By Michael D. Purzycki, Somerset. One town over from Franklin, Princeton University is debating whether the racism of a former president (of both Princeton and the United States) is enough reason to cease honoring him. Several weeks ago, a group of Princeton students occupied the university president’s office and demanded, among other things, that the university rename both Wilson College …

A township family has started an online fundraising campaign to help meet a family member’s medical expenses. Ryan Krushinski, a freshman at the Somerset County Vocational and Technical School, was seriously injured in a Nov. 29 ATV accident.

The war of words between NJ State PBA president – and township police detective – Pat Colligan and Gov. Chris Christie escalated Nov. 30, when the governor called Colligan a “pension pig” in statements made on the presidential primary campaign trail in New Hampshire. Colligan has been a long-time critic of Christie’s, mainly because of what Colligan terms Christie’s broken promises in …

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One of the township’s two charter schools has received approval to move into a Pierce Street building. The Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School, now located at 92 Cortylous Lane, will next year move into about 60,000 square feet in a building at 150 Pierce Street, at the intersection of Worlds Fair Drive.

Submitted by Mary Clark. Neighbors helping Neighbors is a motto of the Franklin Township Food Bank and on Nov. 25, the students of Sampson G. Smith School were able to show just what good neighbors they are – 1,206 pounds worth!

Teams representing alumni from Franklin and Piscataway high schools squared off Nov. 25 in the second annual Alumni Basketball Game. The Piscataway squad walked off with the trophy, posting an 84-80 win. Franklin led by a many as 18 points early in the game, but Piscataway chipped away through three quarters, putting the game away in the final minutes.

In the wake of the Veterans Day commemoration debacle, township officials have decided to take over the arrangements for that and one other commemoration. Township manager Robert Vornlocker at the Nov. 24 Township Council meeting suggested that since the township already runs the July 4 celebration, it should also handle the Veterans Day and Memorial Day observances.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment got its first peek at a proposed retail/residential development on Hamilton Street, a project township officials hope will herald the renaissance of the business district. The proposal, made by Recon Services LLC of Rocky Hill, is for a building encompassing the block of Hamilton Street between Ambrose and Home streets, the ground floor of which would …

Somerset County Park Commission has announced that Quail Brook Golf Course on New Brunswick Road in Somerset, NJ will close for the season at the conclusion of play on Sunday, November 29, 2015. Quail Brook joins Warrenbrook Golf Course on Warrenville Road in Warren Township that closed for the season earlier this month.