Three people were inured and Cedar Grove Lane was closed for an hour Aug. 14 after a three-car collision at Weller Way. Photo: FTPD. Three people were injured and Cedar Grove Lane as closed for about one hour during the evening of Aug. 14 after a three-car collision. Police said that at shortly after 5 p.m., a 2001 Nissan Altima driven …
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Aug. 3 During the daytime hours a residence on Church Street was burglarized by an unknown actor. There were no signs of forced entry. Approximately $3000 in electronics and other property was taken. 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 …
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Up to 300 township youths who are spotted doing good deeds by Franklin Township police will be rewarded with a free Slurpee drink. 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 …
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A memorial to Diahlo Grant, the township man authorities said was killed after a shootout with township police in New Brunswick. The Rutgers University chapter of Black Lives Matter Aug. 9 launched an online petition demanding that the names of the officers involved in the April 9 Diahlo Grant shooting be made public. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet …
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A township woman was killed Aug. 6 after she was involved in an automobile crash on Cottontail Lane, near Weston Canal Road. Police said that Adejoke Sanusi, 53, of Somerset, was pronounced dead at the scene after she was extracted from her Toyota Rav 4. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …
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U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, singled out a communications system between the township’s police and African-American community as one that should be replicated in the country. A Franklin Township success story received a nod earlier this month from an unlikely source: the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …
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Protesters march in New Brunswick July 21, demanding answers in the death of township resident Diahlo Grant. The Rev. DeForest “Buster” Soaries said July 21 that he will call for a federal investigation of whether a Franklin man’s civil rights were violated when he was killed in a shootout with township police. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
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FTPD Capt. Greg Borlan demonstrates a self-defense technique on Ashley La Selva July 19. A 23-year veteran of the township police force has developed a self-defense course geared to young women preparing to strike out on their own. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …
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A Middlesex man was killed early in the morning of July 18, after his car hit a patch of trees and overturned along Easton Avenue. Police said 61-year-old Pedro Vazquez was entrapped in his Toyota Rav 4 after the 3:45 a.m. crash, and was unconscious and unresponsive when he was extracted. Vazquez was taken to an area hospital, where he was …
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Borboh Bayoh, center, speaks about Francis Vandy during a July 16 memorial vigil for Vandy, who was killed last year. Several dozen members of the township’s Sierra Leonian community gathered at Hempstead Gardens July 16 to remember one of their own killed there last year. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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