Incumbent member Ed Potosnak and newcomers Patricia Stanley and Latee Walton-McCleod won election to full three-year Board of Education terms on Nov. 4. Margaret Steele won the one-year unexpired term of former board member Robert Trautmann. These results are pending the counting of provisional ballots, which are not expected to change the outcome. Potosnak, who was selected to fill …

Township property owners who carry flood insurance will see their premiums decrease 5 percent this year, thanks to an improved rating in a voluntary program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Called the Community Rating System, the program provides incentives to towns to take actions to minimize flood risk that are greater than the floodplain management practices mandated by the National …

The Rutgers Preparatory School on Easton Avenue will receive an award from the township’s Environmental Commission for the school’s “many contributions to the environment of Franklin Township.” The school was notified that it would receive the commission’s “Organization Environmental Stewardship Award” in an Oct. 27 letter, according to a press release. The award is scheduled to be presented at the Nov. …

A township family’s negligence lawsuit against the Board of Education was given new life recently by a state Appellate Court panel. The three judges remanded to Superior Court the lawsuit brought by Freddy Florian and his mother, Carmela, which a Superior Court judge sitting in New Brunswick had dismissed on summary judgment. The case stemmed from an accident in which …

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Somerset County began several road paving projects on Oct. 31, which should take less than two weeks to complete, according to a notice from the township. Portions of South Middlebush, Amwell and Weston Canal roads will be repaved. These will be nighttime paving projects and the roadways will remain open with an alternating traffic pattern. Project areas are as follows: …

Oct. 24 The owner of a store on Hamilton Street reported that someone stole $204 worth of alcohol on Aug. 12. The victim said four bottles of Johnnie Walker Black had been taken. § Dana DeStefano of Franklin Parkwas driving down Cedar Grove Lane when a deer ran in front of her car. She said she could not avoid hitting the …

Got too much candy on Halloween? Advanced Dental Arts, 738 Easton Ave., will take that extra candy off your hands in exchange for some cash. The practice, led by Dr. Joseph Haddad, will pay children $2 per pound of candy during a charity event set for from 3-6 p.m. Nov. 3 and 4. The candy will then be donated to …

It was time for costumes and candy again. Halloween was celebrated throughout the township with costume parades, mini-fairs, “Trunk-or-Treating” and candy. Lot of candy. Two parades were held at the Cedar Hill Preparatory School; one in the morning for the younger kids, and one in the afternoon for the older students. Both groups were able to parade through the parking …

There were plenty of ghosts and goblins – and a few princesses – at the Fall festival open house held Oct. 31 by Little Gems Early Learning Academy on Weston Road. The pre-school was acquired by its new owner, Sujatha Alladi, in August. The school adheres to the teaching principles espoused by the Montessori system founder, Maria Montessori, which is “progressively …