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The Franklin High School Warriors Marching band took home some hardware Oct. 10 from the Hillsborough High School Marching Band Festival. Photo: Diane Milgram Story submitted by Suzanne Kafas. Photos by Diane Milgram. The Franklin High School Warrior Marching Band took home several trophies Oct. 10 from the 22nd annual Hillsborough High School Marching Band festival in Hillsborough. Don’t Miss Out! …

Eli Lilly volunteers work on building flower boxes, staining picnic benches and sprucing up the courtyard at MacAfee Road School. It’s not often that Bill Grippo is at a loss for words, but that was the condition in which the MacAfee Road School principal found himself Oct. 1 as he watched a small army of volunteers hard at work in the …

Sate Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) speaks to children at Pine Grove Manor School Sept. 29. About 85 Pine Grove Manor School students received back-to-school gifts Sept. 29, courtesy of state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen. 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 …

Submitted by Arthur Westneat. Franklin High School’s Class of 1965 celebrated 50 years since their graduation at a dinner/dance held at the Hotel Somerset, Saturday evening, September 26.  Attending the reunion were 60 members of the class and 39 guests. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

Sefa Kploanyi, a third-year pharmaceutical school student from Franklin Township, recently took first place in a national pharmacy student competition. Photo: Touro College of Pharmacy. Sefa Kploanyi, a third-year Touro College of Pharmacy student, recently won first place in the 2015 Student National Pharmaceutical Association Conference in Orlando, Fl. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …

Investors Bank vice president and Somerset branch manager Michael Harris holds a ceremonial check for the MacAfee Road School playground fundraising effort. The fundraising drive for MacAfee Road School’s new playground received a huge boost Sept. 17 in the form of a $15,000 donation from Investors Bank. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

Students at MacAfee Road School sing “God Bless America” at the end of their Sept. 11 commemoration. Looking on are first responders who were given more than 450 “thank-you” cards from the students. More than 450 “thank-you” cards and letters written by MacAfee Road School students were delivered to township first responders on Sept. 11. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

Olatunji Adewole, a Cedar Hill Prep student, talks about the “Give N Get” program he started at the school. A group of Cedar Hill Preparatory School students who raised money for the Franklin Township Food Bank were honored for their work at the Sept. 8 Township Council meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …

“Tuxedo” gets a hug from a Pine Grove Manor School student on the first day of the 2015-16 school year. Students arriving at Pine Grove Manor School for the first day of the 2015-16 school year weren’t just greeted by their teachers and administrators. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …

MacAfee Road School 3rd Grade teacher Laura Franzi gets dunked by a student June 12. MacAfee Road School students June 12 were rewarded for once again exceeding their reading goal in the “Grow A Garden Of Readers” program. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …