The Franklin High School Madrigal Singers perform “Coventry Carol” Dec. 6 at the Hageman House. The group will perform in the White House on Dec. 22. The 14 members of Franklin High School’s Madrigal Singers got a surprise easier this year when they received their performance schedules. Menlo Park Mall, check. Franklin Township Library, check. White House. White House? “I …

A 45-year-old New Brunswick man has been charged with the sexual assault of a woman in the township. Fernando Nunez-Genao was charged with 2nd Degree sexual assault in connection with the Dec. 4 incident, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. The 19-year-old victim reported the assault to township police, according to the release. Nunez-Genao and …

Take some elements of tennis, throw in a little essence of badminton and combine with a soupçon of ping-pong, and what do you get? Pickleball, of course. The sport, invented in 1965 by a U.S. Congressman from Washington State and a friend to give their bored families something new to do, is all the rage in adult communities, mainly in the west …

Bridgewater, NJ – Chairman Steve Kalafer and the Somerset Patriots presented the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders with the Community Leadership All-Star Award at the team’s annual holiday reception for marketing partners on Wednesday, December 9th.   The Community Leadership All-Star Award was created by the Somerset Patriots to recognize the outstanding achievements of an individual or organization to …

The Township Council Dec. 8 presented commendations to a number of students who won a township-wide poster contest, and to two of its own. The students won commendations for their entries in the annual Red Ribbon Poster Contest. Red Ribbon Week is a national substance abuse prevention campaign run in schools. The council also presented commendations to Mayor Chris Kelly …

  The two rivals for the mayor’s seat agreed on one thing at the final Township Council meeting of 2015: Donald Trump is not welcome in Franklin. In fact, both the current Mayor, Chris Kelly, and Mayor-elect, Phil Kramer, said at the Dec. 8 meeting that if they had the power, they’d ban the controversial Republican presidential contender from the township. Kelly …

Anytime Fitness has signed a lease for a second, state-of-the-art location in the Crossroads at Somerset shopping center off Elizabeth Avenue. The 5,500-square-foot gym will join the chain’s first township location at 920 Hamilton Street. Daniella Harris, franchisee for both locations, said in a Dec. 8 press release that she has signed a lease for the space, and expects construction …

Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspected shooter of a Bordentown resident on Franklin Boulevard. The 44-year-old man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital, after he had taken himself to the facility, according to a press release on the incident from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Police responded to the area at about 4 …

This winter the Somerset County Park Commission (SCPC) Environmental Education Center will pilot a new school field trip program called Finding Answers in Nature. This program was made possible through an Eco Grant from 3M and the Somerset County Park Foundation, and includes $5,000 in scholarships available to Title 1 schools for transportation costs. Finding Answers in Nature uses the …

There was dancing, there was singing, there were goodies. They all marked the annual appearance of Sinterklaas at the Hageman House barn on South Middlebush Road Dec. 6. Visitors to the event were treated to an exhibition of Klompen Dancing, a Dutch tradition in which dancers wear wooden shoes, and a selection of Christmas carols by the Franklin High School Madrigal …