Environment

Franklin High School presents the musical “West Side Story” at 7:30 p.m. April 5, 6, 12 and 13, and 2:30 p.m. April 14. West Side Story is a musical inspired by William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. The story is set in an Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood. The …

About 45 people gathered at an abandoned farm house in the Six Mile Run state park March 16 to help clean up a bit of Franklin Township history. Organized by former Mayor Chris Kelly, the group – which included Boy Scouts, politicians and a geo-caching group – spent several hours climbing in and around the dilapidated structures, pulling out all …

The Masada Street wild turkeys’ days may be numbered. That’s because state environmental officials are slated to begin trapping and removing them. What happens next depends on whether they are classified as a nuisance or aggressive. If biologists from the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife determine they are just nuisances, the turkeys will be moved …

Update: FERC’s final EIS was not altered by public comments and testimony in the time between the draft EIS was issued and Jan. 25. FERC maintains in the EIS that the proposed Compressor Station 206 will have impacts on the environment, but proposed and suggested mitigation factors will keep that impact minimal. Original Story: The conclusion by a federal agency …

Submitted by Somerset County Public Information. Somerset County has launched Recycle Coach, a free mobile app that is now available to residents. The app is designed to make recycling and solid waste information easily accessible as well as promote the “go green” goal of reducing, reusing and recycling within the community. “Our county is excited to join the Recycle Coach …

A long-time public servant and the Board of Education were given Environmental Stewardship Awards Nov. 27 by the township Environmental Commission. The awards were given out during the Township Council meeting. John Clyde, a former Township Councilman and current Environmental Commission member, was presented with the individual award for his years of service. The school board was honored for building …

The township is “not equipped” to handle any potential disaster that could occur at a planned gas turbine compressor station targeted for a 52-acre tract in Little Rocky Hill, state environmental officials were told Nov. 5. That was the word from state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17), one of more than 100 people who were scheduled to speak during a Nov. …

How recyclables are separated and picked up will change for a number of township residents in early December. About 425 homes will be switched to dual-stream recycling, which means they will be getting separate containers for cardboard and paper products and for glass, cans and plastics. Those affected lie within the area bordered roughly by Route 287, the South Bound …

Six township residents came up winners in the annual photo contest sponsored by the township Trails Advisory Committee. Five of the winners received their prizes at the Sept. 12 committee meeting. The winners will have their photos featured in the committee’s upcoming calendar. The winners are: Overall winner: Corrine Prochazka Adult Photo Contest Navjot Singh Caasi Santiago Bapinder Long Kristen …

The Colonial Park Gardens staff will present a unique program, “Forest Bathing,” on Sunday, September 9 at the Colonial Park Gardens, Parking Lot A. The program will run from noon to 2:00 P.M. The Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, which translates as “forest bathing”, is intended to help foster a connection with nature that feeds the mind, body, and spirit.  Off …