News-pourri

NEW WEATHER STATION – New Jersey American Water and Rutgers University recently marked the completion of the Rutgers Weather Station in Franklin, funded by a $25,000 grant from the American Water Charitable Foundation. Pictured from left: Danielle Kearsley, superintendent of Water Quality and Environmental Compliance; Justin Dapolito and Marc Medina, superintendents of Treatment; and Frank Marascia, senior production manager, all …

STICKING WITH FLOCK – Mayor Phil Kramer announced on October 27 that the Township would continue with its Flock security camera program, but would not expand it as originally planned. Franklin Township will continue using its 19 Flock Safety license plate reader cameras, but plans to add seven more have been shelved following an October 27 Township Council meeting at …

SOLOMON FOLLOWING SOLOMON – The outgoing Director of School Management, Nick Solomon, with his wife, Rebekah Solomon, the incoming Director of School Management, at the October 27 Board of Education meeting. Rebekah Solomon, principal of Franklin Middle School’s Sampson G. Smith campus, was named the school district’s new Director of Student Advocacy and School Management at the October 27 Board …

A Flock Safety camera. (Photo: Shutterstock.) Edison Township officials may reconsider their expansion of Flock Safety surveillance cameras following objections from residents, while a Massachusetts city has fired two police officers for misusing the technology to track people with whom they had personal relationships. Edison Township Council President Joseph Coyle said he would consider forming a three-member committee to examine …

A COLORFUL PARTY – Members of the Franklin Youth Center staff came to the party as crayons. Stories and photos by Zunaira Ghauri.

SHARING OF CULTURES – Children watch one of the dance performances given at the October 23 Cedar Hill Preparatory School’s multicultural celebration. The world came to Cedar Hill Preparatory School on Cedar Grove Lane October 23, as families representing 17 cultures gathered for the school’s third annual Multicultural Night Celebration.

Early in-person voting in the 2026 General Election starts on October 24, and runs through November 1. Voting hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Franklin voters can cast their early ballots at the Senior/Community Center in the Municipal Complex, 505 DeMott Lane. Vote By Mail voters can also …

MOUNTING AN OPPOSITION – Martina Bailie, attorney for the project objectors, questions her traffic engineer, Lee Klein, during the October 22 Zoning Board hearing. A proposal to sharply reduce the number of parking spaces at a planned South Middlebush Road mosque emerged during a sometimes-contentious, more than three-hour Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing Oct. 22, as Board Chairman Robert Thomas …

Weather conditions could change these dates.  Canal Rd Resurfacing – Bunker Hill Rd to Blackwells Mills Rd – Milling to begin on or about 10/26/26

GOT YOUR SIX TO GO – Freddy Herrera, CEO of the Got Your Six dispensary on Route 27, testifies at the October 21 Planning Board meeting. Getting your weed on the run may soon be an option for customers of a Route 27 cannabis dispensary.