A township woman has been named one of two student representatives to the Raritan Valley Community College Foundation. Vedha Priya Shivaraman of Somerset was named a student representative to the foundation for the 2026-27 school year, according to a press release from the school.

The Board of Education approved nearly $146,000 in purchases, service agreements and renewals at its September 24 meeting. The contracts range from janitorial supplies and payroll software to physical exams for student athletes and classroom technology for two private schools. The 10-item package totals $146,004.60 for the items that carry a fixed price or a spending cap. A consultant contract …

NEW PLANNER TESTIFIES – Planner Spach Trahan testifies on behalf of the Tawheed Dawah Center’s application to build a mosque on South Middlebush Road. (Screenshot of Zoning Board meeting). The township Zoning Board of Adjustment chairman said Sept. 25 he is not convinced that a mosque holding prayers five times a day, seven days a week, belongs on a South …

The school district paid more than $2 million in charter school tuition in September and received nearly $1.2 million from the state after closing out five construction grant projects dating to 2015, according to committee reports presented to the Board of Education at its September 24 meeting.

HONORING A LEGEND – Warriors’ Stadium will carry the name of the football coach who led FHS to state titles in the 1980s. The Board of Education on September 24 approved renaming Franklin High School’s Warrior Stadium as Len Rivers Stadium, honoring the former football coach who led the Warriors to two undefeated state championship seasons in the 1980s.

At the Sept. 22 Township Council meeting, Mayor Phil Kramer told residents where the Township stands on the more than two dozen Flock Safety license plate readers mounted on poles around Franklin. “We deeply care about this issue,” he said. “We are looking at all information before there are any decisions. We have received a lot of information, and we …

EDITOR’S NOTE: A coastal storm is forecast to bring rain and wind to the region Saturday and Sunday. Franklin Township has canceled Franklin Day, the township’s marquee fall festival, which had been set for Saturday. Outdoor listings below should be reconfirmed the morning of the event. Friday, Sept. 25 Stage and screen “Beetlejuice”, national Broadway tour, State Theatre New Jersey, …

The Franklin Food Bank’s dream to build a new, larger headquarters on property near Pine Grove Manor School may have been dashed. The Board of Education at its September 24 meeting rejected the Food Bank’s $400,000 bid for the roughly 4.5-acre parcel next to the school on Highland Avenue.

NEW VICE PRINCIPAL – Jason Richardson speaks to the Board of Education after he was appointed the new vice principal at Franklin High School on September 24. The township Board of Education appointed a nine-year educational administrative veteran as a new vice principal at Franklin High School on Sept. 24, following a search that drew more than 60 applicants.

MOVING ON – Dan Loughren and Nicholas Solomon, left to right, submitted their formal resignations at the September 24 Board of Education Meeting. (File photos). Two longtime Franklin Township school administrators are leaving the district, with one retiring after nearly four decades in education and the other taking over as schools Superintendent of the Dunellen school district.