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Franklin Township’s cannabis tax collections rose more than 57 percent in the third quarter of 2026 compared to a year ago, but the increase was driven entirely by one cultivation business, according to financial records submitted to the township.

STICKING WITH FLOCK – Mayor Phil Kramer announced on October 27 that the Township would continue with its Flock security camera program, but would not expand it as originally planned. Franklin Township will continue using its 19 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras, but plans to add seven more have been shelved following an October 27 Township Council meeting at …

SOLOMON FOLLOWING SOLOMON – The outgoing Director of School Management, Nick Solomon, with his wife, Rebekah Solomon, the incoming Director of School Management, at the October 27 Board of Education meeting. Rebekah Solomon, principal of Franklin Middle School’s Sampson G. Smith campus, was named the school district’s new Director of Student Advocacy and School Management at the October 27 Board …

A periodic look at retail happenings in the Franklin Township region. A former Korean barbecue restaurant on Route 27 in Edison is being converted into New Jersey’s first Wagyu Factory, an all-you-can-eat restaurant featuring premium beef and tableside grilling.

SHARING OF CULTURES – Children watch one of the dance performances given at the October 23 Cedar Hill Preparatory School’s multicultural celebration. The world came to Cedar Hill Preparatory School on Cedar Grove Lane October 23, as families representing 17 cultures gathered for the school’s third annual Multicultural Night Celebration.

Conduent shares surged nearly 29 percent during the week ending Oct. 23, leading the 32 companies tracked by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate Market Watch, while a Chinese pharmaceutical company recorded the largest decline amid continuing uncertainty surrounding an investigation of its president. The week’s results were mixed for companies with Franklin Township connections, with 17 stocks gaining ground and …

Early in-person voting in the 2026 General Election starts on October 24, and runs through November 1. Voting hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Franklin voters can cast their early ballots at the Senior/Community Center in the Municipal Complex, 505 DeMott Lane. Vote By Mail voters can also …

MOUNTING AN OPPOSITION – Martina Bailie, attorney for the project objectors, questions her traffic engineer, Lee Klein, during the October 22 Zoning Board hearing. A proposal to sharply reduce the number of parking spaces at a planned South Middlebush Road mosque emerged during a sometimes-contentious, more than three-hour Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing Oct. 22, as Board Chairman Robert Thomas …

Flock Safety, the controversial surveillance technology company whose license plate-reading cameras are used in Franklin Township, is facing growing legal and political challenges, including a federal court ruling that found some police use of its technology unconstitutional, proposed legislation that could restrict its use nationwide, and decisions by several communities to shut down their cameras. The developments, which have occurred …

The Franklin Food Bank’s dream to build a new, larger headquarters on property near Pine Grove Manor School may have been dashed. The Board of Education at its September 24 meeting rejected the Food Bank’s $400,000 bid for the roughly 4.5-acre parcel next to the school on Highland Avenue.