Environment

George Hamilton, from Rutgers University’s entomology department, talks to the Environmental Commission about the spotted lanternfly at the commission’s Nov. 4 meeting. Somerset County was recently added to the list of quarantined counties by state agricultural officials trying to battle an invasive insect that can wreak havoc if left unchecked. Somerset County joins Burlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Salem, and Warren …

The Colonial Park Gardens staff will present a unique program, “Forest Bathing,” on Saturday, September 7 at the Colonial Park Gardens, Parking Lot A. The program will run from noon to 2 p.m. The Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, which translates as “forest bathing”, is intended to help foster a connection with nature that feeds the mind, body, and spirit. Off …

Members of the Open Space Advisory Committee recommended some changes to the township’s hunting program. The number of permits for most of the township’s hunting sites should be increased for the 2019-20 hunting season, the township Open Space Advisory Committee decided at its June 18 meeting. Committee members hope that doing so will increase the number of deer culled during …

Members of the Somerset Select sports program roll tires up the embankment. An estimated 150 people gathered at the Franklin-New Brunswick border on Hamilton Street April 13 to carry on the legacy of the man who started the township stream cleanings decades ago. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

The Franklin Township portion of the proposed “Walk, Bike, Hike” map. SOMERVILLE – With a labyrinth of proposed bike lanes and shared use paths, Franklin Township figures to play a large role in Somerset County’s “Walk, Bike, Hike Somerset County” plan. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

The township Green Team and Environmental Commission are hosting a Drive Electric Earth Day from 5:30-8 p.m. April 23 in the township Community/Senior Center parking lot, off DeMott Lane. Sponsored by Plug-In America, the event will feature more than a dozen models of electric vehicles, including the best selling Tesla Model 3, according to a press release about the event. …

The 2019 graduating class of Master Gardeners: Front row: Christina Del Giorno of Basking Ridge, Diana Romero of Bound Brook, Corinne Egner of Princeton, Laureen MacEachern and Patricia Krossen of Basking Ridge Middle row: Amy Xiang of Somerset Back Row: Vanessa Sciorra of Neshanic Station, Janelle Kirk of Bridgewater, Lynne Adler of Branchburg, Kathleen Marschall of Hillsborough, Karen Davis of …

A tree is planted in Middlebush Park in 2018 as part of the township’s Arbor Day commemoration. (File photo.) A tree planting and tree giveaway at Naaman Williams Park on Matilda Avenue will mark the township’s commemoration of Arbor Day. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

Franklin High School presents the musical “West Side Story” at 7:30 p.m. April 5, 6, 12 and 13, and 2:30 p.m. April 14. West Side Story is a musical inspired by William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The story is set in an Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood. The …

Volunteers spent a Saturday morning helping to clean up a property in Six Mile Run. About 45 people gathered at an abandoned farm house in the Six Mile Run state park March 16 to help clean up a bit of Franklin Township history. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …