News-pourri

Retail Cannabis Application Sites Another 38 applicants for cannabis businesses were certified as having met Township regulations at the September 14 Township Council meeting. Of that total, 34 of the applications are for retail business licenses and four are for cultivator, manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor licenses. The applications are before the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission for final approval. It’s not …

The township’s new ordinance limiting where warehouses can be built has spawned at least six lawsuits asking for it to be struck down due to the way in which it was created, introduced and adopted. The suits were filed between August 30 and September 2 and name the Township, Planning Board and the Mayor and Council as defendants. The suits …

Kyle Kavinski, an engineer retained by the applicant, describes the warehouse project to the Planning Board. A developer’s plan to raze four buildings – including a large office building – on Cottontail Lane and put up two warehouses was approved September 7 by a split Planning Board. The two warehouses, which are being built “on spec,” meaning with no set …

Slightly less than half of all Franklin Township Police Department internal affairs investigations opened in 2021 were sustained, with 40 percent of officers who were found to have violated policy or regulations issued a written reprimand or warning, according to statistics released by the state Attorney General’s Office. In total, 44 percent of the complaints opened in 2021 were sustained, …

Mark Healey, the township’s director of planning, points out various development zones in the township during the Somerset Run Civics Club meeting. Residents of Somerset Run received a primer on the township’s warehouse situation on September 8. The venue was the 55-plus community’s clubhouse, and the setting was a meeting of the Somerset Run Civics Club. Featured were township representatives …

Update: The Board approved the policy and regulation ayt its September 22 meeting. A policy that would provide for the use of hand-held metal detecting wands on township school properties was introduced at the August 25 Board of Education meeting. The policy is set to receive a final vote at the Board’s September meeting. There was no discussion at the …

Two school district administrators were awarded merit bonuses for the 2021-22 school year at the August 25 Board of Education meeting. Jonathan Toth, the district’s outgoing business administrator, was awarded $15,124.26 in merit bonuses for meeting three goals. Daniel Loughran, the district’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, was awarded $15,180.87 in merit bonuses for meeting three goals. The goals …

Cyclists from the tr-state area will once again gather in the township on September 17 for the annual RCDCU fundraising ride. (File photo.) Community residents, local business owners and others will gear up to take part in the Renaissance Cyclist Defeating Cancer United Inc. (RCDCU) 2022 Bike-A-Thon “ Bike to Fight Prostate Cancer” on September 17, to raise money to …

School district Business Administrator Jonathan Toth is one of two district administrators leaving for the Edison school district. The resignations of the principal of the Claremont Road Elementary School and the school district’s business administrator were accepted at the Board’s August 25 meeting. Claremont Road principal Nicole Sury Bevere’s resignation is effective September 27, while Board business administrator Jonathan Toth’s …

Gaye McGee, the newly appointed vice principal at Franklin Park School, poses with her family after her appointment was approved by the Board of Education. A 19-year education veteran and township resident was named as the new Franklin Park School vice principal at the August 25 Board of Education meeting. Gaye McGee spent her entire educational career with the Piscataway …