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Bill Bowman is an award-winning, 40-year veteran of community news. He has written for weekly and daily newspapers, and state, national and international magazines. His investigations have resulted in the first-in-the-nation state program to purchase thermal imaging cameras for all NJ fire departments and fire academies, the halting of a massive land development deal marred by influence peddling, and the creation of a web-based database charting violations against New Jersey senior-citizen facilities.

Police Log: Nov. 11-12, 2013

Nov. 11 Marwan Eid of East Brunswick told police that he’d parked his car on Dahmer Road the night before, and when he returned to it several hours later, noticed that someone had struck it on the driver’s side. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

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School for Learning Disabled Wins Zoning Board Aproval

Landscape architect Jeff Reynolds describes outside improvements planned for a Riverview Drive site. A school for learning-disabled children will have a new home in a former office building on Riverview Drive. 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 …

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Hamilton Street Business District Trustees’ Future Murky; Required Elections Never Held

Photo: Hamilton Street Business District Only three of the 12 members of the Hamilton Street Business and Community Corporation Board of Trustees were properly  installed into their positions, the Township Council was told at its Nov. 12 meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …

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Former Mayor John Clyde Honored for Trails Committee Work

Township Councilman Phil Kramer, right, reads commendation as former mayor John Clyde looks on. The Township Council paid homage to one of its own at the Nov. 12 meeting, honoring former Mayor John Clyde with a commendation for his work on the Trails Advisory Committee. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

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Somerset Store Owner Charged With Food Stamp Benefit Fraud

Kelly Evans.Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office The owner of Our Neighborhood Store on Hamilton Street was arrested Nov. 8 on charges that he defrauded the federal Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program. 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 …

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Somerset Woman Loses Appeal of DWI-Related Death Conviction

A Somerset woman’s appeal of her conviction for a DWI-related death in 2007 was rejected Nov. 12 by a three-member state Appellate Court panel. In its decision, the panel rejected arguments made by Kimberly Green that the trial court judge erred in not letting her present a defense expert, in allowing into evidence a recording made of her in the …

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Township Police Department Gets New Sergeant

Newly minted Township Police Sgt. Sean Hebbon (right) receives congratulations from Mayor Brian Levine. 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 we can only do that with your support. Please consider …

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In Your Opinion: Franklin School District Needs to Work on its ‘Issues’

By Lisa Barr, Montgomery I recently moved from Franklin Township as the parent of two children who went to school in the district, up to Sampson G. Smith. 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 …

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Police Log: Nov. 7 – 10, 2013

Someone broke a side window at Delta Auto Repair & Service, Hamilton Street, on the night of Nov. 7, police said. No entry was gained into the building. § 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 …

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FTHS ‘Project Graduation’ Committee Wins $1,000 in Let’s Yo Texting Contest

Eric Zeises, Let’s Yo’s director of operations (center) holds commemorative $1,000 check for Franklin Township High School’s Project Graduation committee with committee member Lydia Copperthwaite (left). The Franklin Township High School Project Graduation Committee won $1,000 in a contest sponsored by Let’s Yo yogurt stores. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

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