Environment

Pastor Bryan Miller of the Somerset Bible Baptist Church tells the Open Space Advisory Committee of his experiences hunting on public land last season. Update: The Township Council on July 10 adopted the recommendations made by the Open Space Advisory Committee, the Trail Advisory Committee and the Agricultural Advisory Committee, all of which change the hunting program from what it …

  The proposed gas compressor station, targeted for a 52-acre site along Route 27, near Little Rocky Hill. Graphic: Williams-Transco. 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 can only do …

The Open Space Advisory Committee recommended that a proposed “Peace and Non-Violence” monument park not be placed on the former Consolata property. A proposed “Peace and Non-Violence” monument park should not be located on the former Consolata property, a township advisory board recommended June 19. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

The township Environmental Commission is asking the township to look into fences and professional hunters to control Franklin’s deer herd. The township Environmental Commission wants the administration to study two vastly different methods of controlling the deer population in Franklin. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

On Saturday, June 9, 2018 from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M Somerset County Park Commission Colonial Park Gardens will be celebrating “Rose Day Festival.” The event will be held at the Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden at 156 Mettlers Road, Colonial Par, Lot A, Somerset. The Rose Garden will be in peak bloom and visitors can enjoy the …

Jay Kelly, an associate professor of biology at Raritan Valley Community College, said May 21 that the state’s deer population is threatening forests and wildlife. New Jersey’s forests are in a “crisis” because of the ever-expanding deer population, a Raritan Valley Community College professor told an audience in the Township Council chamber on May 21. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

Township Manager Robert Vornlocker uses a map of Colonial Park to show the Open Space Advisory Committee where hunting may be allowed on Somerset County property. Deer hunting on Somerset County owned golf courses in the township is “not practical” and the idea won’t be pursued, the Open Space Advisory Committee was told at its May 15 meeting. Don’t Miss …

Ahmed Awadallah describes the informational poles that he will build for birders at the Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve. A graduate student’s proposal to install up to two dozen bird identification stations in the Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve won approval May 15 from the Open Space Advisory Committee. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

A vocal group of opponents to the proposed Williams-Transco gas compressor station targeted for the township rallied May 2 to let a federal agency know of their feelings. The group, which rallied in front of the township Senior/Community Center in the municipal complex, was comprised of Franklin residents, as well as residents from neighboring towns. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

Public Works employees plant the last Red Maple tree in the Middlebush Park re-greening program on April 27. Arbor Day was celebrated on April 28 by the township’s Shade Tree Commission with the planting of the final tree in the Middlebush Park “re-greening” program. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …