Speak Out!

By Bill Connell. The Franklin Reporter has once again posted an article pointing out that Flock is bad.  I am not sure if this is reporting or advocating, but their name warns you it could be either.  Regardless, they have taken a position that the bad outweighs the good.   I have faith they have given it more consideration than a high school …

We’ll just come out and say it: The Township Zoning Board of Adjustment should deny the Tawheed Dawah Center’s application to amend the previously approved plans for a house of worship on South Middlebush Road. And let’s be absolutely crystal clear: the reason is not the religion of the applicant, the beliefs of its prospective congregants nor the number of …

By Jim Johnston. I am writing about the request of Tawheed Dawah Center, 630 South Middlebush Rd, to amend the prior site-plan approval and obtain relief from an existing condition. My understanding is that the applicant is seeking permission for prayer gatherings five times each day, seven days a week, along with parking-related relief associated with the revised plan. I …

By Bill Connell.

Submitted by the Franklin Township Environmental Commission. Fall leaves are more than yard waste. They are an important part of the local ecosystem, helping protect soil, support wildlife, and improve water management. This fall, consider leaving the leaves and skipping the gas-powered leaf blower.

By Bill Connell. I am angry and annoyed that I have to write this letter.  I hope my speaking voice does not leak out in the process. 

At the Sept. 22 Township Council meeting, Mayor Phil Kramer told residents where the Township stands on the more than two dozen Flock Safety license plate readers mounted on poles around Franklin. “We deeply care about this issue,” he said. “We are looking at all information before there are any decisions. We have received a lot of information, and we …

By Bill Connell. The Township just approved, rounding up, $9 million for Catalpa Park.  Roughly half of that money is for two legitimate cricket pitches, not like our other flat pieces of land or baseball fields repurposed. That means each pitch is $2 million or so.  

By Bill Connell. As a citizen member of the Open Space committee, it is truly interesting the breadth of topics with which we are presented and are asked to give an opinion on.  My favorite was discussing salamanders.  Their presence is an indicator of the health of water.  I had not thought about salamanders since I was a feral child wandering Sealy’s Brook …

By Bill Connell. I have gone down this road before in this space but I feel I need to repeat myself.