News-pourri

An 88,0000-square-foot addition to the Ferrero USA building on Cottontail Lane was approved June 20 by the Planning Board. The addition, which will be constructed over an existing parking lot, will be mainly used for warehousing, the board was told. The loss of parking spaces will not be a problem, the board was told, because the property still has more …

Twelfth Congressional District Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman today released the following statement thanking the New Jersey State AFL-CIO for their endorsement of her campaign for re-election and vowing to continue fighting side by side with working families throughout the district. “I am proud to have earned the New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s endorsement of our campaign for re-election because that is …

The Franklin Township Republican Committee picked its leaders at its annual meeting on June 11. Retained as President was Bob LaCorte. Voted in as First Vice President was Beverly Lawson, Second Vice President is Jim Heffernan, Secretary is Agnes Messanio and Treasurer is Pat Stanley.  

By Daryl Kipnis, Republican candidate for U.S. Congress from the 12th District. The irrational and desperate hatred displayed by apoplectic Hollywood leftist elites like Bill Maher and Robert DeNiro in the face of the historic foreign and domestic policy accomplishments of President Donald J. Trump and the Republican leadership in Washington, D.C., demonstrate that the Democrats’ fantasies of a “Blue …

U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12) spent about an hour with a group of Franklin High School students June 12, taking questions from them on a range of subjects from gun violence to the state of national politics. Watson Coleman came at the invitation of the school’s Junior Statesmen of America club, an organization whose goal is to “get students …

More than 500 people crowded into the Palace at Somerset Park June 11 for the 19th annual Elijah’s Promise Chef’s Night. The event is the largest fundraiser of the year for the New Brunswick-based charitable organization, proceeds of which go to support the group’s Promise Culinary School. The attendees – 550 in total – were treated to menu samplings from …

The Franklin Township Police Department once again took part in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics on June 8. A pair of FTPD officers ran with a contingent from the South Brunswick Police Department. The group set off from Bennington Parkway, after FTPD Sgt. Mark Reiner took the torch from a fellow officer. The group ran …

An application to build a one-story connector between the sanctuary and rectory at the Korean Baptist Church of America on Livingston Avenue was approved June 7 by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The addition was needed, church officials said, to more efficiently use the church buildings. A number of neighbors showed up to the hearing, and while some expressed concerns …

A plan by Rutgers Preparatory School to build a pavilion on its Easton Avenue campus got the blessing of the township Historic Preservation Advisory Commission June 5. The pavilion would include two bathrooms and a space to sell refreshments, said Peter Richardson, the school’s director of operations. The pavilion would be located near the school’s turf field, close to the …

More than 120 acres of primarily farmland at Weston Canal and Randolph roads will be converted into three warehouses under a plan approved June 6 by the Planning Board. The project, proposed by Bridge Development Partners of Parsippany, will result in more than 1.7 million square feet in three buildings. Two of the buildings will measure 308,550 square feet, and …