General News

EXPLAINING THE PLAN – Sohum Gupta, a local Boy Scout, explains his Eagle Scout project to the Open Space Advisory Committee. A township Boy Scout recently received support from the Open Space Advisory Committee for his Eagle Scout project. The committee on September 17 unanimously voted to provide $928 to the Scout, Sohum Gupta,to subsidize the costs of the project, …

RIDING FOR CHARITY – The annual RCDCU fundraising ride for prostate cancer awareness is set to kick off on September 21 at the Township Community/Senior Center. (File photo.) The annual RCDCU Bike-A-Thon to fight prostate cancer is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. September 21. The bike-a-thon’s start and finish is at the Franklin Township Community/Senior Center, 505 DeMott …

A clinic designed to help people with expunging criminal convictions from their record is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 1 at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, 771 Somerset Street. The clinic, entitled “Clean Slate,” is sponsored by the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, FBCLG, state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) and Somerset County. During the …

A State of Emergency starting at 6 p.m. for all 21 counties was announced on August 9 by Acting Governor Tahesha Way. The declaration was made in anticipation of severe storms causing hazardous weather conditions including heavy rain, high winds, and flash flooding due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby, according to a press release. The Acting Governor also …

Williams Park Pool is open for the final time this season on August 10, the Park and Recreation Department announced The following swim times are available: 1:00 – 2:30pm 2:30 – 4:00pm 4:00 – 6:00pm Sign up for a swim time at franklintwp.recdesk.com.

LIBRARY ACCIDENT – The aftermath of a July 9 incident at the Franklin Township Library’s Main Branch. (Reporter photo.) One person was injured on July 9 when some shelving collapsed at the Franklin Township Library’s main branch on DeMott Lane. The person, who was not identified, was treated by EMTs but declined to be taken to a hospital, said January …

ON THE HOT SEAT – Members of the Fire District 3 Board of Commissioners at the July 9 Commission meeting. Representatives of the east Franklin Volunteer Fire Department and the Fire District 3 Commissioners will meet before the end of July to try to iron out a fire service contract that has been in dispute for months. That was the …

ARCHITECT SPEAKS – David Minno, the architect for the proposed 200-unit apartment building in Rutgers Plaza, testifies before the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The Rutgers Plaza retail center will get a complete facelift with the approval of a proposed 200-unit apartment building in the former K-Mart space, the Zoning Board of Adjustment was told during a contentious June 20 hearing. …

ALL SMILES – Just three of the hundreds of prom-goers at the annual Franklin High School senior prom, held June 13 at the Westin Hotel in Princeton. There was music. There was food. There was glam. There was even the occasional squeal from two friends who had never seen each other prom’d up before. The setting was the annual Franklin …

MAKING HIS POINT – East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dan Krushinski gestures as he speaks to the Fire District 3 Commissioners during the June 11 Commission hearing. The Franklin Fire District 3 Board of Commissioners on June 11 granted a 60-day reprieve to the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department to allow time for the two groups to compromise on a …