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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.

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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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In Your Opinion: School Board Member’s ‘Good Of The Order’ Comments

by Ardaman Singh, Board of Education Vice President. I would like to bring to the attention of the general public,our public school parents and staff, that post the Parkland Shooting, we have all been on high alerts and have had our Superintendent give us nearly hourly updates via phone and emails about each and every situation at our schools, so …

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In Your Opinion: Kipnis ‘Encouraged’ By Trump – Jung-Un Talks

Submitted by Daryl Kipnis. New Jersey 12th District congressional candidate, and Somerset attorney, Daryl Kipnis said he was “encouraged” to learn Thursday night about a possible summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jung-un.

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Candidate Statement: Leftist Groups Professionalizing Student Movement

By Daryl Kipnis. “The radical Left’s use of the Parkland student survivors to further its anti-gun agenda is disgusting and ghoulish,” New Jersey 12th District Republican congressional candidate Daryl Kipnis said Friday. “These traumatized children, after living through a horrific event that saw their friends, classmates and teachers killed, are now being used as political pawns by so-called ‘adults’ in …

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In Your Opinion: Franklin Passed The Safety Test

By Bill Connell, Somerset Your letter asks good questions. They should eventually be answered, but it draws the eye away from the only issue that’s important, to me anyway.

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In Our Opinion: Prosecutor’s Letter About FHS Gun Incident Raises More Questions, Does A Disservice To Parents

As we have stated before, nature abhors a vacuum. Especially, we might add, when it’s an information vacuum.

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In Your Opinion: Transco Continues Misleading PR Campaign Regarding Compressor Toxins

By Kirk Frost. Transco has recently been publishing to newspapers, twitter and media releases in a mad dash to squash the significant and growing number of public input (greater than 2,500 people) that has raised serious issues regarding chemical emissions, environmental impact and long term chronic health impact to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  Transco persistently makes claims that …

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In Your Opinion: Williams-Transco Again Provided Misleading Statements On Proposed Compressor Station

By Barbara Cuthbert. When asked about concerns that air emissions from the proposed Compressor Station 206 could contaminate drinking water if a reservoir is constructed at Trap Rock Quarry when it stops mining in 2045, Williams-Transco spokesperson Christopher Stockton told the Editor of Franklin Reporter & Advocate that this would not be an issue.  He then noted, “The regulatory and …

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In Your Opinion: Transco Compressor Property Could Be Expanded

By Lynn Collins. Compressor Station 206 is proposed to be built on a 52-acre site with additional land to build an access road.  The company, Williams-Transco, noted that they needed at least 10 acres when they looked for a site for this part of their Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) project.

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