Interim schools Superintendent Eveny Pagan said that outsourcing the district’s paraprofessionals is no longer on the table for the 2014-2015 school year, but that other staff reductions “are still in the equation.” The school district is no longer considering outsourcing its 123 paraprofessionals as a means to bridge a $1.7 million budget gap, but it has not ruled out some …

Two contracts worth $69,000 were approved by the Township Council at its Feb. 25 meeting. The largest of the two, worth $55,000 a year, was awarded to Joseph Smentkowski, Inc. of Jersey City for servicing the township mini-dump. The two-year contract expires on Feb. 28, 2016. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

A fight over a cell phone charger led to a man being sent to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, police said. Police reported that on Feb. 25, a fight between two men broke out in front of a Pickering Place home. Police said the two men – identified only as a 41-year-old Asian man and a 42-year-old black …

Board of Education member Robert Trautmann submitted his resignation on Feb. 24. Robert Trautmann, a Board of Education member in the middle of his first term, 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. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving …

Cars driven by Hedwig Kayden and Timothy Danzey, both of Somerset, in the K-Mart parking lot off Easton Avenue collided. Each driver blamed the other. § 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 …

An artist’s rendering of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church on Elizabeth Avenue. The church recently received a $3.5 million construction loan from Unity Bank. St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of Franklin Township has received a $3.5 million loan and a $5,000 donation toward construction of its new church on Elizabeth Avenue. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …

Potential fines await township residents who do not clear their sidewalks of snow within 12 hours of a storm. “Several” summonses for not obeying the township’s law regarding sidewalk cleanups after snow storms have been handed out by police since the Valentine’s Day weekend storms, a police spokesman said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

Feb. 21 Christopher Randazza of Somerset was backing his pickup truck out of a parking space at Walgreen’s on Hamilton Street when it struck a parked car leased by Rosemary Montes of Edison. 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 …

Board of Education member Keisha Smith-Carrington, pictured here at a meeting earlier this year, said that she did not want her vote on an interim Assistant Superintendent to be misconstrued. The school district is still without an interim Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, apparently thanks to an outburst from an audience member at the Feb. 20 Board of Education …

All proposed budgets passed in last week’s Fire District elections. The results from the Feb. 15 vote are as follows: 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 can only do …