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 …
Read More »Arbor Day Celebration Set For Naaman Williams Park
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 …
Read More »‘West Side Story’ Presented at Franklin High School
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 …
Read More »Volunteers Help Clean Up Six Mile Run Property
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 …
Read More »State To Trap Masada Street Wild Turkeys, Their Fates Yet To Be Determined
Masada Street resident Louisa Schein tells the Township Council about the trouble she’s had with wild turkeys. The Masada Street wild turkeys’ days may be numbered. 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 …
Read More »Legislators: FERC Ignored Residents’ Concerns In Draft EIS UPDATED
Artist’s rendering of the proposed Williams-Transco gas compressor station. Update: FERC’s final EIS was not altered by public comments and testimony in the time between the draft EIS was issued and Jan. 25. 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 …
Read More »Somerset County Launches App For Recycling Information
Submitted by Somerset County Public Information. Somerset County has launched Recycle Coach, a free mobile app that is now available to residents. The app is designed to make recycling and solid waste information easily accessible as well as promote the “go green” goal of reducing, reusing and recycling within the community. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …
Read More »Environmental Commission Presents Annual Stewardship Awards At Council Meeting
Environmental Commission chairman Walter Andrews and Township Councilman Ted Chase present an Environmental Stewardship Award to John Clyde (left to right) during the Nov. 27 Township Council meeting. A long-time public servant and the Board of Education were given Environmental Stewardship Awards Nov. 27 by the township Environmental Commission. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …
Read More »State Assemblyman: Franklin ‘Not Equipped’ To Handle Gas Compressor Disaster
State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen tells representatives from the state DEP that the township is not equipped to handle any disaster that might occur at a proposed natural gas compressor station. The township is “not equipped” to handle any potential disaster that could occur at a planned gas turbine compressor station targeted for a 52-acre tract in Little Rocky Hill, state …
Read More »More Than 400 Township Homes To Be Switched To Dual-Stream Recycling
Graphic: Somerset County Recycling Division. How recyclables are separated and picked up will change for a number of township residents in early December. 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 we …
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