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An information session on and eligibility screening for Somerset County’s Homelessness Trust Fund is set for 6:30-8 p.m. April 10 at the Somerville Library, 35 West End Ave., Somerville. The program offers up to 15 months of rental assistance to working families. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …

The township’s watchdog of historic sites gave its stamp of approval to a handful of proposals at its April 1 meeting. In addition to granting certificates of appropriateness for new facade plans for the former Unclaimed Freight building on Easton Avenue, commissioners did likewise for the construction of new homes on Williams Street and Neuville Drive, the replacement of a …

Workers at the former Unclaimed Freight building on Easton Avenue. Changes are underway at the former Unclaimed Freight building on Easton Avenue. 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 …

After seven years in Franklin, Eveny Pagan will move on to be Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the Passaic school system. After seven years with the school district, interim schools Superintendent Evany Pagan is moving on to another position. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

Franklin Park resident Jerry L. Midgette, the Somerset County Elections Administrator, became the first African-American elected president of the New Jersey Association of Election Officials.Photo: Somerset County Franklin Park resident Jerry L. Midgette, the Somerset County Election Administrator, is the first African-American elected president of the New Jersey Association of Election Officials. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, was cagey when asked if he’d consider running for New Jersey governor.Photo: Office of Rush Holt U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, says he hasn’t thought too much about what he’ll do when he leaves Congress next January. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …

Applications to build two homes on undersized lots on Douglas Avenue and two warehouses on Roosevelt Avenue were approved at the March 5 Planning Board meeting. The home developer, Edison-based Gregory Kingburk,wants to build two, two-story homes with four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, he told teh board. The homes would also have full basements and one-car garages, he said. Don’t …

Engineer Thomas Fik describes an addition planed for Sentinel Datacenters building on Cottontail Lane. A two-story, 160,000-square-foot addition to Sentinel Datacenters building on Cottontail Lane and Pierce Street could bring 40 new jobs into the township, the Planning Board was told at its March 5 meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

The township Historic Preservation Advisory Commission held two informal hearings at its March 4 meeting, one of which dealt with a building raising and another which dealt with a proposed new home. Joachim Messing of Neuville Drive told the commission that he wants to tear down a garage on property he owns next to his house and build another home. …

Kingston Presbyterian Church received Historic Preservation Advisory Commission approval for a planned $224,000 renovation of its church steeple. The Kingston Presbyterian Church on March 4 received the go-ahead from the Historic Preservation Advisory Commission to use “modern” materials in the restoration of the church steeple. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …