News-pourri

For the 17th consecutive year, fire fighters and other first responders gathered at St. Matthias Church on Sept. 11 to honor their colleagues from around the country who were killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks. The service included a prayer and statement from St. Matthias’ Fr. Douglas Haefner, and the traditional reading of the names of first responders killed in …

Story is updated with OPRA’d emails.  

Submitted By The League of Women Voters. The League of Women Voters of the Greater New Brunswick Area is sponsoring an essay and video contest, “Y VOTE”, for high school students to share their thoughts on the importance of voting.

An application to raze two apartment buildings and construct one in their place won Zoning Board of Adjustment approval Sept. 6. The new building, planned to hold eight 1-bedroom apartments, will go up at Norma Avenue and Franklin Boulevard.

A discount retailer planning to move into the Franklin Towne Center plaza was given Zoning Board of Adjustment permission Sept. 6 to erect two large signs on its facade. Ocean State Job Lot is taking over about 31,000 square feet of space at the shopping plaza, located at South Middlebush Road and Route 27. The store will be located between …

The Franklin Reporter & Advocate web site launched in the early morning hours of Aug. 29, 2013. To commemorate five years in business, and acknowledging that we could not have done it without the support of Franklin Township readers and advertisers, the FR&A on Aug. 29 set off to present gifts to our loyal readers. The live stream video explains:

For the first time in 13 years, the township is putting up for sale a liquor license that would allow for another bar, restaurant or club in Franklin. Bidding on the plenary retail consumption license starts at $200,000.

The two major candidates for the 12th U.S. Congressional District seat sparred recently over tweets one made criticizing Pres. Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress. Republican challenger Daryl Kipnis took exception to an Aug. 22 tweet posted by the Democratic incumbent, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, in which she wrote, “For a Congress so full of men it’s incredible that we …

The school district has an updated list of areas it considers too dangerous for children to walk to school.

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. The land, two adjoining rectangular lots on Davidson Avenue, is primarily wetlands, but there are about 3 buildable acres at the front of the combined lots, facing Davidson.