The oversight of school district guidance services will now be handled by two people instead of one. The Board of Education at its September 23 meeting voted to create two new positions: Supervisor of Guidance Pre-K-8 and Supervisor of Guidance 9-12. The positions replace the former district-wide guidance director position. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …
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Mail sent from Franklin Township post offices will be delayed under the new USPS plan. (File photo.) Township residents using the US Postal Service will have to allow for at least another day of delivery time for mail sent and received, thanks to new standards out in place on October 1 by the U.S Postal Service. The new delivery times …
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Vimal Sodhani presents the donation check to Board of Education president Nancy LaCorte at the September 23 meeting. A local charitable foundation made the first of what will be sustained donations to the school district’s Innovation Competition. Sodhani Foundation founder Vimal Sodhani donated $3,000 at the Board of Education’s September 23 meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
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Board of Education candidates who showed up for the event responded to four questions. Six of the nine candidates for the Board of Education tried to put their best foot forward September 29 during a “Meet the Candidates” virtual event. The event was sponsored by the Franklin Township PTO Presidents’ Council and the Franklin Township Women’s Club. Don’t Miss Out! …
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The pickup of household items damaged and destroyed by Tropical Storm Ida “went very well,” Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said. (File photo.) The pickup of household items destroyed and damaged by Tropical Storm Ida concluded in the morning of September 28, but its final cost won’t be known for several weeks. That’s because the debris that was collected over the …
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Dignitaries participate in the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Franklin Township Youth Center on Aug. 15, 2019. (File photo.) A spike in the incidence of township residents contracting the coronavirus has delayed the opening of the township’s youth center on Lewis Street. The 24,000-square-foot, $9.8 million youth center was expected to be open by the end of this month. Don’t Miss …
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This is how the Township Council, and all other municipal boards and commissions, will meet, until at least the end of the year. A spike in the number of township residents acquiring the coronavirus prompted the Township Council to decide to keep all municipal meetings virtual through the end of the year. It took a legal opinion rendered by township …
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Tulipwood. (Photo: Wikipedia) An historic township home that has fallen into disrepair may be reborn as a college satellite campus. Tulipwood, located on Hamilton Street, is being eyed by officials at Raritan Valley Community College as a possible site for a satellite campus. The circa 1892 house was purchased by the township in 2003. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …
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Pfizer booster shots are being administered starting September 25 at Somerset County Department of Health vaccination clinics. The booster shots are available to certain people, based on recent recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …
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Schools Superintendent John Ravally said that about 1,100 staff members had returned surveys about their vaccination status. School district officials estimate that about 150 of its staff members have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. Those teachers and staff members have until October 18 to get vaccinated, under an executive order issued by Governor Phil Murphy. If they do not get …
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