorrow. Flock’s license plate readers do not record only suspected criminals. They record every vehicle that passes, creating searchable records of when and where those …

Eboni Retemiah of Somerset  was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Southern Utah University. Retemiah is among approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and …

WINNER! – A participant in the August 8 Tricky Tray fundraiser held by Second Chance For Animals reacts after winning numbers are called for a basket. Second Chance for Animals drew 280 players to a tricky tray fundraiser August 8 at Franklin High School, where 333 prize baskets were up for grabs at the group’s biggest fundraising event of the …

CANDIDATE SPEAKS DURING COMMEMORATION – Dr. Adam Hamawy, the Democratic candidate for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, spoke August 8 during the Masjid-e-Ali’s commemoration of Imam Husain Day. The Democratic candidate for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District and a former United Nations weapons inspector told hundreds of worshipers at the Masjid-e-Ali mosque August 8 that the 1,400-year-old martyrdom of Imam …

EXPLAINING THE PLAN – Syed Haq, a representative of the Islamic Circle of North America, testifies before the Zoning Board of Adjustment on August 6. The Islamic Circle of North America’s bid to legalize a prayer room that has operated inside its Hamilton Street headquarters for more than a decade stalled Aug. 6 at the Zoning Board of Adjustment over …

Please note due to extreme heat and weather conditions these dates are subject to change  Coppermine Rd Area Resurfacing – In progress Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can …

Flock Camera Map Source: Deflock.org Mayor Phil Kramer said he would want to end the Township’s nearly $340,000 contract for Flock Safety surveillance cameras if something “egregious” turns up about how the system is being used, but he stopped short of predicting that will happen at the Township Council’s Aug. 11 meeting. Representatives of Atlanta, Georgia-based Flock Security are expected …