Patricia Szucs passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the CentraState Hospital in Freehold on July 14. She was 82 years old. Born on April 8, 1943, in New Brunswick, Patricia was the beloved daughter of the late Joseph Redmond and Anna Dwyer. She was raised in New Brunswick where she attended Sacred Heart Elementary School and graduated from St. …

High school football teams from New York and New Jersey met at Middlebush Park July 12 for the second annual Ed Wilson 7×7 Tournament. The tournament is name din honor of Franklin High School football coach Blair Wilson’s father, who was a longtime Pop Warner coach. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

Diane M. Wanat, of Somerset, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on July 9. She was 80 years old. Born in Orange, she lived in Union, Watchung and Livingston before moving to Somerset 20 years ago. She worked as a Social Worker for the Livingston Board of Education for more than 20 years before retiring in 2005. Diane …

MAKING HIS CASE – Justin Burns, IDI Logistics’ Northeast Market Officer, described his company’s project to the Zoning Board of Adjustment on July 10. A 212,500-square-foot warehouse targeted for the corner of Davidson Avenue and Executive Drive was approved July 10 by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The 45-foot-tall warehouse, proposed by IDI Logistics of Atlanta, Ga., will replace three …

The 2025 Summer Health Series, a free educational wellness program, is set to kickoff July 21 at the Franklin Township Community/Senior Center, 505 DeMott Lane. Sponsored by Township Councilwoman Shepa Uddin, the series is designed to all participants to take charge of their mental, physical, and financial well-being. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …

TRAFFIC LIGHTS WANTED – Princeton Highlands resident Shubhendu Sing speaks to the Township Council on July 8, asking for help in installing traffic lights at Princeton Highlands Boulevard and Goldstar Drive and their intersections with Route 27. A contingent of Princeton Highlands residents showed up at the July 8 Township Council meeting to ask for the Council’s help in getting …

Contracts totaling $341,255.01 were approved by the Township Council at its July 8 meeting. The Council approved: 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 only do that with your …

By Bill Connell. “Have you ever had to put your life in another person’s hands? I have.”  This was the angry response from a friend when I made a glib remark about a news story affecting police culture.  More on that later.   Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

HAS CONCERNS – Township Councilman Ram Anbarasan successfully had a proposed ordinance amendment that would require residents who feed feral cat colonies to take “ownership” of the cats tabled at the July 8 Township Council meeting. Proposed rules that would require township residents who feed feral cats to take “ownership” of them were tabled at the July 8 Township Council …

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS – The Franklin High School scholarship winners were recognized at the July 8 Township Council meeting. Pictured are FTPD Detective Robert Brown and Capt. Vincent Wilson, FHS JROTC Maj. Warren Chen, Garden State Track Club president Chuck Schneekloth. Students are Christian Lewis, Isis Martinez, and Sara Vasquez Tavera. Ololade Famobuwa was represented by her father. Five Franklin High …