Community Building

The township on Sept. 10 held its annual Patriot Day Memorial Ceremony, remembering the six Franklin residents who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The event was held at the township’s 9-11 Memorial Garden, next to the main branch of the township library.

Left to right, Mike Mesaros, Dennis Diken, Marshall Crenshaw and Jim Babjak, the Smithereens, performed Sept. 7 at a benefit for the Franklin Food Bank. In what its organizer hopes will become an annual event, a township farm resonated with the sound of rock ‘n roll on Sept. 7 to raise money for the Franklin Food Bank. The inaugural concert …

The annual Week of the People back to school event was held Aug. 24 at Naimann Williams Park. The day featured games, food, musical entertainment, presentations by local groups and a student backpack and school supply giveaway.

Balloons in honor of loved ones lost to violence are released at the 2017 Week of the People event. (File photo.) The 48th annual Week of the People back-to-school event is set to run from 2-7 p.m. Aug. 24 at Naimann Williams Park on Matilda Avenue. The free event will provide educational essentials to children grades K-12, as well as …

The tour raises money to fund prostate screenings and other outreach efforts. (File photo). There’s still time to register for the annual RCDCU “Bike to Fight Prostate Cancer” bike tour. The event is set from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21, and will start and finish at Franklin Middle School – Hamilton Street Campus, 415 Francis St.

Members of the 1994 Franklin High School state championship football team gathered Aug. 17 for their 25th reunion. Members of the Franklin High School 1994 championship football team, and their coaches, huddled at the Twenty/20 tap house Aug. 17 to mark the 25th anniversary of their taking the state trophy home. Organized by Robert Edmond, one of the team’s three …

U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12) speaks during the mental health panel discussion July 29 at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens. Better access to mental health services and bringing an end to “systemic and structural racism” and the stress that causes were pegged at a July 29 forum as two key ways to stem the high incidence of suicide …

A participant in the 2019 MuckFest at Zarephath takes the first plunge on July 27. About 3,000 people showed up at Zarephath July 27 to run in muck to raise money to defeat Multiple Sclerosis. The event was the annual MuckFest, held in the fields surrounding Zarephath Christian Church to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society via the society’s …

Mayor Phil Kramer cuts the ribbon at the Franklin Food Bank’s dedication of its new Churchill Avenue headquarters. To the left of Kramer is Food Bank Executive Director Frank Hasner and Board of Trustees President Elayne Glick. The Franklin Food Bank on July 14 celebrated the “culmination of a long-term vision” with the grand opening of its new facility on …

A team from the Franklin Middle School SGS/HSC Players Set Design Team created this model of the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule that took John Glenn around the Earth. Photo: Raritan Valley Community College. Their work is generally not seen outside of the township, but this year the Franklin Middle School SGS/HSC Players Set Design Team created something that is literally …