Engineer Jayesh Patel speaks to the Zoning Board at the June 2 hearing. An application for a 29,000-square-foot Hindu temple on South MIddlebush Road was approved June 2 by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The approval for Sai Datta Mandir is the second one for a temple in that area within the last year. In October 2021, the Dada Bhagwan …
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Plans are to build the warehouse at Elizabeth Avenue and Grant Street. An application for a 436,960-square-foot warehouse located at Elizabeth Avenue and Grant Street was approved June 1 by the Planning Board. Duke Realty, the builder, is buying land for the warehouse from Rotor-Clip. Plans call for teh property to be subdivided, with the warehouse built on a newly …
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The township’s Memorial Day Parade and observance returned on May 30 after a two-year Covid-19 hiatus. Marchers paraded up DeMott Lane from New Brunswick Road to the Veterans Memorial Park at the Municipal Complex. The Franklin Reporter & Advocate live streamed the parade and the observance at Veterans Memorial Park: Here are some scenes from the day: The event was …
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Schools Superintendent John Ravally gave details about the planned school-based health clinic at the May 26 Board of Education meeting. Plans are being finalized for what could eventually be a community health center based at Hillcrest Elementary School. The school district received a $200,000 federal grant to partner with Somerville-based Zufall Health Services to offer the clinic in what will …
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Amy Arsiwala was named the school district’s new Supervisor of Instructional Technology at the Board of Education’s May 26 meeting. A 7-year veteran of the school district was named as the new Supervisor of Instructional Technology by the Board of Education on May 26. Amy Arsiwala will assume the $105,000 position on August 1. Edward Ward, the current supervisor who …
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Somerset County officials are releasing few details about the May 24 ransomware attack that crippled County computers. Somerset County officials are releasing few details about the May 24 ransomware attack that crippled County computers. Alternate email addresses have been assigned to “critical” County employees, such as the County Clerk, Surrogate and Sheriff, according to a press release from the County. …
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Part of Amwell Road, between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and DeMott Lane, will close at night for the next several days for paving. Amwell Road between J.F.K. Boulevard and DeMott Lane will be closed tonight and at least through thee end of the week for repaving work. The work will be conducted from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Traffic will …
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Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois, far right, presents a special plaque to Saffie Kallon, second from right, for her work on the township Youth Center. The celebration of the new Franklin Township Youth Center continued at the May 24 Township Council meeting, with a special presentation to one of the Center’s guiding forces. Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois (D-At Large) credited with …
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A call has gone out for aid for a township woman whose 2-year-old daughter drowned in a pool on May 13. Nilda Sanchez’s daughter, Alani, was at her babysitter’s house in Somerset when teh little girl fell into the pool and drowned. Sanchez is the sole wage earner in her family and has two other daughters, Angel, who attends MacAfee …
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FTPD Sgt. Greg Price, Quailbook employees Nick Pisani and Tom Russo, Johnny Stokes, FTPD Sgt. Dan Lyons and FTPD Officer Jelani Lanier at their reunion on Quailbrook Golf Course. Johnny Stokes will never forget the day that wanting to avoid traffic on Route 287 saved his life. The Fords resident was at Quailbrook Golf course on August 23, 2021, and …
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