News-pourri

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.

Candles, flowers and “Happy Birthday” balloons comprise a makeshift memorial for Dominc Frederick at Petty Road and Foxwood Drive. The township man who police say died May 25 after he was shot and crashed his car into a Foxwood Drive home was killed three days before his birthday. Dominic Frederick, 25, a Winston Road resident, was shot in the Petty …

Pres. Abraham Lincoln impersonator Robert Costello recites the Gettysburg Address during the township’s Memorial Day commemoration. A parade that stretched for nearly a mile and a ceremony capped by the playing of “Taps” highlighted the May 27 observance of Memorial Day in the township. Along the way was a flyover by a Coast Guard rescue helicopter and a rendition of …