The Somerset County Park Commission will be accepting natural Christmas trees for recycling through Friday, January 31. Somerset County residents may bring their tree to Colonial Park Gardens, Parking Lot F, 156 Mettlers Road in Somerset, Franklin Township or to North Branch Park at the lighted baseball field, 355 Milltown Road in Bridgewater. Both facilities will accept trees from 8:00 …
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A New Brunswick attorney who is under a state ethics investigation for comments he made to a defendant while serving as Franklin Township’s presiding Municipal Court judge was not reappointed to that position at the January 6 Township Council reorganization. The Council chose to not reappoint Hector Rodriguez, who had served as the Municipal Court presiding judge since 2014. Instead, …
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Township Councilman Charles Onyejiaka, right, is given the Oath of Office for Deputy Mayor by state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen at the Jan. 6 Council reorganization meeting. Township Councilman Charles Onyejiaka made history January 6 when he became the first West African to be voted in as Deputy Mayor. Onyejiaka (D-Ward 3), has been a member of the Council since 2016, …
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Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders Director Shanel Robinson is given the Oath of Office by Gov. Phil Murphy at the Freeholders’ reorganization meeting. Robinson is the first African-American to be named Freeholder Director. SOMERVILLE – Franklin Township residents played a pivotal part in the historic 2020 Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders reorganization meeting on January 3. A packed …
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The Board of Education returned its leadership to their positions and welcomed a new member at the January 2 reorganization. The board re-elected Nancy LaCorte as president and Ardaman Singh as vice president. 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 the …
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The 2018-19 Lady Warriors basketball team shortly after clinching a 34-0 season and winning the state Tournament of Champions. There are different things that can bind together a community; politics, volunteerism, and a shared history being some of them. In Franklin Township, the success of our children is one of the strongest magnets which pull us all together, even moreso …
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A 41-acre parcel of land abutting Colonial Park is one of 10 for which the Somerset County Park Commission is accepting farming bids. The tract is known as the Howe parcel and is adjacent to the Howe farmstead and the Howe Athletic Complex. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …
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Board of Education member Christine Danielsen attended her last board meeting on December 19. Veteran Board of Education member Christine Danielsen was lauded by her colleagues at the December 19 meeting, her last as a board member. Danielsen served two, three-year terms on the board, joining the panel in 2014 when it was essentially divided into two camps, which resulted …
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Isla Glaser, right, with her mother, Haley and sister at the FTPD press conference on December 18. A 4-year-old township girl hailed as a hero for saving her mother’s life was named an “honorary junior police officer by the Franklin Township Police Department on December 18. Isla Glaser of Bartle Road was feted by the FTPD in a press conference …
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A 4-year-old township girl is being credited with saving her mother’s life on December 6, after the woman had collapsed in their home. Police Dispatchers Julie Kozo and Olivia Klein received a 9-1-1 call at 7:45 a.m. from a little girl who turned out to be Isla Glaser, a Bartle Road resident, who told them that her mother had fallen …
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