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Township schools will receive more than $175,000 in aid to be used for construction and other capital needs of school buildings. The district’s $175,572 allocation from the state Department of Education is the second-highest in Somerset County. Only Bridgewater-Raritan Regional’s $194,138 is more. The aid is part of a $75 million state school aid package announced January 23 by Gov. …

CONTEST WINNERS – Winners of the “Inspirational Women” essay contest were recently honored at a Somerset County Board of Commissioners meeting. Shown left to right are: Somerset County Commissioner Sara Sooy; Somerset County Commission on Status of Women, Chair Karen Thomas, granddaughter Samora Williams and Vice Chair Liz Graner; Essay contest winners Molly Hunziker, 7th Grade, Bernardsville Middle School; Aditya …

Gabrielle Davis and Samantha Miel of Franklin Park were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Connecticut for the spring 2023 semester.  Kristen Morley of Somerset has earned a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Morley was among approximately 1,725 undergraduate and graduate students who earned degrees during the Summer 2023 semester. …

Cayuette Bouknight-Sertil of Franklin was named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at University of Maryland Global Campus. To be eligible for the honor, a student must complete at least six credits during the term, earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 for the term, and maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 at UMGC. Chautauqua Hart-Bailey of Somerset …

DOCTOR K SPEAKS – “Doc” Gooden speaks to an SGS students while Natasha Rodgers, founder of the organization that brought him to the school, looks on. There was a special Doctor in the house at one of the township Middle School campuses November 29. The Doc in this case was Dwight “Doc” Gooden, the Cy Young Award-winning, three-time World Series …

Goblins and ghouls and Taylor Swifts were spotted throughout the township in the days leading up to, and including, Halloween. As has been the practice for the past number of years, “Trunk or Treats” events were held in multiple locations. Celebrations were held by schools, by private businesses and by teh Township. On October 28, the Township Recreation Department held …

Source: Board of Education. Approximately 18 percent of Franklin Middle School students –  nearly one-in-five – were suspended from school in the 2022-23 school year, a reality that concerns district officials. That number is dramatically higher than the suspension rates at the district’s elementary and high schools, which are .8 percent and 6 percent, respectively. Suspension rates in township schools …

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Mark Negron. Photo:RVCC A Somerset man has been selected as the new Alumni Representative to the Raritan Valley Community College Board of Trustees. Mark Negron graduated from the College in May with an Associate of Fine Arts in Dance. While at RVCC, Negron served as president of the Orgullo Latino Club, the Latin Pride Club. In that role, he reactivated the …

Repaving work on Claremont Road is scheduled to end on October 2, also bringing an end to traffic headaches encountered by those trying to get to or leave Claremont Road and Franklin Park schools. The work began early in the week of September 25 and immediately caused traffic snarls for buses and parents in the mornings and afternoons. Schools Superintendent …