The 6th annual Juneteenth Parade & Festival is set to kick off at 11 a.m. on June 13. The parade will step off from Franklin Middle School – Hamilton Street campus before wending its way down Hamilton Street, to Matilda Avenue and ending at Naaman Williams Park, where the festival will follow. The public is invited to join along the …
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EATING FOR GOOD – Donors gathered at the Double Tree Hotel on Atrium Drive May 31 for the 8th Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Franklin Food Bank. The Franklin Food Bank celebrated the 8th annual Empty Bowl fundraising event on May 31, with officials announcing a $14 million capital campaign to build a larger facility even as food insecurity …
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SPRAY PARK OPEN – The spray park in Colonial Park will fully open for the season on June 19. (File photo.) The Colonial Park Spray Park is now open on weekends, and will resume daily operations on June 19, the Somerset County Park Commission recently announced. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …
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BRINGING IT HOME – School Board member Nicolas DiMeglio led the effort to bring the FHS Senior Prom back to Franklin, starting in 2027. The 2027 Franklin High School Senior Prom will be held in the township, school officials announced at the May 28 Board of Education meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …
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INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT – Daniel Loughran, the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, will serve as the District’s interim schools Superintendent starting July 1. (File photo.) Saying the decision on a new schools Superintendent is “getting close,” Board of Education president Dr. Dennis Hopkins announced May 28 that a member of the District administration will serve as interim Superintendent Starting July 1. …
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MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER – Franklin Middle School student Aderin Venzola collects her trophy after winning the Middle School Invention Competition May 28 at Franklin High School. Township middle and high school students on May 28 competed in the finals of the district’s secondary Invention Competition, showcasing eco-friendly sneaker designs and sustainability-focused engineering projects in a contest sponsored by the Sodhani …
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An ordinance that would ban parking on part of Pine Grove Road was introduced by the Township Council at its May 26 meeting. The ordinance would ban parking on the street from Highland Avenue, north. 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 …
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The rain held off on Memorial Day 2026, just in time for the annual parade up DeMott Lane to the Municipal Complex. Groups and organizations from across the township participated, from first responders, to Boy and Girl Scouts, to high school groups. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …
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The Zoning Board of Adjustment voted May 22 to grant retroactive approval to Dream On Me Industries for 16 signs installed on the company’s massive Veronica Avenue warehouse and distribution complex without the required permits, after Board members raised pointed questions about the size of two large wall-mounted signs, the proliferation of the company’s corporate logo on directional signs throughout …
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SETTING THE SCENE – Church member Ingrid Blanco, seated next to attorney John DeLuca, gave the zoning board a brief history of Iglesia Christiana Refugio at the May 22 Board hearing. A congregation seeking to open a house of worship in a long-vacant corner office building ran into a wall of questions and concerns from the Zoning Board of Adjustment on …
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