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More than $200,000 in equipment purchases for the police department were approved at the July 8 Township Council meeting. The council voted to buy seven vehicles and six portable computers. Winner Ford Fleet of Cherry Hill was awarded a contract for one Ford F150 truck for $31,098. The council also voted to buy six Ford Interceptor police vehicles for $165,289. …

The Franklin Web site should be streaming Township Council meetings by the end of the year, according to the township’s Information Technology director. Once council meetings are streamed live, the effort will be turned to stream Planning Board and Zoning board meetings, he said. Also on tap: an interactive online directory of the township’s parks and trails. The updates were part of …

It took a last-minute change of heart on the part of one member, but the Board of Education June 26 decided to move the $84 million referendum vote from September 30 to December 9. The move had been requested by Nick Demeglio, head of “One Less Move,” the grassroots citizens’ committee that is trying to build support for the issue. …

The first step toward financing the township’s $2.5 million 2014 road program was taken at the June 24 Township Council meeting. The council approved on second reading a bond ordinance for about $2.4 million of the cost, which will cover 27 township roads. The work will include milling, paving overlay and resurfacing of the roads. Included in the program are: Archer Avenue …

Funding for all but one of the 14 applications submitted for the township’s 2014 Community Development Block Grant program were approved June 24 by the Township Council. The only group that received none of its requested funding was the township’s Pop Warner Football program, which asked for $10,000 to install additional lighting for its practice fields. RPM Management LLC, which …

The lobbying effort against installing a sound system at the Middlebush Park sports complex continued at the June 24 Township Council meeting, with a cadre of Middlebush residents once again showing up to press their case. An announcement by township manager Robert Vornlocker that a noise expert from Rutgers University has been asked to provide the council and local residents with …

The $85 million school district referendum that has been planned for September may not happen until December. The Board of Education at its June 26th meeting is scheduled to vote on a motion that would push the vote back three months. The main reason for the change is that the grassroots referendum citizens’ committee,”One Less Move,” has asked for more time …

The Board of Education hopes to interview prospective schools Superintendent candidates in the two months leading up to the 2014-2015 school year, the board’s vice president said June 19. Eva Nagy, sitting in for board president Julia Presley, said that the board is “on track” in looking for the district’s next top executive. “We’re working toward our goal of finding …

The characteristics and traits that should be embodied by the next schools Superintendent will be discussed at the June 19 Board of Education meeting. Information gleaned from an online survey, meetings with parents, board members, faculty and staff, township officials and the community at large has been distilled by the district’s search firm, Hazard, Young & Attea Associates. Firm representatives will …

Traffic on a portion of New Brunswick Road will be tied up for the next two weeks as the busy artery is given a facelift. The work on the portion of the road between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and DeMott Lane began June 9. The work will include milling and repaving the street. The Township Council at its April 22 …