News-pourri

The Township Council at its August 11 meeting approved the following contracts, totaling about $8.6 million: Res. #26-328 (g): Awards bid for emergency timber guiderail repair (B26-007ENG) to J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc., covering July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027, not to exceed $325,000. Res. #26-329 (h): Extends the snow plowing contract for 22 routes (MC-0009-25) with RJM Landscaping & …

LAYING IT OUT – Township resident Frank Sciara argues against the Flock Safety cameras at the August 11 Township Council meeting. Sciara started a petition calling on the Township Council to cancel the contract. Speaker after speaker urged the Township Council on Aug. 11 to cancel its contract with Flock Safety, telling officials at a packed and sometimes hostile hearing …

EXPLAINING THE PLAN – Syed Haq, a representative of the Islamic Circle of North America, testifies before the Zoning Board of Adjustment on August 6. The Islamic Circle of North America’s bid to legalize a prayer room that has operated inside its Hamilton Street headquarters for more than a decade stalled Aug. 6 at the Zoning Board of Adjustment over …

Please note due to extreme heat and weather conditions these dates are subject to change  Coppermine Rd Area Resurfacing – In progress

Flock Camera Map Source: Deflock.org Mayor Phil Kramer said he would want to end the Township’s nearly $340,000 contract for Flock Safety surveillance cameras if something “egregious” turns up about how the system is being used, but he stopped short of predicting that will happen at the Township Council’s Aug. 11 meeting. Representatives of Atlanta, Georgia-based Flock Security are expected …

DETAILING THE PLAN – Steven Katz of Cal-Sterling Franklin, center, brings the Planning Board up-to-date on his project at the August 5 Planning Board meeting. The Township Planning Board voted unanimously Aug. 5 to let Cal-Sterling Franklin build the second of two 30-unit apartment buildings at its Sterling Point development, clearing the way for construction that had been stalled for …

NEW EQUIPMENT – The FTPD unveiled its new Mobile Command Post at National Night Out on August 4. Franklin Township residents got their first look at the police department’s new mobile command post, a vehicle worth more than $700,000, when it was unveiled August 4 during the township’s National Night Out observance.

LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK – Township Councilwoman Shepa Uddin speaks to the Environmental Commission on August 3 about a portable solar panel system presentation she is preparing. Township Councilwoman Shepa Uddin told the Environmental Commission on August 3 that she is preparing a public informational session on balcony and portable solar systems, an effort she said is meant to give residents …

Sterling Rd Area Resurfacing -Concrete work completed. Milling and paving operations have begun. Delays due to the extreme heat are possible.  Sterling Rd -Paved Olsen Dr – Paved Stewart Ave -Paved Stockton Ave – Paved Clover Pl -Paved Marion Ave -Paved Evelyn – Paved Annapolis St – Milling 7/31 – Paving 83 – 8/4 weather depending Cedarbrook Rd Resurfacing -COMPLETED

TALKING ABOUT “BIG MONEY” – Linda Williams, widow of Earl C. “Big Money” Williams Jr., who was the 1971 National League Rookie of the Year, talks about her husband during August 1 the street renaming ceremony. Franklin Township officials joined the family and friends of Earl C. Williams Jr. on August 1 to rename Winston Drive as honorary Earl C. …