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Members of Franklin Township PBA Local 154 will receive 2 percent and 3 percent salary hikes during the course of new 5-year contracts approved Sept. 25 by the Township Council. The contracts had previously been ratified by the membership of PBA 154 and the PBA 154 Supervisory Officers Association. The contracts are retroactively in effect as of Jan. 1, 2019, …

The intersection of Cedar Grove Lane and Amwell Road is one of two that will receive upgrades during the project. A repaving project on a section of Amwell Road is expected to begin later this month and extend into October. Amwell between DeMott and Cedar Grove lanes will be repaved, and new ADA-compliant traffic and pedestrian signalization will be installed …

The township is considering building a “grandparents’ park” at the corner of Willow Avenue and New Brunswick Road. The township is considering building a “multi-generational” park at the corner of New Brunswick Road and Willow Avenue. The park, also known as a “grandparents’ park,” would be built on about an acre of the 24.63 acres of Green Acres open space …

The owners of 58 properties south of Route 518 have received bottled water from the township as a result of issues with a partial water main replacement near the Ten Mile Run bridge. The end of a temporary boil water alert for nearly 60 properties in the Route 27 area, south of Route 518, could be just weeks away, a …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally stands to earn more than $29,000 in merit bonuses during the upcoming school year. A series of five goals worth up to more than $29,000 for schools Superintendent John Ravally was approved at the Aug. 22 Board of Education meeting. The merit bonuses are part of Ravally’s salary package; Ravally is in the third year of …

Dignitaries participate in the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Franklin Township Youth Center on Aug. 15. A day that Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois has thought about for years arrived Aug. 15 with the groundbreaking of the Franklin Township Youth Center on Lewis Street. Targeted for the land that once held the Somerset Community Action Program headquarters, the 24,000-square-foot, $9.8 million youth …

High levels of coliform bacteria in the water has delayed the opening of the Colonial Park Spray Park. High levels of coliform bacteria in the water have scuttled plans for an Aug. 16 ribbon-cutting of the Colonial Park Spray Park. The latest test results on the water, expected back to the Somerset County Park Commission by the evening of Aug. …

Township Manager Robert Vornlocker said he expects to launch a nationwide search to find a person with long law enforcement experience to be the township’s Public Safety Director. The township is expected to launch a nationwide search to fill its newly created Public Safety Director position. The Council created the position Aug. 13 in a unanimous vote to approve amendments …

Some of the water-spraying equipment at the Colonial Park Spray Park, set to open on Aug. 1. Update: Somerset County Park Commission officials are waiting to receive the final state environmental approval before opening the spray park, which will delay the opening past the expected Aug. 1. Construction on the spray park, located in Colonial Park, is expected to be …

The Somerset County Parks Commission is moving forward with plans to demolish and reconstruct the Perennial Garden in Colonial Park. (File photo.) A project to demolish and reconstruct the Perennial Garden in Colonial Park is expected to start in late August. The garden, a popular site for wedding pictures and other events, is expected to be restored by mid-November. Bids …