We could be in for 2 to 6 inches of snow by Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our area from 6 p.m. today until 10 a.m. tomorrow. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

Mary Trossi drives for a layup after stealing the ball during the Warriors’ Somerset County Interscholastic Athletic Association championship game against Gill St. Bernards March 1. They fought until the end, but the Franklin High School girls’ basketball team lost an overtime heartbreaker in the March 1 Somerset County championships to Gill St. Bernard’s, 55-51. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

Senior Sergey Eccles rolled another perfect game Feb. 27 during the state Group III championships at Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick. The Franklin High School boys’ bowling team came up short in its quest for a title in the Group III state championships Feb. 27 at Carolier Lanes, North Brunswick, coming in second to Montville High School. Don’t Miss Out! …

A 7-year-old township child is being treated at St. Barnabas Burn Center after sustaining 2nd degree burns over 30 percent of his body, police said. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call at about 4:42 p.m. to find that the boy had accidentally pulled a pot of boiling water onto himself. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …

Students at MacAfee Road School on Feb. 28 celebrated Black History and Women’s History month with a “Living Museum” program. During the half-hour presentation, students in the Kindergarten to 4th Grade school portrayed luminaries raging from Ameila Earhart to Boker T. Washington. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …

Interim schools Superintendent Eveny Pagan said no state action would be taken against the district as a result of an incident in January when a 3-year-old special needs student was left on a school bus all day. A January incident in which a 3-year-old was left on a Franklin Park School bus all day was deemed by a state agency …

The Renaissance Community Development Credit Union (RCDCU) and the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens (FBCLG) have teamed up to offer an auto loan “Refinance and Save” program. According to a press release about the program, it is “designed to encourage borrowers to take advantage of lower interest rates, which will result in lower monthly auto payments.  Financing will be …

Following is the list of events for March at the Quail Brook Senior Center, 625 New Brunswick Rd. in Somerset. The center is open  9a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. Bingo Tournament – Every Thursday Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …

School district business administrator John Calavano said the district did not receive funding for all the referendum-related grants for which it applied because the state could not fund all the applications it received. With nearly $4 million guaranteed for the proposed $85 million school referendum eyed for September, the Board of Education Feb. 27 approved applications for more than $79.7 …

The Franklin Township school district will receive about $13.2 million in state aid in the 2014-2015 school year, a 1.2 percent increase over this year’s aid. State aid to the district was flat for the 2013-2014 school year, coming in at the same $12,991,848 as in the 2012-2013 school year. The district saw a $1.4 million bump – nearly 12 …