Speak Out!

By Brian Frank, Somerset. Governor Phil Murphy must do what we elected him to do. The Delaware River Basin Commission must do what we created it to do. Protect us.

By Mayor Phil Kramer, MD. Yesterday, December 28, the Franklin Township Council passed a mandate to wear masks when indoors at places of business to save lives by helping reduce the spread of COVID-19 and the two predominant variants, Delta and Omicron.

By Rob Petersen. Dear Mayor Kramer,

By Bill Connell. Some of the negative comments regarding the local township mask mandate got me thinking about other unlawful mandates in my life.  Putting the toilet seat down is not a law. I have just as much right to leave it up, as the female of the species has a right to have it down. I am starting today.

By Robert (Kash) Kashinsky. Kash 4 Community needed to help make Christmas brighter for local kids. Every child deserves to get a visit from Santa. Even children in foster care, homeless shelters and other places you hope Santa won’t forget. I had to help. Franklin answered my call. 

By Bill Connell. I went up to the Adirondack Mountains last week to get a better view on my life. As I came down from the mountain like Moses, I was approaching exit 10 and saw New Brunswick on the horizon. I could not help but notice how the skyline has changed.  I wondered if in 20 years, that’s what Easton …

By Arnold Schmidt. I urge all concerned Franklin citizens to attend the Township Council’s December 14th meeting and our Zoning Board’s meeting on January 6th.  We need to voice our opposition to the huge multi-million if not billion dollar Levin Corporation levinmgt.com from turning the existing Kmart building on the corner of Easton Avenue and JFK Boulevard into a 200-unit, 4-story apartment …

By Arnold Schmidt. So who amongst us wouldn’t want a new bookstore, a nice restaurant, Home Goods-type store, an indoor sports center or other commercial business to fill the empty Kmart space when instead we can have 200 – 300 brand new sparkling condominiums or rental apartments in a 3 – 4 story structure overlooking Easton Avenue? 

By Bill Connell.  I have been thinking about the retirement of Township Councilman Ted Chase for a while, but wanted to wait till election season was over to write this. I did not want my genuine appreciation of this man to be viewed as some marketing scheme.

By Mayor Phil Kramer. I’m writing today because of what I learned at a Somerset County Health Recovery Task Force meeting and now I have a whole new take on booster shots. I was thinking of them as a plus. In other words, I’m vaccinated so I’m good. If I get the booster I’ll be “more good”.