News-pourri

A proposed schedule for Franklin High School which would have reduced class periods and increased lunch times was rejected June 26 by the Board of Education. That means that the master schedule in effect for the 2013-2014 school year will be used in the 2014-2015 school year, and possibly longer. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …

Comcast’s Bob Clifton talks to the Township Council during the cable franchise agreement public hearing. Township senior citizens looking for a break on their cable television bills got some relief at the June 24 cable franchise agreement public hearing. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

Margaret DeGeorge told the Planning Board on June 18 that she wanted to build a new home near her mother’s on Vanderbilt Avenue. A township resident won Planning Board approval June 18 for her plan to split a Vanderbilt Avenue lot into two to allow her to build a home close to her family. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …

Interim Franklin High School principal Orvyl Wilson describes the proposed changes to next year’s schedule to the Board of Education. Schedule changes that would result in more homework and added – albeit shorter – lunch periods for Franklin High School students and longer science and social studies classes for Sampson G. Smith 6th graders will be up for votes at …

A proposed Franklin High School schedule change for the 2014-15 school year would create more, shorter periods and would cut the amount of time for lunch periods for the second consecutive year. 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 …

State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula speaks to residents at the Somerset Run Candidate’s Night. Hometown favorite state Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula enjoyed strong support in the township in his bid for the Democratic nomination for the 12th Congressional District seat on June 3, but could not overcome the eventual winner’s lead in Mercer County, voting results show. Don’t Miss Out! No other …

A former teacher at Sampson G. Smith School who allegedly said a group of African-Amercian students were “acting like a bunch of monkeys” has lost an appeal of her 2012 dismissal on charges that her conduct toward her students was “unbecoming and violated the standards required by public school teachers.” A 3-judge panel of the state Appellate Court found that the …

Candidates vying for the 12th Congressional seat appeared at a forum sponsored by the Somerset Run Civics Club. Pictured left to right are: Democrats Andrew Zwicker, State Sen. Linda Greenstein, State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula, State. Assemblywoman. Bonnie Watson Coleman and Republican Dr. Aleita Eck. The five candidates vying to replace U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) tried to show why they …

“Tripod” is a three-legged cat who had been missing since May 23. He’s mainly white, but has dark spots on his tail and face, and two round dark spots on one side. 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 …

Rita Chavis, president of the Parkside Senior Housing Tenants Association, demonstrates the difficulty she and other residents have in opening some of the development’s doors. Florine Magee, a resident at Parkside Senior Housing, got a shock one recent morning when she went to ride the elevator. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …