Opponents of the proposed Williams-Transco gas compressor station gathered at Franklin Middle School April 18 to learn how to submit comments on a draft Environmental Impact Statement. Residents opposed to a plan to build a natural gas compressor station near the Trap Rock quarry gathered at a township school April 18 to continue their fight. The session at Franklin Middle …
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Members of the township’s Open Space Advisory Committee endorsed a plan to ask Somerset County for permission to allow hunting on at least one of its golf courses located in Franklin. Township officials will ask the Somerset County Parks Commission for permission to allow hunting on at least one of the county owned golf courses located in Franklin. Don’t Miss …
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Members of the latest Master Gardeners class: top, left to right: Teri Norman, Martinsville; Marie Sereno, Bridgewater; Sharon Wilkinson, Bridgewater; Ellen Walsh, Branchburg; Thomas Reeder, Raritan; Michael Bolton, Branchburg; Anna Abbott, Bridgewater; Tom Fucaloro, Somerset; W “RP” Raghupathi, Somerset; Kathleen Schurzky, Bridgewater. Bottom, left to right: Lisa Cuzzola, Bound Brook; Zena Kelly, Basking Ridge; Valerie Szkodny, Gladstone; Lisa Weinstock; Bridgewater; …
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The Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden at Colonial Park will host the 2018 Rose Pruning Education Workshop on Saturday, March 31, 2018. Submitted by Somerset County Park Commission. 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 …
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Mayor Phil Kramer speaks during a press conference following the inaugural Mayors Climate Summit at Rutgers University on Feb. 3. About 160 people attended a “Mayors’ Climate Summit” at Rutgers University Feb. 3, an event that was the brainchild of Mayor Phil Kramer. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …
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The township’s Open Space Advisory Committee is set to review Franklin’s deer hunting program, with an eye toward possibly recommending its expansion. With its last recommendation on the subject barely seven months old, the Open Space Advisory Committee Jan. 16 agreed to take a “full-scale” look at the township’s deer hunting program. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
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An artist’s rendering of Transco gas compressor station 206, targeted for a 52-acre tract in Franklin Park. The draft report on the environmental effects of a proposed natural gas compressor station targeted for the township should be issued in March, according to a Jan. 3 announcement by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
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Township residents can recycle their Christmas trees from now though Jan. 31, 2018 at Colonial Park Gardens, Parking Lot F, 156 Mettlers Rd. The Somerset County Park Commission is accepting the trees for recycling from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …
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The Somerset County Park Commission will be accepting natural Christmas trees for recycling from Tuesday, December 26, 2017 through Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Somerset County residents may bring their tree to Colonial Park Gardens, Parking Lot F, 156 Mettlers Road in Somerset, Franklin Township or to North Branch Park, at the lighted baseball field, 355 Milltown Road in Bridgewater. Both …
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