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It still needs one more member to be fully constituted and its budget has not yet been approved, but the newly minted advisory board tasked with helping revitalize the Hamilton Street business district is well into its work. The body, known as the Hamilton Street Business Advisory Board, has met monthly since the spring. In that time, members have picked …

Township children got a chance to show off their inner cake designer and help a local charity at the third annual La Bonbonniere Kid’s Day Aug. 3. For a $5 donation, children aged 4 to 12 were given an apron, a chef’s hat and all the materials they needed to decorate a cake, which they later took home.

Somerset Eye Care has opened its second office in the township with the acquisition of Lens ‘N Eye at 1727 Route 27. The former owners, Drs. Jim Kelley and Hinda Liebeskind, are retiring in Florida, according to a release about the acquisition.  The practice will carry the Somerset Eye Care name.

The Margaret McLoughlin McCarrick Care Center on Dellwood Lane recently became one of only six nursing care centers in the state to be accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation’s leading accrditor of health care institutions. Joint Commission standards focus on “key patient-care processes that contribute to improved outcomes for all patients and residents in nursing facilities,” according to a …

Venus Jewelers in Rutgers Plaza, Easton Avenue, went to the dogs and cats – and a Guinea pig – May 17 as part of a three-store fundraiser to benefit Second Chance for Animals. Second Chance is the organization that staffs and funds the Franklin Township Animal Shelter.

Anytime Fitness,a 24-hour fitness club, has opened a township gym in the Franklin Court shopping plaza, 920 Hamilton St. The club features 24/7 access to a wide variety of fitness equipment and live and recorded fitness classes.

Small businesses in Somerset County are eligible to enter a contest run by Unity Bank that will award $16,000 in cash prizes. The Clinton-based bank has a branch on Cedar Grove Lane in Somerset.

The president of an infectious disease medical practice with an office in Somerset is the co-author of a major study on a new drug to fight hepatitis C. The article co-written by Dr. Ronald Nahass, president of ID Care, appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Children in grades Kindergarten to 12 have until April 30 to enter Venus Jewelers’ annual Mother’s Day contest by submitting a poem describing why their mother is their hero. While all who enter will receive a gemstone, six grand prize winners will receive gemstone hearts, according to a release about the contest.

All but one of the 11 members of the nascent Hamilton Street Advisory Board were named April 22 by the Township Council, although the final picks were not unanimous. The 10 names were drawn from a list of 15 business owners and residents of the Hamilton Street business district. The district runs from about Franklin Boulevard to near the New …