The First Saturday of the Month recycling drop offs for regular waste and electronics are set for Dec. 7 in Somerset and Bridgewater. Residents with electronics that need to be recycled can bring them between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. to Newtech Recycling, 600A Apgar Dr. The company also accepts “e-waste” weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Residents with …

Township residents who want to learn how to cross-country ski – and use the course available at Spooky Book Golf Course – can do so from 1:30 – 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Environmental Education Center, 190 Lord Stirling Rd., Basking Ridge. The course will be taught by a naturalist and is geared to skiers aged 10 years and …

Five young local poets were honored at the Nov. 26 Township Council meeting. The five participated in the Franklin Township Cultural Arts Council’s Young Poets Forum, held Nov. 9. The five students were Diya Arya, Angelica Corella, Ashley Jankowski, Hannah Sawyerr and Kendra Singh. Corella and Jankowski were on hand at the council meeting to accept their commendations. The council …

Nov. 26, 2013 Danielle Jackson of New Providence was cited for careless driving after the car she was driving rear-ended one driven by Jacquelin Espinosa of Somerset. Espinosa told police her car was stopped in the Easton Avenue/John F. Kennedy Boulevard jughandle when it was hit. § Wai Cheah of South Bound Brook was cited for careless driving after his …

It was cold, it was windy. And it was cold. The Franklin High School Warriors were unsuccessful Thanksgiving Day in snapping their six-game Turkey Day losing streak to the Piscataway Chiefs, losing 25-7 and capping a disappointing season for the varsity footballers. Below are some scenes from the game.

A plan to turn the Stoothoff-Gunther farmstead on South Middlebush Road into an agricultural historic site was presented to the Township Council at its Nov. 26 meeting. The Franklin Agricultural Heritage Center, as it would be called, would draw an estimated 17,000 visitors a year and provide a place for recreation, education and preservation, the council was told by Barbara …

The township and the Franklin-Somerset First Aid Squad are on the verge of a deal over two ambulances, but some details still have to be worked out. Township Council members at the Nov. 26 council meeting seemed amenable to the idea of selling two 1990s-era ambulances to the squad for $4,000 each. The only sticking point is who would pay …

Township police are investigating two thefts at Franklin Middle School, Francis Street. In the first incident, reported on Nov. 20, four iPads were removed from a file cabinet in one of the classrooms, police said. The iPads were valued at $300 each, police said. In the second incident, reported on Nov. 22, someone stole the metal steps from the school’s …

The township Ethics Board was officially dissolved at the Township Council Dec. 10 meeting, by a vote of 6-2. Voting for the motion to move the board’s duties to the state Department of Community Affairs’ Local Finance Board were Council members James Vassanella (Ward 5), Ted Chase (Ward 1), Brian Regan (At-Large), Phil Kramer (Ward 3), Rajiv Prasad (At-Large) and …

An ad-hoc committee charged with reconstituting the Hamilton Street Business & Community Corp. was created by the Township Council at its Nov. 26 meeting. Appointed to the committee were Mayor Brian Levine and councilmen Brian Regan (At-Large), James Vassanella (Ward 5) and Carl R.A. Wright (Ward 4). The committee will make recommendations on a “new structure” for the corporation, Levine …