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The Stage House Tavern on Sept. 5 hosted a barbecue fundraiser to honor the “fallen heroes” of the country’s military and first responders. The event, in its inaugural year, directly benefited the John Basilone Memorial Foundation and the Bristol Myers-Squib Childrens’ Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, said Donald Erickson, the Amwell Road restaurant’s head chef and general …

Unity Bank is celebrating its 25th anniversary by giving away $1,000 to 25 people – for a total of $25,000 – in the bank’s “25 Years of Serving the Community Giveaway.” The bank’s 25th anniversary is September 16. There is no purchase required to enter the contest. Visit UnityBank.com to enter and see contest rules. Contest registration, which is open until December …

Shashi Mittal is clearly excited as he takes visitors through his newly opened supermarket. “All of our products come from different parts of the world,” he says. “Very high quality, a lot of healthy options.”

A township resident is one of three Creative Marketing Alliance employees who were recently promoted. Kenneth Hitchner will become public relations and social media director, according to a press release from the Princeton Junction-based company.

Mike Virdi hated his commute into New York City, so he decided to do something about it. For decades, Virdi said, he either had to take a “long, slow bus ride” to his job in New York City, or else “drive 20 minutes to the train station, pay for parking and then get on the train for an hour.”

The New Jersey Bankers Association’s Public Relations and Marketing Committee has selected Regal Bank to receive a Silver Award in the NJBankers 2015 Community Service Award Program. Regal Bank has a branch in Franklin on Elizabeth Avenue.

Township residents now don’t have to leave Franklin to get their party supplies. A Piscataway family has opened Party On in Cedar Grove Plaza on Cedar Grove Lane.

Boosting the township as a tourist destination was on the minds of township officials June 17 as they took a group of hoteliers on a tour of Franklin. The group – comprised of representatives from hotels within and without the township – was taken to spots that could be attractive to hotel guests, such as the Rudolf W. van der Goot …

The Franklin Youth Initiative program has received a $10,000 grant from Investors Bank. The grant was acknowledged at the June 14 Township Council meeting with a commendation to Investors’ vice president and Somerset branch manager Michael Harris, and a presentation by Harris of a ceremonial check.

The 2014-15 basketball season was an historic one for the Franklin High School Lady Warriors. On March 15, 2015, the Lady Warriors won the program’s first NJSIAA Group 4 Championship, besting the Shawnee Renegades 54-48.