News-pourri

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS – Jocelyn Knight, Derek Peters Jr. and Ishaan Patel each received $2,000 scholarships. Three members of the Franklin Youth Center were awarded scholarships July 30 by the Triple B Foundation.

FOOD ART – The new mural at the Franklin Food Bank headquarters on Churchill Avenue was dedicated in a special ceremony July 29. The Franklin Food Bank dedicated a new mural on the side of its Churchill Avenue headquarters July 29, celebrating both a community art project and the organization’s 50th year of serving Franklin Township.

NO COMPETITION – School Board members Bill Grippo and Erika Inocencio, and Jimmie Parker, III (not pictured) were the only candidates to file for the upcoming Board of Education election by the July 27 deadline. (File photo). For the first time in years, November’s Board of Education race will be uncontested.

APPLYING PRESSURE – Members of the Township Shade Tree Commission at their July 23 meeting tell Councilman James Vassanella, second from right, that he needs to work to get new members appointed. Members of the Franklin Township Shade Tree Commission on July 23 expressed their frustration with not having a full roster to their Township Council liaison, and it appears …

Contracts worth $2,944,410.01 in goods and services were approved by the Board of Education at its July 23 meeting The Board approved:

Update: The ordinance was passed at the Council’s August 11 meeting. An ordinance that would regulate short-term rentals in the township was introduced at the Township Council’s July 14 meeting.

The Township Council on July 14 approved the purchase of a 32-acre property on Cedar Grove Lane for about $5.46 million to preserve it as open space. The 32.19-acre parcel at 287 Cedar Grove Lane is known as the Estate of Sudia Property. The Council introduced the measure June 23.

Following are updates provided by the Township of the status of various road resurfacing projects. Sterling Rd Area Resurfacing -Concrete work completed. Milling and paving operations have begun. Delays due to the extreme heat are possible. 

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS – Garden State Track Club scholarships were awarded at the July 14 Township Council meeting. Pictured are Maj. Warren Chen, William King, Derek Alegria, Morgan Kraus, James Chaves, Eli Zavatsky, and FTPD Det. Robert Brown. Six Franklin Township students received scholarships funded by the proceeds of an annual 10-miler race presented by the Garden State Track Club, Franklin …

Township resident Ed Potosnak has been named to the InsiderNJ.com’s “2026 Insider 100 Policy Makers Power List.” Potosnak, the acting Commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, was also named to the list in 2025.