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Panelists at the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens’ Town Hall included, left to right, Cornell Belcher, Angela Rye, Joe Youngblood and U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman. The U.S Congress’s Black Caucus is likely to take a more “in your face” approach starting next year in dealing with any Republican attempts to roll back Progressive gains, an audience at First …

Rodney Wilkerson arrives at the East Franklin Fire Department Dec. 9 for a fundraiser in his honor.   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 with …

The deadline is fast approaching for donations to a college fund established for siblings of a township teenager killed over the summer in an automobile accident. Andrew Russoniello, 13, was killed Aug. 29 when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle on Amwell Road. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

Left to right, John Tighe and Paul Walitsky head up the operation in December Photo: Jay Del Prado.   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 Rockingham house and kitchen garden. Photo: NJ Department of Tourism.   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 with your support. Please consider a yearly …

The township’s Historic Preservation Advisory Commission approved a handful of applications at its Dec. 6 meeting. A handful of applications for home renovations were given the thumbs’-up Dec. 6 by the township Historic Preservation Advisory Commission. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …

Veterans, their families, and advocates are invited to a Town Hall Meeting and Claims Clinic Dec. 14, at the Richard Hall Community Health Center at 500 North Bridge St., Bridgewater. The claims clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The town hall meeting, hosted by Lillie Nuble, director of the Newark Regional Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, …

The final tallies of the Nov. 8 write-in votes were released this week, and they show that 543 write-in votes were cast, with the bulk of them going to the two late-starting Board of Education candidates. Andre Fryson and Kunal Lakhia announced their candidacies for the school board on Facebook, after well after the filing deadline had passed. Don’t Miss …

The “Santa Paws” fundraiser for Second Chance for Animals will continue from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 10 at Sampson G. Smith 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. …

The repair of faulty roadwork will result in the partial closure of DeMott Lane during the week of Nov. 28. The township was not satisfied with the milling and paving done on DeMott earlier in the fall by Somerset-based DeSantis Construction, so the company will fix the problems, township manager Robert Vornlocker told the Township Council at its Nov. 22 …