Auditions for the musicals “The Last Five Years” and “Little Shop of Horrors” are set for Nov. 16 through Nov. 21 at the Villagers Theatre, DeMott Lane (near the municipal complex), Somerset. Auditions for “The Last Five Years” are set for 3-6 p.m. Nov. 16, with potential callbacks 3-6 p.m. Nov. 23. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
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Township Councilman James Vassanella, left, presents a $2,000 grant to Second Chance for Animals president Bob Pezzano at the Nov. 12 Township Council meeting. 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 …
Read More »The Franklin Township Food Bank, 60 Millstone Rd., Somerset, is looking for volunteers for the holiday season. Nancy LaCorte of the food bank said that people are needed “to help us direct traffic and help our clients to their cars with our limited number of shopping carts.” Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …
Read More »The largest gathering of business in Somerset County is set for Dec. 16 at The Palace, 333 Davidson Ave. in Somerset. The event is the Somerset County Business Partnership’s “Annual Meeting & Celebration of Success.” The event begins at 11:30 a.m., with a luncheon at 12:15 p.m. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …
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Gail Reicheg, the school district’s personnel director, talks to the Board of Education about substitute teacher pay at the Nov. 14 work session. The school district administration will not support a requested reversal of a pay cut instituted this year for substitute teachers, schools Superintendent Edward Seto said Nov. 14. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …
Read More »One of the new recycling bins township residents will use starting next summer, when the county’s single-stream recycling program comes to Franklin.Photo: Somerset County Single-stream recycling is coming to the township. 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 …
Read More »The township’s willingness to house its medical and dental health care plans with one company led the company to slash its initial 2014 renewal premiums by more than $750,000. That was the word Nov. 12 from Stuart Migdon, of the Woodbridge-based Business & Governmental Insurance Agency, the township’s insurance broker. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …
Read More »An application to build a 4,246-square-foot home on an undersized lot on Lenox Avenue was approved Nov. 13 by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Builder Ronald Snyder will construct a bi-level home on a 75’x 100′ lot, which is half the required size for a home. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …
Read More »A Boulder Lane home was damaged the afternoon of Nov. 13 when a clothes dryer caught fire, police said. Police responded to the home at about 4:45 p.m. and were told there was a fire in the house’s utility room. Police officer Leonard Bird said he and Dan Krushinski, chief of the East Franklin Fire Department, doused the fire with …
Read More »John Croom of Lancaster, Pa. told police he was driving down John F. Kennedy Boulevard when a deer suddenly ran in front of his car, striking the front bumper. The deer then ran off. § 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 …
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