Taxes

Township Manager Robert Vornlocker delineated the proposed 2019 township budget at the March 26 Township Council meeting. The township was able to hold the line on municipal taxes in its proposed 2019 budget, but a mandatory hike in the library tax means an overall increase in local property taxes for township residents this year. The $61,931,338 proposed budget was introduced …

A page from the 2013 study commissioned by the state DEP showing the area in which a proposed boardwalk and bridge would be placed. (Source: NJ DEP.) Update: John Hutchison, the D&R Canal Commission’s executive director, shed more light on the issue. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …

An artist’s rendering of the proposed Franklin Township Youth Center projected during the March 20 Planning Board meeting. A new library branch, a fitness center and music and video studios are just some of the amenities that will be included in the Franklin Township Youth Center when it opens on Lewis Street. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally goes through the proposed budget at the special school board finance committee open hearing March 18 at Franklin High School. Another increase in the value of township properties is contributing to a projected slight decrease in the school tax rate, the Board of Education’s business administrator said March 18. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet …

John Loos of the Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission speaks to the Township Council March 12 about a pedestrian bridge to the D&R Canal towpath. The Township Council wants to know more about a proposed $500,000 pedestrian bridge to the Delaware & Raritan Canal towpath near Easton Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet …

Township Manager Robert Vornlocker, left, and DPW manager Carl Hauck at the Feb. 11 Council budget meeting. Franklin is in a “very good, strong financial position,” the Township Council was told at a Feb. 19 special budget meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …

Township residents looking for information during emergencies now have another outlet, an AM radio station. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only do that with your support. Please …

An ordinance establishing a “safe zone” for online business transactions, sponsored by Councilman Will Galtieri, was approved at the Oct. 9 meeting. A “safe zone” for residents to conduct online business exchanges will be established in front of police headquarters under an ordinance approved at the Oct. 9 Township Council meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …

File photo. Not all private school students will be afforded bus transportation by the school district this year. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the only truly independent media serving the Eight Villages. But we can only do that with …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally stands to earn nearly $30,000 in merit pay at the end of the coming school year if he meets five goals set for him by the school board. Schools Superintendent John Ravally stands to earn another $29,000 at the end of the upcoming school year, based on five goals approved Aug 23 by the Board of …