Faculty, staff and students before a ceremony at the Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School. Dignitaries from the business, political and civic worlds were on hand Sept. 29 for the ribbon-cutting of the new Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School building on Pierce Street. The school had been housed for the past several years on Cortelyous Lane, at the site of the …
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Photo: Central Jersey College Prep Charter School Central Jersey College Prep Charter School has been named a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. 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 …
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Students have a variety of sandwich and salad choices from which to choose. Franklin Middle School students cheered Sept. 26 as a ceremonial blue ribbon was cut in front of the newly remodeled cafeteria kitchen. 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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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