UPDATE: The Sept. 19 zoning board meeting was cancelled, the Tabernacle Church hearing has been rescheduled for the Oct. 17 meeting. An Edison-based congregation wants to build a church at Cedar Grove Lane and Como Drive, but its Zoning Board of Adjustment application has raised concerns among township and county officials. The application filed by NJ Tabernacle Church is actually …

Outdated cost estimates for a water main interconnection with the New Brunswick water utility have boosted the project’s cost by about $430,000. The Township Council at its Sept. 10 meeting passed on second reading a bond ordinance for the additional amount. That brings the total for the project to about $1.2 million, according to the ordinance. Township Manager Bob Vornlocker …

A watch valued at $5,000 was one of the items stolen in three car burglaries that occurred sometime late in the night of Sept. 12 or early the next morning, police said. In the first case reported, at about 9:18 a.m. on Sept. 13, Prashant Kumar of Green Hill Manor Drive told police that someone had stolen a pair of …

A fender-bender at Laurel Drive and Route 27 Sept. 13 resulted in a car chase involving the two drivers into South Brunswick, police said. Police said a Mack truck driven by David Moeller of Bristol, Pa., was preparing to move after the traffic light at Laurel and Rt. 27 turned green when his truck rolled back a bit and struck …

An accident investigation Sept. 13 resulted in summonses for a member of the Franklin-Somerset First Aid Squad for allegedly making an improper U-turn on Easton Avenue and misuse of the emergency lights on the ambulance he was driving. The first aider, Evan M. Shegoski, 23, of Somerset, told police that he thought he had an emergency call to respond to …

Middlebush Park was hopping Sept. 15 as the township’s Pop Warner Football teams played their first games on the parks turf fields. Mayor Brian Levine conducted the coin toss for the 11:30 a.m. Midget game, in which Franklin’s Warriors faced the Piscataway Chiefs. More than 300 children participate in the township’s Pop Warner program, making it the largest such program …

Members of Franklin PBA Loca 154 and the five teams of the Senior Softball League faced off in Inman Park Sept. 15 for a charity game benefiting the Franklin Township Food Bank. The PBA team repeated its winning ways from last year, besting the seniors by a score of 21-6. After the game, both sides and their supporters sat down …

A workshop on invasive plants species is the subject of a workshop set for 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the township library on DeMott Lane. The workshop will look at some invasive species that residents can find in their backyards. Registration is requested and can be done at the library’s Web site. § The second annual dfree Conference will be …

There was live music, pony rides, games and lots of food Sept. 14 at the annual Community Day held by the McCarrick Care Center on Dellwood Lane. The free event was attend by McCarrick patients, their families and members of the Franklin Community. The petting zoo, featuring a variety of animals, was especially popular with the kids. Saint Peter’s University …

Ajay A. Patel, a senior at Rutgers Preparatory School on Easton Avenue, was named a semifinalist in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship program. Patel is one of about 16,000 students nationally named semifinalists in the 59th annual program. Patel will compete for 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million. About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to make …