News-pourri

A NEW PLAN – Members of the Township Redevelopment Agency discuss a proposal from a company wishing to finish work in the Renaissance 2000 redevelopment project. The Township Redevelopment Agency hopes to meet later this month with a company that wants to take over the portion of the Renaissance 2000 project not finished by Leewood Development Group. The Agency hopes …

The history, achievements, and cultural contributions of Black residents in Franklin Township, will be the focus for the Township’s annual Black History Month commemoration. The free event is set for 1 p.m. February 21 at Franklin Middle School – Hamilton Street Campus, 415 Francis Street, and is sponsored by the Franklin Township Cultural Arts Council, in collaboration with Franklin 250, …

ON HIS WAY – Franklin High School senior Miles Muldrow thanks the Board of Education January 29 after it approved his request for early graduation. Muldrow will attend and play football for the University of Delaware. For the first time in program history, a Franklin High School senior football player will graduate on February 1, the same day he will …

UPDATE: The budget and the SID assessment roll were approved as introduced at the Council’s February 24 meeting. The proposed 2026 $40,228 budget for the Hamilton Street Business District was introduced at the Township Council’s January 27 meeting. The budget is powered by $34,000 in assessments to businesses in the District, as well as the use of $6,228 in surplus …

SOLUTION FOR ACCIDENTS? – Township Councilman Carl Wright suggested using stop signs and restricted parking on Hamilton Street to reduce accidents at two side streets. A Township Councilman on January 27 floated an idea that he says could help motorists avoid accidents at two Hamilton Street intersections. Councilman Carl Wright (D-Ward 4) said he’d like to install stop signs at …

BIG STORM BREWING – The snow storm that is expected to hit our area this weekend could be the most impactful storm in the last five years, the state Climatologist said. (File photo). The upcoming snow storm expected to hit the area late Saturday into Sunday could be the most impactful storm in five years, according to the state Climatologist. Dave …

DISCUSSING THE PLAN – Planning Board chairman Michael Orsini leads the January 21 discussion on five ordinances connected to the Township’s Fair Share Housing Plan. The township Planning Board on January 21 moved the township’s proposed affordable housing plan along through a series of technical votes. The votes affirmed the Board’s finding that five projects were consistent with the Township’s …

FURTHERING THE LEGACY – Somerset County Commission Director Shanel Robinson talks about the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King during the annual Franklin Township Community Breakfast on January 19. The dream of the late Dr. Martin Luther King is not a “relic to be remembered,” but a “living legacy to be realized,” hundreds of attendees at the annual Franklin Township …

NEW ORDINANCE REVIEW – Mark Healey, the Township’s principal planner, reviews some of the aspects of the proposed zoning changes to the BI Zone at the January 14 Planning Board meeting. A series of design and location specifications designed to limit where in the township warehouses can be built – and how large they can be – was approved and …

DEP COMMISSIONER NOMINEE – Township Councilmember Ed Potosnak, center, after he was sworn into his second Council term by Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill at the January 3 Council reorganization meeting. Also pictured in Potosnak’s partner, John Marchetti. (File photo). Township Council member Ed Potosnak has been nominated by Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill to be the next commissioner of the state Department of …