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Hillcrest Elementary PTO won an honorable mention in the “Recycled Playground Challenge,” sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive, ShopRite and TerraCycle. Hillcrest Elementary PTO earned a total of 907 Playground Credits by recycling waste and through online voting to place in the contest. The honorable mention prize winner will receive a $150 Shoprite Gift Card, 500 Colgate kids’ toothbrushes, and 500 Colgate kids’ toothpaste tubes. …

The 3rd annual Franklin Day Festival in Colonial Park was the biggest by far, both in what was offered and the number of attendees. The festival, held Sept. 24, attracted an estimated 10,000 people, said Township Councilwoman Roz Sherman (D-Ward 2), head of the event’s organizing committee and its creator. In addition to food and craft vendors, non-profit organizations and township …

The garden at the rear of MacAfee Road School. For at least the rest of the month, members of the MacAfee Road School community won’t have far to go to get fresh produce. 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 …

Township manager Robert Vornlocker, Township Councilwoman Roz Sherman and Mayor Phillip Kramer, left to right, in the Community Room at the old Kingston School. A dream nearly 20 years in the making came to fruition Sept. 9 with a ribbon-cutting signifying the rebirth of the old Kingston School on Laurel Avenue. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …

State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen speaks to Hillcrest Elementary School students Sept. 8. More than 100 Hillcrest Elementary School students received backpacks and school supplies Sept. 8, just in time for the start of the new school year. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

U.S. Army Capt. Yemi Daramola shows Franklin Park students his bullet-proof vest during a “sendoff” ceremony for him at the school on Sept. 7. Students at Franklin Park School Sept. 7 got to meet a real-life G.I. Joe, in the form of the father of one of their school mates. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …

Franklin High School principal Cheryl Clark has come under fire from students for her aggressive enforcement of existing policies, and the implementation of new ones. Faced with student opposition to aggressive enforcement of existing policies and some new procedures – opposition manifested in an online petition with more than 1,000 signatures – the new Franklin High School principal is planing to …

Suzanne J Schatz received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, Shuwen Zhang received a Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography and Nicolas Frank Accardi received a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations, General Business at the University of Rhode Island’s 130th Commencement on Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22, 2016. The township residents were among about 3,300 undergraduate and 700 graduate …

Cheryl Clark, new Franklin High School principal, outside the school Sept. 1 greeting students on the first day of school. Incoming Franklin High School freshmen weren’t the only ones nervous on the first day of school Sept. 1. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …

Madeline Smith qualified for Belmont University’s Summer 2016 Dean’s List. Eligibility for the summer session is based on a minimum 9-hour course load over 10 weeks and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C. Belmont Provost Dr. Thomas Burns said, “This achievement indicates that these students have placed a high priority on their work …