The traditional holiday tree lighting ceremony will return to the township’s municipal complex on Dec. 12.

A township woman has won a volunteerism award for her work with the township Pop Warner organization. Janine Wright, an IT contract manager for PSEG, recently received the company’s Recognizing Excellence in Volunteerism award.

A section of Colonial Park was beautified recently by members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 60681. The project consisted of planting more than 1,000 daffodil bulbs on the banks of the Powder Mill Pond.

December 1 – 10:30 a.m. – Canal Walk Chorale Group Concert Join the Quail Brook Senior Center for the holiday concert of the Canal Walk Chorale Group on Monday, Dec. 1, at 10:30 a.m. This traveling chorus will perform holiday favorites and classics at this annual event. December 2, 9, 16, 30 – 1:00 p.m. – The Art of Acrylics …

The center is located at 625 New Brunswick Rd. and is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Check monthly calendar for schedule updates.) Body & Brain Yoga with Lucy Pagnetti – Monday, 10:30 a.m. Bridge Lessons – Every Friday, 10:30 a.m. Chair Tai Chi with Bobbie Joels – Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Computer Instruction – Monday and Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 …

Early golf registration discounts are being offered for the first time this year by the Somerset County Parks Commission. Now through Dec. 31, county residents will be given a $5 discount on registrations for the county’s five golf courses. Adult registration is $45 (regularly $50) and Senior and Junior registration is $30 (regularly $35).

WAWZ Star 99.1 – Central Jersey is playing all Christmas music through Christmas Day.

The Piscataway High School Superchiefs extended their Thanksgiving Day winning streak to eight Nov. 27, blanking the Franklin HIgh School Warriors 28-0 on a snowy holiday morning. The Chiefs took the 50th meeting between the two teams in a game marked by a number of personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct calls against Piscataway.

Updated 11/27/14: A winter storm that had been forecast to drop between 5 and 10 inches of snow in the Franklin area Nov. 26 fizzled, leaving the township with little more than an inch of snow, but lots of slush and ice. The National Weather Service says there’s a slight chance of snow showers this morning, but they won;t leave …

Seven members of the township police department were honored Nov. 22 during the state Policeman’s Benevolent Association’s annual Valor Award ceremony. Officer Robert Brown was given the Gold Medal of Valor. Brown was nearly shot by a robbery suspect in August, 2013, in a violent struggle behind St. Matthias Church on John F. Kennedy Boulevard.