A proposal to honorarily rename Cedar Grove Lane “Interfaith Lane” received the town’s approval, and has an advocate on the county level. That’s important because any move to place an honorary name on the county owned road would require approval from the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

The state Assembly’s appropriations committee recently advanced two military veterans’-related bills co-sponsored by Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17). One bill would establish a pilot program to assist disabled and low-income veterans in paying for housing modifications, and the second would extend state civil service eligibility for non-combat veterans.

Mrs. Janina Mychajlowycz passed away early Dec. 14 at Parker at McCarrick in Somerset. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Mychajlowycz was born in Poland, present day Lithuania. She had lived in Hightstown for many years and was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband Walter in 2009. Mrs. Mychajlowycz is survived by her sons, Andrew Mychajlowycz and his …

A $160,000 playground system for Inman Park was among the more than $360,000 in good and services purchases authorized Dec. 13 by the Township Council. That contract – totaling $160,699 – went to MRC of Spring Lake.

A township charter school will have to wait until after the new year to find out if it will be able to relocate. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, which now occupies part of a building on Schoolhouse Road, wants to move into space in a Mettlers Road building. The school plans to take up two, two-storey wings of the …

The physical effects of stress, depression and other mental health disorders, and tips on keeping mentally “fit” were the main topics of a workshop presented Dec. 15 at the Franklin High School cafeteria. The workshop was the brainchild of three FHS students, Rohit Aita, Sunny Patel and Sohil Patel, all of whom comprise the community project team of the school’s …

By Imam Rizwan Rizvi. This year again the birth of Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Jesus (pbut) falls in the same month. Don’t suffice with just celebrating their birth, celebrate their lives.

This is the inaugural edition of Franklin Reporter & Advocate Radio, a regular podcast through which we will bring you insights into township news, sports and entertainment. We start with a chat with the FHS girls basketball coach about what we might expect this season.

The Franklin Food Bank was a beneficiary of the success of this year’s Franklin Day festival. And, according to Township Councilwoman Roz Sherman (D-Ward 2), there will be more to come.

Asuncion “Ciony” Yip, 80 passed away Dec. 12. Mrs. Yip was born in the Philippines to the late Roque and Dominga Rosario. In the Philippines, Asuncion attended the Philippine Women’s University in 1956. She came to the United States in 1960 to continue her education at Oklahoma State University. She went on to earn her master’s degree in Nutrition from …