The 2025 Summer Health Series, a free educational wellness program, is set to kickoff July 21 at the Franklin Township Community/Senior Center, 505 DeMott Lane. Sponsored by Township Councilwoman Shepa Uddin, the series is designed to all participants to take charge of their mental, physical, and financial well-being.

TRAFFIC LIGHTS WANTED – Princeton Highlands resident Shubhendu Singh speaks to the Township Council on July 8, asking for help in installing traffic lights at Princeton Highlands Boulevard and Goldstar Drive and their intersections with Route 27. A contingent of Princeton Highlands residents showed up at the July 8 Township Council meeting to ask for the Council’s help in getting …

Contracts totaling $341,255.01 were approved by the Township Council at its July 8 meeting. The Council approved:

By Bill Connell. “Have you ever had to put your life in another person’s hands? I have.”  This was the angry response from a friend when I made a glib remark about a news story affecting police culture.  More on that later.  

HAS CONCERNS – Township Councilman Ram Anbarasan successfully had a proposed ordinance amendment that would require residents who feed feral cat colonies to take “ownership” of the cats tabled at the July 8 Township Council meeting. Proposed rules that would require township residents who feed feral cats to take “ownership” of them were tabled at the July 8 Township Council …

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS – The Franklin High School scholarship winners were recognized at the July 8 Township Council meeting. Pictured are FTPD Detective Robert Brown and Capt. Vincent Wilson, FHS JROTC Maj. Warren Chen, Garden State Track Club president Chuck Schneekloth. Students are Christian Lewis, Isis Martinez, and Sara Vasquez Tavera. Ololade Famobuwa was represented by her father. Five Franklin High …

Auditions for two Fall programs have been set by the Franklin Township Cultural Arts Council. Auditions for the Franklin Day Cultural Arts stage have been set for 6-8 p.m. July 20 at the Township Community/Senior Center in the Municipal Complex on DeMott Lane.

A total of $866,517 in contracts for goods was approved by the Township Council at its June 24 meeting. The Council approved:

The Board of Education at its June 19 meeting approved the following contracts, totaling $2,265,961: A transportation contract with Montauk Transit LLC – Bridgewater, NJ from March 18, 2025 – June 26, 2025, identified as Bid 26-07 awarded on March 18, 2025, Contract SG.900/990 in the amount of $23,625.00.

Leon Reese, 80, of Somerset, passed away peacefully at home on July 2, surrounded by the loving embrace of his family. Born on April 4, 1945, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the late Griffith and Olga (Magus) Reese, Leon lived a full and vibrant life across several New Jersey communities, including Roselle, Elizabeth, Roselle Park, Millington, Stirling, and, for the past …