Coronavirus

The township will distribute about $161,000 to support the Franklin Food Bank, COVID testing, and to help township businesses retain employees. The money comes from a special Coronavirus Aid Relief & Economic Security (CARES) Act allocation made through the federal Community Development Block Grant program. Council members decided to allocate $85,933 to small township businesses, $50,000 for coronavirus testing and …

The number of township residents who have tested positive for the coronavirus since mid-March has increased by three to 1,231. There were no new township resident deaths attributed to the disease in the previous 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 11. Test samples for the coronavirus will be collected from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. …

Saying there’s no time to arrange for the program, the township has canceled the annual summer camp in favor of a virtual camp. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker made the announcement during the Township Council’s June 9 virtual meeting. “We’ve gone past the line of no return and we’re going with a full-blown virtual summer camp,” Vornlocker said. “There’s no cost …

One more township resident has tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 10. There were no new township resident deaths related to the virus in that time period, the OEM reported. There are now 1,228 township residents who have tested positive for teh virus since mid-March, according to …

Three more township residents have tested positive for the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 8. The OEM also reported the coronavirus-related death of one more township resident. The latest results bring the total number of township residents with positive results to 1,227 and the total number of deaths attributed to …

There were no new reports of Franklin Township residents testing positive for the coronavirus, nor any new reported township deaths from the disease, in the previous 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 8. The total number of positive cases in the township remains at 1,224, while the number of deaths of township residents attributed to …

Two township residents’ deaths attributed to the coronavirus disease were misreported on June 5, bringing the total deaths to 121. Three more Franklin residents tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, brining the total number of positive tests to 1,224, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 7. Test samples for the coronavirus will be …

There was one new positive test result for the coronavirus among township residents in the previous 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 6. That brings the total number of township residents who have tested positive for the disease since mid-March to 1,221, according to OEM. Two positive results were erroneously repeated earlier in the week, …

The number of Franklin Township residents who have tested positive for the coronavirus has increased by two in the previous 24 hours, the township Office of Emergency Management reported on June 4. That brings the total number of township residents who have tested positive to 1,220. There were no new deaths attributed to the virus in the last 24 hours, …

Karen Duffy laughs with two nurses after she was taken from an ambulance that brought her home after a month-long battle against the coronavirus. Karen Duffy’s homecoming on June 3 was a noisy affair. It wasn’t just the cheering and applause from family and friends who had gathered on her front lawn to welcome her home, and it wasn’t the …