Update: Cedar Hill Prep had the most wins in the tournament, with three of the top four teams and seven of the top 10. Original Story: A record number of students participated in the winter Garden State Debate League tournament, held March 18 at Cedar Hill Preparatory School on Cedar Grove Lane.

A ban on the sale in the township of animals bred in puppy and kitten mills is the “appropriate way to move,” Mayor Phil Kramer said on March 15. The mayor was responding to criticism leveled by a township resident of a proposed ordinance amendment to do just that.

Mrs. Priscilla Roberson passed away on March 13, 2017 at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick. She was 74 years of age. Mrs. Roberson was born in New York City and lived for many years in the Somerset section of Franklin Township. Mrs. Roberson was employed for many years at the Conerly Road School as a School …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have signed right-handed pitcher Alex Gouin for the 2017 season.  

TOMS RIVER – Diamond Miller went into the second half of the March 16 Tournament of Champions game against Pascack Valley with one thought in mind: Stop No. 42, Kelly Petro, from scoring. The Indians had erased a 10-point Franklin lead during the second quarter, mainly though the 3-point shooting of Petro and her teammates Brianna Smith and Cerina Dunkel, …

The Township Council is “moving at the right speed” to answer calls for Franklin to join the list of American towns that will not enforce national immigration laws, Mayor Phil Kramer said March 15. Kramer was responding to Emerson Road resident Manijeh Saba, who asked the Township Council to declare Franklin a “sanctuary city.” Sanctuary cities  declare themselves safe for …

March 7 Viswanath Papineni of Somerset was cited for careless driving after his car collided with one at Fuller Street and Franklin Boulevard, driven by Malcolm Smullen of Piscataway. Smullen said he was on Franklin when Papineni’s car pulled out in front of his. Antone Watts of Elizabeth was cited for careless driving after his panel truck collided with a …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have signed Major League left-handed pitcher Logan Darnell for the 2017 season.  

It was far from the blizzard it was forecast to be, but the winter storm that that hit the area March 14 still managed to cause some chaos. The storm dropped between 5 and 5.5 inches on the township, and, according to the National Weather Service, that was on the low end for Somerset County.

The Garden State Exhibit and Convention Center on Atrium Drive will soon close its doors, but the building will not be vacant for long. The online retail store 6th Avenue Electronics will purchase the building and plans to move its Schoolhouse Road warehouse into the 72,000-square-foot space, according to an application filed with the township’s planning department.