Submitted by Franklin Township Task Force on Compressor Station 206 & NESE’s Steering Committee. Series Issue 2: Compressor Stations release toxic chemicals into the air. These are known to impact health.
Read More »In Your Opinion: Pres. Trump’s Actions Constitute Treason
By Mark Grieco, Somerset. Where the Soviet Union failed for decades with the threat of tanks and missiles, Trump accomplished in one week from the podium: the subordination of America to Russia. As someone that served in the US Infantry in Germany during the Cold War, I welcomed the collapse of the Soviet Union as the final triumph of America …
Read More »In Your Opinion: Why Care About The Proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement Project and Compressor Station 206?
Submitted by Franklin Township Task Force on Compressor Station 206 & NESE’s Steering Committee. Health & safety of people, wildlife, vegetation, trees, air, & water – now and for decades to come – is at risk.
Read More »In Your Opinion: ‘Peace And Non-Violence’ Memorial Has Potential To Be Divisive
By Arnold W. Schmidt, Somerset The placement in Franklin Township of life size statues and busts of Mother Theresa, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela for a proposed Peace and Non-Violence park is being hotly debated and is potentially divisive.
Read More »Election 2018: Rep. Watson Coleman Thanks AFL-CIO For Endorsement
Twelfth Congressional District Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman today released the following statement thanking the New Jersey State AFL-CIO for their endorsement of her campaign for re-election and vowing to continue fighting side by side with working families throughout the district. “I am proud to have earned the New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s endorsement of our campaign for re-election because that is …
Read More »Election 2018: Unhinged Left Adopts New Strategy: America Must Fail
By Daryl Kipnis, Republican candidate for U.S. Congress from the 12th District. The irrational and desperate hatred displayed by apoplectic Hollywood leftist elites like Bill Maher and Robert DeNiro in the face of the historic foreign and domestic policy accomplishments of President Donald J. Trump and the Republican leadership in Washington, D.C., demonstrate that the Democrats’ fantasies of a “Blue …
Read More »In Your Opinion: Mayor Kramer’s State Of The Township Address
By Mayor Philip Kramer. Citizens of Franklin, I’m pleased to tell you the state of the township is good. I am very proud of the accomplishments of the council, staff and citizens of Franklin. I want to emphasize, with few exceptions, these are not my accomplishments but accomplishments of the whole community.
Read More »In Your Opinion: Practice Safe Driving
By Bill Connell,Somerset. Before I get rolling, I would like to suggest to someone important that tractor-trailers have better brake lights. Those two cute little circles on the back don’t really get the point across. If you look at Volvo station wagons they have a band of brake lights.
Read More »In Your Opinion: Help fight the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project
By Linda Powell. This Project proposes building an industrial gas compressor station complex in Franklin, which would emit tons of airborne toxins for decades to come and constructing a 23.4 miles pipeline across Raritan Bay using 15,350 acres of seafloor workspace & distributing 117 acres of seafloor.
Read More »Faith Matters: Ali ibn Abi Tālib: A Leader and a Noble Example for Humanity!
By Imam Rizwan Rizvi, Minister of Religion, Masjid-E-Ali “He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere”- Ali ibn Abi Tālib
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