Community Building

The FTPD neighborhood police team invited area residents and students to have pizza and ice cream at their Hamilton Street office. The township Police Department’s Neighborhood Police team held its second pizza and ice cream social at its Hamilton Street office June 16. As it did last year, the team held the event on the last day of school for …

If the number of cars parked at The Palace at Somerset June 12 was any indication, the 17th annual Elijah’s Promise Chef’s Night was a success. The event is the largest fundraiser held by Elijah’s Promise, and supplies the organization with about 25 percent of the culinary school’s budget, said Michelle Wilson, Elijah’s Promise’s associate director. Don’t Miss Out! No …

Members of East Franklin Fire Department washed cars Feb. 18 to help the daughter of a Finderne colleague. Members of the East Franklin Fire Department spent Feb. 18 washing cars for a good cause. 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 …

Alex Kharazi, leader of the township Interfaith Coalition, is the Franklin Reporter & Advocate’s Man of the Year for 2016. The idea of the peacemaker – those who seek to build bridges rather than walls – is extolled in every religious tradition and is celebrated in just about every culture. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …

The Franklin Food Bank recently received an $810 donation from the Somerset County Adopt-A-Family program. In all, $18,434 was raised and donated to needy Somerset County families, according to a press release about the 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. We …

Left to right, Mark Blackwell, store manager of the Easton Avenue Stop & Shop and Joe Chester, store manager of the Veronica Plaza Stop & Shop, help sort holiday boxes at the Franklin Food Bank. Photo: Franklin Food Bank. Submitted by Franklin Food Bank. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …