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FROM ACTING TO PERMANENT – Lloyd Fredericks, who will be appointed the township’s next Public Safety Director on February 25, speaks to the Township Council at its February 24 meeting. Acting Public Safety Director Lloyd Fredericks will be formally appointed to the post on February 25. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker made the announcement at the February 24 Township Council meeting. …

The Township police officers who took part in resuscitating a man who had collapsed while shoveling snow last month will be honored at the February 24 Township Council meeting. Police said that two officers – Officer Martin Ragaie and Officer Edmond Neequaye, who is currently in field training – on January 19 responded to a 9-1-1 call at about 10:27 …

01/11/2026 A business located in the area of Somerset St. was the victim of a shoplifting during the afternoon hours. A male exited the store without paying for merchandise valued at approximately $200. The male is known to business as a former employee and frequent shoplifter. A Somerset resident was the victim of a theft in the area of Somerset …

One person was injured January 30 in a fire in a business on Route 27. Police responded to a call at about 2:46 p.m. of a fire in a commercial kitchen in the unnamed business, which police said is located between Stewart Avenue and Pleasant Plains Road. Firefighters from the Griggstown, Little Rocky Hill and Franklin Park fire companies extinguished …

There were no reported injuries in a detached garage fire January 7 that closed part of Hamilton Street, police said. Police said the fire was reported shortly after 4 p.m. Responding officers found a home’s detached garage ablaze. The fire later spread to a shed on Brookline Avenue, police said. Hamilton Street was closed between Hawthorne Drive and Highland Avenue, …

The Franklin Township Police Department has become the first police department in the United States to be certified by the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance. As part of a national network of more than 100 MBK communities, Franklin Township joins the MBK Alliance and commits to expanding opportunities for boys and young men of color, according to a press …

The Franklin Township Police Department’s Community Relations Bureau on December 20 held its 5th Annual Holiday Toy and Clothing distribution at the CRB headquarters on Hamilton Street. The fifth year of the event is a “milestone that reflects the continued generosity and community spirit of Franklin Township residents and local partners,” FTPD spokesman Capt. Vincent Wilson said in a release …

A 5-year agreement between the Franklin Township Police Department and FBI, through which the FBI will use the FTPD’s Route 27 firing range for practice and training, was authorized December 9 by the Township Council. The deal was struck by a Memorandum of Understanding between the FBI and FTPD. There will be no cash payment for the FBI’s use of …

SAYING THANKS – Flanked by FTPD Captains Vincent Wilson and Brandon Domotor, and acting Public Safety Director Lloyd Fredericks, former Public Safety Director Quovella Maeweather speaks at the November 25 Township Council meeting. Quovella Maeweather, the Township’s former Public Safety Director, was honored at the November 25 Township Council meeting Maeweather, who is now a Deputy Chief in the Johns …

Video courtesy of Robert Trautmann. There were no reported injuries in a multi-unit fire on Amethyst Way during the morning of October 29, although several families were displaced. Fire District 2 fire companies were alerted to the blaze at about 8:47 a.m., according to a post on the Franklin Park Fire Department’s web site. Along with Franklin Park, Fire District …