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ON THE RUN – Warrior Michael Rogers Jr. powers through North Brunswick defenders for another first down during Franklin’s September 28 game. Franklin running back Michael Rogers Jr. ran for 234 yards and three touchdowns, and the Warriors scored 34 unanswered points in the second half to beat North Brunswick 55-21 on September 28 for their first win of the …

MORE DATA PROVIDED – Nearly all Flock camera license plate reads that triggered a special hotlist were for expired or suspended registrations, according to FTPD data. released recently. Nearly all of the 39,469 alerts generated by Franklin Township’s Flock Safety license plate reader cameras during the last 30 days flagged vehicles with expired or suspended registrations, according to new, more …

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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

MOVING ON – Dan Loughren and Nicholas Solomon, left to right, submitted their formal resignations at the September 24 Board of Education Meeting. (File photos). Two longtime Franklin Township school administrators are leaving the district, with one retiring after nearly four decades in education and the other taking over as schools Superintendent of the Dunellen school district. Don’t Miss Out! …

SHE HAS QUESTIONS – Teresa Cordero of Franklin Park speaks about the Flock Security cameras at the September 22 Township Council meeting. Opponents of Franklin Township’s Flock Safety license plate reader cameras escalated their campaign at the Sept. 22 Township Council meeting, saying the public has been misled about the system and calling for an independent audit of the governing …

A schematic view of the proposed Catalpa Park. After more than a decade of false starts, redesigns, and bids that came in too high, the Township Council on Sept. 8 took the votes that will finally lead to a Catalpa Park. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

ON THE FENCE ON FLOCK – Mayor Phil Kramer said during the September 8 Township Council meeting that he was “not sold” on the Flock Safety cameras in use by the Township. Franklin Township residents renewed their call for the Township Council to cancel its contract with surveillance camera vendor Flock Safety during the public comment portion of the council’s …

SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE – Mayor Phil Kramer speaks during the Township’s commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Township officials and clergy gathered at Franklin Township’s 9-11 Memorial on September 8 for the annual commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, with speaker after speaker using the 25th anniversary to ask …

FIRST DAY CHAT – Schools Superintendent Jamil Maroun speaks with a Road to Success program student September 3 at the Franklin Youth Center. Elementary and high school students across the township returned to their classrooms September 3 for the opening of the 2026-27 school year, and for schools Superintendent Jamil Maroun, the morning marked a first of his own. Don’t …

EXPLAINING THE PROGRAM – Nicholas Solomon, the District’s Director of School Management, describes the use of “phone pouches” under the new school policy at the August 27 school board meeting. The Board of Education voted Aug. 27 to spend $43,950 on 2,400 locking phone pouches, part of a district plan to enforce New Jersey’s new “bell-to-bell” ban on student use …