SAFE REMOVAL – FTPD Officer Lisseth Villacis holds a e-foot-long ball python snake after it was safely removed from the grille of a township resident’s car on September 14. (Photo: FTPD). A 3-foot-long ball python was removed the grille of an Oakland Avenue resident’s car on September 14, Franklin Township Police reported.

AGAINST THE PLAN – Churchill Avenue resident Laurinda Harper speaks in opposition to an application made by Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity for a one-family affordable home on Churchill at the September 17 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. The Franklin Township Zoning Board of Adjustment on Sept. 17 unanimously approved Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity’s plan to build a 100% …

Friday, Sept. 18 Phil Hanley, Stress Factory Comedy Club, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. 7 and 9:30 p.m. Ticket prices are not posted on the venue calendar. New Jersey Film Festival: Shorts Program No. 2, Voorhees Hall Room 105, Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick. 7 p.m. $15 per screening, with an all-access pass at $100. Also available on …

By Bill Connell. The Township just approved, rounding up, $9 million for Catalpa Park.  Roughly half of that money is for two legitimate cricket pitches, not like our other flat pieces of land or baseball fields repurposed. That means each pitch is $2 million or so.  

Here’s the latest on the road resurfacing projects conducted throughout the Township. Please note due to extreme heat and weather conditions these dates are subject to change 

Two beginner-friendly fundraising events in support of Safe+Sound Somerset are set for 9 a.m.. to 9 p.m. September 26 at the Colonial Park Tennis Center, 156 Mettlers Road. The events are hosted by Yes We Thryve, a New Jersey based organization that hosts pickleball socials, bachata dance nights, hikes, and wellness activities. Yes We Thryve hopes to raise $5,000 for …

The Township Council on September 8 approved the purchase of goods and services worth more than $11.3 million. The contracts awarded, and their awardees, are:

RIBBON-CUTTING – Board of Education President Dr. Dennis Hopkins cuts the ceremonial ribbon at the new Franklin Park pre-school playground, flanked by (left to right) Board member Clara Wilson and FPS principal Angela Pape. School and District officials gathered September 15 at Franklin Park School to. formally dedicate the new pre-school playground.

RUNNING DOWN THE NUMBERS – Tara Kenyon, the Township’s Open Space Consultant, tells the Open Space Committee September 15 about financial issues facing the Meadows Foundation. For the second time in two years, the Township Open Space Advisory Committee voted unanimously Sept. 15 to spend up to $30,000 through December 2027 to pay the utility bills at four Township-owned historic …

SETTING THE SHOT – Senior Marie Szubiak, 13, seen here in a 2025 game against Bound Brook, led the Lady Warriors against Bernards on September 15 with 24 assists. (File photo). Harper Kelly recorded seven kills and Marie Szubiak had 24 assists as the Franklin High School girls volleyball team defeated Bernards in straight sets Sept. 15.