Pat Colligan Patrick Murray Two people with links to the township are included in the 2023 edition of InsiderNJ’s Insider 100 Policymakers list. InsiderNJ “is a nonpartisan website dedicated to political news in the state of New Jersey,” according to its web site. “InsiderNJ is committed to giving serious political players a fair hearing and an interactive and dynamic forum …
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The Franklin Township Police Department led the Township’s annual observance of National Night Out August 1 in the Municipal Complex parking lots. This is the 39th year that National Night Out has been observed in the country. The event got its start in 1984 in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pa. The township’s version included tours of the police headquarters, Touch-a-Truck …
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TRAGIC LOSS – The family of 6-year-old Fajr Atiya Williams is asking for the community’s help in meeting funeral and other expenses. (Photo: GoFundMe.) The family of the 6-year-old disabled girl who was killed July 17 on a Montauk school bus has created a GoFundMe account to help with funeral and other costs. Najmah Nash, the child’s mother, created the …
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State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) is once again sponsoring his annual backpack drive for families in his District. Danielsen is collecting donations of backpacks and school supplies now through August 31. Last year, Danielsen distributed about 1,200 backpacks to students in Franklin, Milltown, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, and Piscataway. “The demand far exceeded the supply and I ask everyone to …
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TAKING THE OATH – FTPD Lt. Brandon Domotor is ceremonially sworn in to his new rank at the July 11 Township Council meeting. Four rookies – one of them a township native – and a seasoned officer were ceremonially sworn in to the Franklin Township Police Department at the July 11 Township Council meeting. Also at the meeting, two newly …
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The Middlebush Volunteer Fire Company continued a nearly century old tradition with its annual July 4 parade. Kicking off at the fire house at 21 Olcott Street, the parade meandered to Smith Street, then South Middlebush Avenue and Amwell Road before returning to its starting point. In addition to Middlebush apparatus, departments from across the township showed up to participate …
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The Township’s annual Independence Day celebration went off without a hitch on July 3 at the Municipal Complex on DeMott Lane. Kicking off the annual Franklin Day series of events, the day featured performances by the Villagers Theatre cast of TeensVill’s Carrie, the public debut of the Township Jazz Band and the main event, Total Soul. There were vendors, a …
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Author Wheeler Antabanez will appear at the Franklin Township Library’s main branch on DeMott Lane to present a video tour of the old Boonton railway line, and sign his book on the same topic. The talk, entitled “Walking the Old Boonton Line: A Photographic Journey on the Abandoned Rails of New Jersey,” is scheduled for 1-2:30 p.m. June 24. In …
Read More »JUST SAY NO – Shade Tree Commission member Arnold Schmidt led his fellow Commissioners in sending a letter to the Township Council opposing a proposed deal that would allow public money to be spent on planting trees on private property. The Township Shade Tree Committee voted at its last meeting to tell the Township Council it opposes a proposed deal …
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JUNETEENTH PARADE – The annual parade commemorating the official end of slavery in the United States will make its way to Naaman Williams Park for a block party. (File photo.) U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman will be the Grand Marshall of this year’s Juneteenth Parade, set to begin 11 a.m. June 17 at Pine Grove Manor Elementary School, 130 Highland Avenue. …
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