Environment

Four of the six trails at the Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve should be opened to bicyclists, a township advisory committee decided July 9. The Trails Advisory Committee voted 4-2 to recommend to the Open Space Advisory Committee that it vote to allow bicycling on the orange, yellow, brown and purple trails, located off Canal Road. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

All photos: David Hartz. The township Trail Advisory Committee held its second observance of National Trails Day June 6 at the Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve off Canal Road. 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 …

Some of the garbage found dumped at Six Mile Run off Blackwells Mills Road in March. A new state anti-dumping program barely two months old has already yielded charges against several alleged illegal dumpers, including two township men. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …

An abandoned Xfinity truck, caught in the flood waters on Canal Road on May 1. The after-effects of the April 30 rain storm will probably continue to be felt through the evening rush hour, township officials say. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for from 10 a.m. April 30 through noon on May 1. Rainfall of between 2 and 4 inches is forecast for the area, which could result in pockets of small stream and river flooding. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

Participants at the workshop will learn how to build and install rain barrels. Photo: Franklin Township Environmental Commission. Building and installing rain barrels is the focus of a workshop set for 9 a.m. to noon on May 3 at the Franklin Township Municipal Building, 475 DeMott Lane. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

Spooky Brook Golf Course was named a “Groundwater Guardian Green Site” for 2014. Photo: Somerset County Park Commission Spooky Brook Golf Course in Colonial Park was one of two Somerset County courses named a “2014 Groundwater Guardian Green Site” by the Groundwater Foundation. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

Electronic waste can be dropped off 7 a.m. to noon April 22 at WCTC, 78 Veronica Ave. in Somerset. “Somerset County employees look forward to meeting residents and sharing literature with them,” Somerset County Freeholder Patricia Walsh, teh Freeholders’ solid waste management/recycling liaison, said in a release. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

About 40 people gathered the morning of April 12 at the rear of Somerset Village on Easton Avenue to help clean up Seeley’s Brook. Led by the John Clyde, Township Councilman Ted Chase (D-Ward 1), the township Environmental Commission and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Alliance, the group – which included Brownies from Troop 60607 – climbed up and down the …

Township Shade Tree Commissioners Chris Williams, left, and Bob Hudak, center, discuss care of a tree being picked up by township resident Samar Patel, right. More than 50 trees were scheduled April 5 to be picked up by residents during the township Shade Tree Commission’s annual sale. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …