Environment

A rendering of the proposed Transco natural gas compressor station 206. Source: Transco. Update: “Blowdowns” at the proposed Transco natural gas compressor station 206 could occur four to five times a week, for four to six weeks, while the compressor station is being tested, a company spokesman said. A blowdown is a forced release of gas into the air. Don’t …

Township residents had to clean up far less snow than forecasters predicted. It was far from the blizzard it was forecast to be, but the winter storm that that hit the area March 14 still managed to cause some chaos. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

Kirk Frost, a member of the township’s Task Force on Compressor Station 206’s steering committee, during the Feb. 27 forum. Area residents who want to defeat a proposed natural gas compressor station must remain engaged and fight it at every level. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

The Junior Dance Team performs “Come Sail Away” during the National Dance Team Championships. Photo: Sam Wanagosit. Four township women are part of a dance team that earlier this month won its third national title in the National Dance Team Championships. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

Jess Niederer of Chickadee Creek Farm, explaining her winter lettuce production efforts and high tunnel use recommendations, will be both on film and in person to present at the workshop and answer any questions. Niederer was named the 2016 National Outstanding Young Farmer from the Outstanding Farmers of America. Photo: Jeff Heckman Submitted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension. Don’t Miss Out! …

Unveiling the 2015 Garden of Excellence Award at the Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden are (l to r) Horticulture Supervisor Shauna Moore; Freeholder Director Pat Walsh; Dr. Suni Bolar; Lois Fowkes of the World Federation of Rose Societies; Former Governor and Park Commission President Don DiFrancesco; and Horticulture Manager Jim Avens. At an Oct. 7 ceremony at the …

Bunker Hill Environmental Center environmentalist and Franklin Park School teacher Emily Amon shows MacAfee Road School students a Praying Mantis. She later released the insect. The Bunker Hill Environmental Center was re-opened to township students Sept. 20, with a group of MacAfee Road School 3rd Graders leading the way. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …

Navjot Singh, a triple winner in the 2016 Trails Advisory Committee photo contest, talks about his photographs at the Sept. 14 meeting. Winners of the 2016 Trails Advisory Committee Photo Contest were announced at the Sept. 14 meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

Mayor Phillip Kramer reads the Township Council’s resolution opposing the gas compressor station outside the Senior/Community Center. More than 200 people showed up Sept. 15 at the Senior/Community Center to give their opinions about the siting of a natural gas compression station in the southern part of the township. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

A flower and garden photography workshop is set for Colonial Park’s perennial garden. The Somerset County Park Commission Horticulture Department at the Colonial Park Gardens has scheduled a fall “Flower & Garden Photography Workshop” from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 17. The session will take place in the Colonial Park Perennial Garden, Parking Lots A, F.. Don’t Miss …