News-pourri

RPM Development received Planning Board approval for changes to facades for a project in the township’s Churchill redevelopment area. A package of changes in appearance in one of the township’s redevelopment projects was among the applications approved June 11 by the Planning Board. The board also approved an application that will allow a developer to build two single-family homes on …

A crack in the Naaman Williams Park pool has forced its temporary closure, but the township does have a Plan B. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker told the Township Council July 10 that children who were signed up for programs at the pool will be bused to and from Warrenbrook Pool in Warren and the Bridgewater YMCA pool at no charge.

It was a siren-wailing, horn-honking, candy throwing group who participated in Middlebush Volunteer Fire Company’s annual July 4 parade through the village. Embarking from the front of the fire house on Olcott Street, and with the accompaniment of patriotic songs blaring from the Middlebush Reformed Church, the marches made their way down Olcott, turned left onto Railroad Avenue, made another …

It looked iffy during the day, but Mother Nature cooperated July 3 and allowed the township to hold its annual Independence Day celebration. Hundreds of people showed up to the municipal complex on DeMott Lane and were greeted by food, games and music.

The topic of placing a “Peace and Nonviolence” memorial on township open space was once again the topic at a Township Council meeting, with residents telling the council on June 26 that they do not support the proposal. The idea of placing statues and busts of Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Nelson Mandella and Martin Luther King, Jr. on …

Township residents who have problems with their security systems sending out false burglar alarms will not have to report to court until the eighth instance in a given calendar year, thanks to an ordinance approved June 26 by the Township Council. But once that threshold is reached, a court appearance is mandatory, and the property owner faces a fine of …

The Board of Education June 21 honored 30 retired township employees. The employees ranged from teachers to office workers.

An 88,0000-square-foot addition to the Ferrero USA building on Cottontail Lane was approved June 20 by the Planning Board. The addition, which will be constructed over an existing parking lot, will be mainly used for warehousing, the board was told.

Twelfth Congressional District Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman today released the following statement thanking the New Jersey State AFL-CIO for their endorsement of her campaign for re-election and vowing to continue fighting side by side with working families throughout the district. “I am proud to have earned the New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s endorsement of our campaign for re-election because that is …

The Franklin Township Republican Committee picked its leaders at its annual meeting on June 11. Retained as President was Bob LaCorte. Voted in as First Vice President was Beverly Lawson, Second Vice President is Jim Heffernan, Secretary is Agnes Messanio and Treasurer is Pat Stanley.