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[wpgmappity id=”13″]   Canal Road between Blackwells Mills and Butler roads is scheduled to be closed for repaving starting July 28. 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 …

The length of Baier Avenue from Hamilton Street to Franklin Boulevard will be paved starting about July 23, leading to sporadic closures over three days. Parking will be prohibited on the street during the work, which is scheduled daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to an announcement from the township. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …

The Middlebush Volunteer Fire Department is one of four in the township that will benefit from a $450,000 Department of Homeland Security grant awarded to Fire District 1. The federal Department of Homeland Security has awarded township Fire District No. 1 a $450,242 grant to replace members’ noncompliant breathing apparatus, according to a press release from U.S. Rep. Rush Holt …

A township DPW worker installs flags along DeMott Lane. Every year before Memorial Day, much of DeMott Lane is decorated with American flags hanging from utility polls. 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 …

Contracts for more than $1 million worth of road improvements were awarded at the July 8 Township Council meeting. The funding for the projects is included in the current budget. 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 …

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. 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 …

Franklin Township’s director of IT, Justin Heyman, speaks to attendees at the township’s recent Community Digital Forum. Photo: Franklin Township The Franklin Web site should be streaming Township Council meetings by the end of the year, according to the township’s Information Technology director. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

School board member Christine Danielsen, seen in this file photo, changed her mind at the June 26 Board of Education meeting and voted to move the $84 million referendum to December. 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 …

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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

Mayor Brian Levine, standing, ripped into RPM Management LLC for the company’s failure to initially install a handicapped-accessible door at the Parkside Senior housing building. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …