Community Building

NJ State PBA President Patrick Colligan, Retired Fanwood Police Sergeant Russ Yeager (holding a picture of his father Sheriff’s Detective Ronald Yeager) and Somerset County Sheriff Darrin J. Russo (left to right) stand in front of the Somerset County Law Enforcement Memorial in Somerville. (Photo: Cosmo Tomaro, Sheriff’s Office BCI Unit.)   Somerset County Sheriff and township resident Darren Russo will …

Applications will be accepted through June 1. Applications are now being accepted for the Franklin Township Police’s Youth Police Academy, to be held from July 14-22, 2022. The program is open to students in 8th to 12 grades.

Photo: Greater Somerset YMCA Township resident Bill Grippo is one of 34 volunteers honored with the Greater Somerset YMCA’s Volunteer Spirit Awards. Grippo was honored for his leadership in establishing a YMCA in Franklin.

Marchers in the 2019 Memorial Day Parade. (File photo). The full-fledged Memorial Day parade will return to the township at noon on May 30. The parade route will start at DeMott Lane and New Brunswick Road and follow DeMott to the Municipal Complex.

A free health fair and food distribution is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 6 at the HOPES Hamilton Center, 900 Hamilton Street. Among the offerings during the event are HIV and Covid-19 testing, health screenings, blood pressure screenings, dental screenings and children’s oral health program education and Pfizer vaccines, adult and pediatric.

Pictured left to right – Branch Executive Director Ben Green, President and CEO David M. Carcieri along with Somerset County Commissioner Director Shanel Y. Robinson and Commissioner Deputy Director Melonie Marano celebrate the Camp SOAR partnership with Greater Somerset County YMCA. (Photo: Greater Somerset County YMCA). Submitted by Franklin Township YMCA. Franklin Township YMCA, a branch of Greater Somerset County …

John Samba, Abdul Gabisi Township Councilman Charles Onyejiaka, and Lamin Alharazim, (left to right) listen as Township Councilman James Vassanella reads the proclamation. April 27 was officially crowned “Sierra Leone Day” by the Township Council at its April 26 meeting. The West African country is celebrating its 61st year of independence.

More than 600 riders took part in the 33rd annual Tour de Franklin charity bike tour on April 24, the first time the ride has been held in-person in two years. The tour is one of the largest fundraisers for the Franklin Food Bank.

After a 2-year pandemic hiatus, the RCDCU ride against prostate cancer is back in person this year. (File photo.) The 16th annual Renaissance Cyclists Defeating Cancer United fundraising ride is once again in-person, after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ride has raised thousands of dollars for prostate cancer awareness and research.

Blair Wilson and Bill Grippo (left to right) at the Franklin Food bank headquarters. Blair Wilson has been a supporter of the Franklin Food Bank for more than a decade; now he has a title to go with that effort. Bill Grippo, who created the Food Bank’s Ambassador Program several years ago, said on March 27 that Wilson is the …