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Bryan Bidlack of Charles Street told the Township Council that the issue of installing a sound system in Middlebush Park is of concern to all Middlebush village residents. 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 …

Board of Education vice president Eva Nagy told board members that the $85 million referendum would probably have to be put off until December. The $85 million school district referendum that has been planned for September may not happen until December. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …

Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates’ Dwight Pfennig talks to the Board of Education at the June 19 meeting. 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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

Lee Nunery of Hazard, Young & Attea Associates, the search firm helping the school district find a new schools Superintendent, speaks to parents at the June 10 outreach session. The characteristics and traits that should be embodied by the next schools Superintendent will be discussed at the June 19 Board of Education meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet …

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. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet …

That fact that the Franklin Township school district was not among the seven districts recently sued over their enrollment policies does not mean it’s off the hook. The New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union made good June 2 on a threat issued to a number of school districts in the state – Franklin’s among them – which …

A Lafayette-based contractor has been tapped to replace the Steep Hill Brook Bridge on Blackwells Mills Road. The contract was awarded by the Somerset County Freeholders at their May 13 meeting. 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 …

Gauguin Way resident Yazmin Casdtro told the Township Council that speakers in Middlebush Park will adversely affect the value of surrounding homes. Township Councilwoman Roz Sherman (D-Ward 2) has entered the fray over whether a permanent sound system should be installed at the Middlebush Park football fields. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

Township Manager Robert Vornlocker told the council it saved about $100,000 by waiting a few days to fix a damaged piece of road on Franklin Boulevard. A water main break over the Memorial Day weekend has been fixed, and the damaged road repaired. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …

Dwight Pfennig and Leroy Nunery, left to right, will help lead the Board of Education in its search for a new schools Superintendent. The Board of Education’s search for a new schools Superintendent is barely underway, but “seven or eight” hopefuls have already submitted applications, the school board was told May 15. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …