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School district Business Administrator Jonathan Toth is one of two district administrators leaving for the Edison school district. The resignations of the principal of the Claremont Road Elementary School and the school district’s business administrator were accepted at the Board’s August 25 meeting. Claremont Road principal Nicole Sury Bevere’s resignation is effective September 27, while Board business administrator Jonathan Toth’s …

Gaye McGee, the newly appointed vice principal at Franklin Park School, poses with her family after her appointment was approved by the Board of Education. A 19-year education veteran and township resident was named as the new Franklin Park School vice principal at the August 25 Board of Education meeting. Gaye McGee spent her entire educational career with the Piscataway …

School district officials are confident they will have enough world language and special education teachers by the time school starts in September. (File photo.) With the start of the 2022-23 school year looming, district officials are looking to “plan B” to fill some teaching spots. As of August 19, there were about 41 teaching positions open in the district, which …

Ankita Chatterjee of Franklin Park was among more than 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students recently awarded degrees at Adelphi University, including those who completed degree requirements in December 2021 and May 2022. Chatterjee earned a Master of Science in Biology. Harvinder Kaur, of Somerset, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, NJ has been named to the …

Franklin Middle School – Hamilton campus vice principal Tania Kelly, 7-11 area leader Jennifer Arnold, Kunjan and Rohan Patel, owners of 7-11 on Hamilton Street, FMS at Hamilton principal Torrie Rumpf-Hurd and Deborah Cook, FMS literacy coach, at the 7-11 check presentation. An ambitious reading program at Franklin Middle School’s Hamilton Street campus got a big boost on July 21 …

A resident of Somerset, Skyllar Capuno graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. – Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and Media and Communication from Muhlenburg College on May 22. The following local students have been named to the University of Delaware Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester:  Devan Santiago, Nicolas DiMeglio, Timothy Drake, and Mackenzie Faust, all of …

More than 240 newly minted Franklin High School graduates returned to campus late on June 24 for one last night of fun with their friends. The annual Project Graduation featured games, dancing, and food. Lots of food. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

Graduates pose for pictures after the ceremony. The Franklin High School Class of 2022 was exhorted to persevere and be proud of whatever they choose as their life’s path during their graduation ceremony June 24 at Warrior Stadium. More than 580 seniors sat patiently through five short speeches and several selections by the FHS Choir before the main event: receiving …

CJCP graduates move their tassels from one side of their mortar boards to another during the Class of 2022’s graduation ceremony on June 23. The 42-member Central Jersey College Prep Charter School Class of 2022 was challenged to make a difference in someone else’s life during their June 23 graduation ceremony. The challenge came from the ceremony’s keynote speaker, the …

Thomas Edison EnergeySmart Charter School held its 12th Grade graduation June 14 at The Villagers Theatre on DeMott Lane. This was the second graduating class in school history. 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 …