Speak Out!

By Nehal Bajaj. It is hard to truly understand the feeling of dread that hundreds of other New Jersey families face when all they can do is stand by and watch as hurricanes rip through their homes and the businesses they have worked all their lives to build.

Submitted by St. Matthias School. Like many of your households, December has been quite a busy month here at St. Matthias School.

By Marisa Gallagher. Franklin Athletics Booster Club and FHS Athletics would like to announce that our FHS Varsity Cheerleaders competed at the UCA (Universal Cheerleaders Association) Regional Championships on Saturday November 19 and took FIRST PLACE in the traditional division and THIRD PLACE in the game day division. The team was awarded TWO bids for both of their routines to compete …

By Bill Connell. The dad of a childhood friend, Mr, Kennedy, was approaching me in the frozen food aisle as I was shopping with my one year old daughter.  He smiled and said “You are one of us now.”  Twenty five years later, I am waiting for him to knock on my door and hand me an AARP card and …

By Andrew Dars. To my fellow voters of Franklin,

By David Burns. Several years ago I was elected to the Franklin Township Board of Education.

By Ted Chase. What will most perplex township voters on Nov. 8 is the Municipal Public Question.  This concerns what is called Community Energy Aggregation.

By Rob Kohn. As we approach Election Day, I want to share with my fellow residents that I think we have some excellent candidates running for reelection county-wide in Somerset County. 

By Arnold Schmidt. Next Wednesday, October 12, the Kmart property owner, Levin Properties, will be giving an “informal presentation” to our Planning Board (PB) for a 200-unit high density apartment complex to replace Kmart, the adjacent vacant restaurant and move Venus Jewelers to another site in the Rutgers Plaza shopping center. The meeting will be in the Township Council chambers …

By Regina Smith, CGE Communications & Special Projects Manager. The Center for Great Expectations’ premier event of the year, the 2022 Hope Lives Here Gala, celebrates the hope renewed and families’ futures restored, thanks to our community — and with our supporters and honorees, the evening will recognize all we’ve accomplished together.