Purchases of goods and services worth nearly $1.5 million were approved Aug. 12 by the Township Council. The purchases covered items ranging from equipment for the Police Department to professional financial services. 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 …

Cynthia Voorhees, chair of the township’s Health Advisory Committee, said the committee is in need of members. The cost of having Somerset County act as the township’s health department will increase more than $37,000 over the next three years. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

Parts of Landing Lane and Easton Avenue were closed for about a half-hour the afternoon of Aug. 13 while a spill of about 2 gallons of bleach was cleaned up. Township police received a call shortly after 1 p.m. that a drum was leaking a liquid at the intersection. Patrol officers found a 5-gallon drum leaking what turned out to …

Rutgers University’s Eric Zwerling talks about the science of sound at the Aug. 12 Township Council meeting. A proposal to install a speaker system in the Middlebush Park sports complex will likely be defeated on Sept. 9 when it is scheduled to be up for a vote by the Township Council. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …

Township police are investigating several incidents of criminal mischief that occurred in the early morning hours of Aug. 12. Sometime between 3:15-3:45 a.m., windows in four homes on Valley Wood Road in Somerset were broken by rocks, according to a press release. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

Aug. 4 Christina Meleo of Franklin Park was cited for careless driving after her car ran off the road on South Middlebush Drive and struck a street sign and utility pole. Meleo told police that she had bent down to grab a hair clip that fell on the floor of her car when she lost control of her car. Don’t …

Several car break-ins over the weekend have prompted renewed calls by township police for residents to lock their cars. A message sent out by the township on Aug. 11 noted that township and area police departments have seen an up-tick in car burglaries over the past several weeks. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Sugar Land Skeeters (19-13, 57-44) won the rubber match against the Somerset Patriots (20-13, 67-36) by a final score of 8-2 Monday afternoon from TD Bank Ballpark.   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 …

Kim Kenny, seen here speaking to the 2013-2014 high school girls’ basketball team, is leaving the district. Kim Kenny, who for the last five years has been the high school and middle school athletic director, has resigned. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Sugar Land Skeeters (18-13, 56-44) defeated the Somerset Patriots (20-12, 67-35) 10-7 Sunday evening from TD Bank Ballpark.   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 …