Graphic: Franklin Township Board of Education. Update: The Board of Education adopted the 2016-17 budget at its April 28 meeting. Original Story: Upward revisions in the assessed valuation of township property has nearly halved the tax increase originally called for in the 2016-17 Board of Education budget. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …
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Members of the Library Board of Trustees listen as trustee Nicholas Ciampa, center, right, talks about costs involved with televising board meetings. At the prompting of Mayor Phillip Kramer, the Library Board of Trustees is researching the cost of recording and televising its monthly meetings. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …
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Residents line up to speak during a June, 2015 public hearing on Catalpa Park. A Parsippany firm was tapped by the Township Council April 12 to provide a traffic study for the proposed Catalpa Park. 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 …
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Township officials are reviewing more than $200,000 in requests for Community Development Block Grants, but the program’s administrator warned that some of the requests will not be filled. The township’s 2016 CDBG figure has not yet been arrived at, program administrator Deborah Mitchell told the Township Council at its March 22 meeting, but requests in one category exceed what the …
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Updates: April 12: 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 consider a yearly subscription to our online news site; at $37 a …
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A North Brunswick firm will supply the township with a sound system for Middlebush Park. A North Brunswick firm was chosen March 8 to provide a sound system for Middlebush Park. 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 …
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The Easton-Willow avenues intersection is one of two on the county road that will undergo renovations starting around March 14. A $1 million project to upgrade two Easton Avenue intersections is set to begin on March 14 and is expected to last up to four months. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …
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Interim Board of Education business administrator James Strimple talks about the preliminary 2016-17 district budget. The 2016-17 school district budget won’t be firmed up for another month, but preliminary figures show it will trigger a small uptick in the school tax rate. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …
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The Township Council Feb. 23 introduced its 2016 budget. Updates: 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 consider a yearly subscription to …
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The township school district will receive more than $15 million in total school aid from the state for the 2016-17 school year. The township school district in 2016-17 will receive the highest amount of Pre-K state aid and the second-highest increase in its K-12 state aid in Somerset County, according to figures recently released by the state Department of Education. Don’t Miss …
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