State Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker, right, administers the Oath of Office to Crystal Pruitt, second from right, the newest Township Council member. Township Democrats tapped some home-grown talent in picking the newest member of the Township Council on Jan. 22. Township native Crystal Pruitt was unanimously picked by the council to fill in the one-year unexpired term of former Councilwoman Shanel …
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New Jersey Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Franklin native Tiffany Williams speaks during the Jan. 21 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast. Hundreds of attendees at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast were urged Jan. 21 to continue the slain civil rights leader’s legacy by acting as he would. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …
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Township resident Daryle Lamont Jenkins addresses anti-racism protestors at Palmer Square, Princeton. PRINCETON – Hundreds of protestors from across the state gathered at Palmer Square here Jan. 12 for what they thought was going to be a counter-demonstration against a fledgling white supremacist group’s march. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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The township’s presiding Municipal Court Judge denies that a comment he made to a defendant in December 2017 was sexual in nature and violated any judicial ethics rules that would require formal discipline. Judge Hector Rodriguez in December 2018 was hit with charges that he violated three tenets of the state Judicial Canon of Ethics. The charges stem from a …
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With his family at his side, Deputy Mayor James Vassanella takes the Oath of Office at the Township Council reorganization meeting. The Township Council picked a Deputy Mayor for 2019 at its Jan. 7 reorganization meeting, but did not choose to fill the seat vacated by the person who held the position last year. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …
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With four generations of her family looking on, Shanel Robinson is given the Freeholder Oath of Office by Gov. Phil Murphy. SOMERVILLE – Two township residents were part of history at the Jan. 4 Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …
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The 2018-19 Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 3. An incumbent and two returning Board of Education members were sworn in Jan. 3 at the board’s annual reorganization meeting. 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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Eric Allen, kneeling, in cap, inventor of the FAST Board, describes the equipment to members of East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department. (Photo: PJ Parker.) By PJ Parker. 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 only truly independent media serving the …
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Nicholas Solomon, Daryn Plummer, Adrian Plummer and Rebekah Solomon (clockwise from top left) are the Franklin Reporter & Advocate’s “People of the Year.” The notion of “paying it forward” can be traced back to the ancient Greeks; it is the idea that one does not repay a kindness one was granted back to the benefactor, but, rather, finds someone else …
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Board of Education vice-president Ardaman Singh said the surveys would help the district to build a database of former students. The Board of Education wants to hear from former township students. 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 only truly …
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