Environment

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. But, the …

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 …

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. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

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 …

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 …

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 …