Pat Gianotto, seen here in a file photo at a Township Council meeting advocating for more police presence on Hamilton Street, died April 28 in Key West, Fla. Patrick Gianotto, a lifelong township resident and key player in the Hamilton street business district redevelopment effort, has died. He was 62. Gianotto, owner of Franklin Electric on Hamilton Street, died April …
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Cheryl Clark reacts as she is approved as the new Franklin High School principal by the Board of Education on April 28. A 19-year education veteran from the Irvington school district was named the new principal of Franklin High School at the April 28 Board of Education meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …
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Board of Education president Ed Potosnak said April 28 that another charter school is not necessary in the township. The Board of Education April 28 went on record as opposing a charter school proposed for Cortelyous Lane. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …
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The Township Council on April 26 approved the use of East Millstone Park as one of five staging sites for the dredging of the D&R Canal. The long-delayed plan to dredge the Delaware & Raritan Canal took a small step forward at the April 26 Township Council meeting, with the Council approving two resolutions providing for staging sites along Canal …
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Township resident Randal Pinkett is part of a 7-member group seeking to establish a third charter school in the township. A group including the management team of Oak Crest Day Camp and a township resident who in 2005 won “The Apprentice” television program has submitted an application with the state to open a charter school in Franklin. Don’t Miss Out! …
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Several of Diahlo Grant’s friends recently at the memorial site on Somerset Street. Detectives from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office have interviewed “numerous people” in their investigation of the April 9 shootout in New Brunswick between a township resident and police that left the man dead. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
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State assemblymen Joe Danielsen sponsored a job fair at the Imperia on April 13. More than 400 job-seekers showed up that the Imperia on Easton Avenue April 13 hoping to make a connection with their next employer. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …
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Kevin Apuzzio’s family, (left to right) his mother, Marili, father Joseph and sister Leila, unveil a wreath April 11 at his memorial statue on the grounds of the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Company on Pinegrove Avenue. Fire fighters and other first responders from around the region gathered at the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Company firehouse April 11 to remember one …
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Somerset County Democrats nominated township police Lt. Darrin Russo to run for Somerset County Sheriff in November. A 30-year veteran township policeman was picked March 30 by the Somerset County Democratic Committee to run for Somerset County Sheriff. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …
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Members of the Franklin Township Youth Council speak March 22 in favor of the township’s proposed ban on smoking on public property. It is now illegal to smoke on any township-owned property. 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 …
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