News-pourri

The Board of Education at its August 25 meeting completed its annual exercise of creating new goals for the upcoming school year. Board members unanimously adopted the following six goals: Health and Safety: Continue to ensure the health and safety of students and staff through policy,procedure, promo on of wellness programs, and facility upgrades that enhance safety and security measures. Seek …

Gene Grosso has been picking up litter on streets and in parks for the past several years. (Photo: Aanya Tolat). By Aanya Tolat, Special to the Reporter For the past seven years, Gene Grosso, a resident of Canal Walk, has been taking the time to clean up the litter on several different streets. From 4:30-5 a.m., four days a week, …

The Somerset County Commissioners will see if they can weigh in on a proposed warehouse in Franklin. A group of Canal Walk residents fighting warehouse sprawl was told August 23 that Somerset County officials will see if they can weigh in on a proposed warehouse targeted for property next to their development. The promise came after nearly 50 minutes of …

A stretch of Route 27 in Kingston will experience alternating lane closures as part of a paving project. The work will be conducted from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Rt. 27 between Old Lincoln Highway and Jones Drive, according to a press release from the state Department of Transportation. The work began August 16 and is expected to last …

Reenactor John Koopman as George Washington at last year’s Walk and Roll event, as local residents walk and bicycle on Canal Road. (Photo: Millstone Valley Preseervation Coalition.) Submitted by the Millstone Valley Preservation Coalition. Reenactors of General George Washington and his valet, Billy Lee, will ride on horseback along Canal Road on August 28, 241 years after the American and …

The organizers of the annual Week of the People festivals are getting last-minute details set in anticipation of their events planned for August 13, 14 and 20. August 13 will see the Back to School Festival from 1-7 p.m. at Naaman WIlliams Park on Matilda Avenue. The highlight of the day will be the distribution of free backpacks to township …

Vidhu Goyal speaks to the Township Council about the lack of a barrier at Jacques Lane and Canal Road. The mother of a 23-year-old township woman whose car plunged into the Delaware & Raritan Canal at Jacques Lane and Canal Road pleaded with the Township Council on August 9 to replace a barrier at that intersection. Sara Goyal was able …

Township Councilman Charles Onyejiaka, left, presents a key to the township to Nigerian King Olusegun Aderemi of Aramako at the August 9 Township Council meeting. Mayor Phil Kramer can add another Nigerian title to his resume. Kramer was dubbed a chief on August 9 by a visiting Nigerian King – Olusegun Aderemi of Aramako, Nigeria – and given a title …

Ordinances that allow for public rallies and speeches at township parks and at the municipal gazebo were introduced at the August 9 Township Council meeting. The ordinances were introduced to bring the township “in line withe the First Amendment,” Mayor Phil Kramer said. The first ordinance modifies Chapter 260 of the park and recreation regulations to allow for public speeches …

Engineer’s site plan for the proposed warehouse expansion. A township electronics distributor won permission from the Planning Board August 3 to expand its warehouse on Atrium Drive. F&E Electronics was looking for permission to add 70,300 square feet to its existing approximately 70,000-square-foot building. The site is the former Garden State Exhibition Center. The company is planning on hiring additional …