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 …

Board of Education vice president Eva Nagy said the district has been promised at least $3.9 million in grants for the proposed $85 million referendum projects. An $85 million referendum that would result in a new elementary school and a reconfiguration of the Pre-K to 8th Grade schools could be held in September, now that state grant money has been …

Thanks to all the recent snow days, the last day of school for the district is now June 27. The Board of Education voted to extend the school year by three days at the Feb. 20 meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

Interim schools Superintendent Eveny Pagan said the administration needed to get more information for the Board of Education before it could take a vote on a proposal to privatize paraprofessionals. An expected vote to privatize the school district’s 123 paraprofessionals was put off Feb. 20 by the Board of Education. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …

By Rob Trautmann, Somerset Tonight (Feb. 20) was a first for me, I walked out of a Board of Education meeting before it ended.  I am deeply saddened by what some people believe to be appropriate behavior in public meetings.  Tonight was an absolute disgrace.  A member of the Franklin school family was listed for an interim position that required …

By Mark Fitzgerald, Somerset. After attending the “Emergency” Franklin Board of Education meeting on Feb. 17, it appears the administration is very unprepared with accurate financial information for both para and sub outsourcing.  Until there is a real proposal to review with adequate time (even a pro-forma proposal) from a qualified vendor, the board should not be asked to vote …

Maria Delvillar of Perth Amboy was cited for careless driving after the bus she was driving struck a car driven by Ashley Robinson of Somerset. Robinson said she was stopped at Layne Road and Leupp Lane when Delvillar’s bus turned left onto Layne and struck her car. § Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …

Paraprofessional Monica Espinosa speaks against privatization. School district teachers’ aides showed up in force at the Feb. 17 Board of Education meeting to tell the board just what they thought of yet another proposal to outsource their jobs. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …

The Township Council is now the body in charge of the Hamilton Street business district Special Improvement Zone. Thanks to a last-minute amendment to the ordinance making that so, the council’s status as the SID’s “district management corporation” is limited to two years. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

Collected snow from multiple storms last week was blamed for the collapse of two structures in the township, police said. On Feb. 13, a 100 x 75-foot portion of a roof at 65 Clyde Rd. collapsed due to the weight of collected snow, police said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …