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The school district has an updated list of areas it considers too dangerous for children to walk to school. 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 Eight Villages. But we can only do that …

The businessman who is donating the four statues for the proposed “Peace and Nonviolence” park, targeted for open space, owns this land on Davidson Avenue. The donor of statues targeted for a controversial “Peace and Nonviolence” monument park on township open space owns vacant land in the township that could be suitable for such a park. Don’t Miss Out! No …

Balloons are released during the 2017 Week of the People Back-to-School event in Naaman Williams Park. (File photo.) Submitted by Week of the People, Inc. 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 Eight Villages. …

Significant work remains to be done on the Colonial Park spray park, but officials said its construction should not impinge on the Franklin Day festival. The Colonial Park spray park’s construction site should not impact the Franklin Day festival in September, a township official said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

The proposed layout of the “Peace and Nonviolence” monument park that was presented to the Township Council Aug. 14 for approval. The council instead decided to approve the concept of placing such a park on township-owned open space. The Township Council on Aug. 14 approved the idea of placing a “Peace and Nonviolence” monument park on township open space, but …

Emails reviewed by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate show that Township Councilman Rajiv Prasad knew that the four statues that will comprise a proposed “Peace and Nonviolence” memorial park were under construction since March, even though the council had not yet approved their placement on a plot of open space. Township Councilman Rajiv Prasad knew that construction of the four …

Mayor Phil Kramer said the Township Council is expected to discuss a resolution expressing the township’s openness to marijuana facilities locating in Franklin. (File photo.) Update: The resolution the council will discuss would allow for the placement of so-called “Alternative Treatment Centers” to grow, cultivate and dispense medical marijuana in the township’s light manufacturing zones. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen during one of the state-wide hearings on medical marijuana his committee held. A local state legislator looks to play a role in what promises to be groundbreaking marijuana legislation due later this year. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

A 20-foot-long section of a water supply main needs to be replaced on Amwell Road near Van Cleef Road after it ruptured on Aug. 6. The replacement of a 20-foot-long stretch of water supply main on Amwell Road, near Van Cleef Road, should be done by the end of the week, township officials said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …

A raccoon that was attacked by a pet dog on Hollywood Avenue was found to have rabies, county health officials said. The altercation between the dog and raccoon occurred on Aug. 1, according to a press release from Somerset County. The raccoon was picked up by township Animal Control, and was sent to the public health laboratory at the New …