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Somerset County Freeholder Peter Palmer, left, awards ceremonial grant check to Bruce Medley, coordinator of the Franklin Youth Initiative.Photo: Somerset County Freeholders. The Franklin Township Municipal Youth Services Commission was recently presented with a $5,000 grant for its Youth Council, Franklin Youth Prevention and Empowerment program and Boys Council. The ceremonial check was presented by Freeholder Peter Palmer to Youth …

Somerset County plans to replace this bridge on Blackwells Mills Road over the summer. The project will close part of the road from July through September. Two Somerset County projects that will close township bridges for several months this year and next are just about ready to go. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …

Potential fines await township residents who do not clear their sidewalks of snow within 12 hours of a storm. “Several” summonses for not obeying the township’s law regarding sidewalk cleanups after snow storms have been handed out by police since the Valentine’s Day weekend storms, a police spokesman said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

Board of Education member Keisha Smith-Carrington, pictured here at a meeting earlier this year, said that she did not want her vote on an interim Assistant Superintendent to be misconstrued. The school district is still without an interim Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, apparently thanks to an outburst from an audience member at the Feb. 20 Board of Education …

Privatization of some positions and the search process for an interim schools Superintendent are among the topics to be discussed at a special meeting of the Board of Education set for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at Franklin Middle School. The school board will discuss privatization of the district’s paraprofessionals and substitute teachers, and the interim superintendent’s search process, according to …

(Left to right) Planner Michael Pessolano, attorney Peter Lanfrit. There will be a new home going up on Ray Street soon, but it won’t be what its developer initially envisioned. 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 …

The design of a new recreation park, to be built by the developer of the Summerfields housing project, was approved Jan. 28 by the Township Council. And although a concept plan shows two bocce ball courts, they’re not included in the final design. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

The Rev. DeForest Soaries, center, prepares to cut the ribbon on the DeForest B. Soaries Jr. Senior Residences on Franklin Boulevard. The DeForest B. Soaries Jr. Senior Residences at Somerset building was officially opened on Jan. 28. 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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The school district has launched an internal investigation as to why a child left on a school bus for five hours Jan. 28 was reported as being in school. Franklin Township police are also investigating the incident, said department spokesman Sgt. Philip Rizzo. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …