News-pourri

A team from the Franklin Middle School SGS/HSC Players Set Design Team created this model of the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule that took John Glenn around the Earth. Photo: Raritan Valley Community College. Their work is generally not seen outside of the township, but this year the Franklin Middle School SGS/HSC Players Set Design Team created something that is literally …

FHS Boy’s Track Coach Dashaun Gourdine and schools Superintendent John Ravally (left to right) look on as Township Councilman Carl Wright reads a commendation at the June 25 Council meeting. Commendations were awarded by the Township Council June 25 to schools Superintendent John Ravally and members of Franklin High School’s championship boy’s track team. Ravally was honored for being named …

Eligible residents can apply for $25 vouchers to use at the Franklin Township Farmers’ market, and other farmers’ markets in Somerset County. According to a press release from the Somerset County Freeholders, applicants must be Somerset County residents who are 60 years old or older and show proof of age and residency with a driver’s license or other documentation.

One of the dancers who performed at the Indian Cultural Heritage celebration in the Performance gazebo. The arts and culture of India was on display for more than two hours June 23 at the township’s Performance gazebo on DeMott Lane. Sponsored by teh Sodhani Foundation, the event featured performers by The PRAYOG Group, Madhu Bhandari and Vikram Mehta. Presented were …

Yoga devotees being led through some positions at the International Day of Yoga observance June 23. Yoga enthusiasts from across the country and around the world came together June 23 at the Fairbridge Hotel on Davidson Avenue to participate in a kind of yogapalooza. The occasion was the 5th annual International Day of Yoga, an event created by a United …

Township resident Kaitlyn Timari was among 12 Somerset County high school students recently awarded 2019 PeopleCare Center for Nonprofits Scholarships. The recipients were chosen from among the 75 applicants.

Artist’s rendering of the facade of one of teh two buildings in the newly approved apartment complex. The rebirth of Hamilton Street continued June 6, with the Zoning Board of Adjustment approval of a plan for a two-building apartment complex that will hold 77 units. The project is targeted for lots on Hamilton on either side of Pershing Avenue.

Central Jersey College Prep Charter School principal Namik Sercan, foreground, testifies during the June 6 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School won approval June 6 to expand its Mettlers Road building to accommodate its growing student population. The approval that came from the Zoning Board of Adjustment was necessary because schools are not allowed in …

Polling results are delivered to the township Municipal Building June 4. The two Democratic-party endorsed local candidates survived primary challenges June 4, but a township man challenging the Republican Party’s pick for Freeholder was not successful. On the Democratic side, State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen and his running mate, Assemblyman Joe Egan of New Brunswick, both D-17, easily fended off a …

Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois led the effort in the ordinance amendment. An ordinance amendment that would allow the Township Council to remove some board and commission members “for cause” was introduced at the May 28 Council meeting. The amendment would give Council members more leeway in removing board and commission members than they now have.