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Gary Finger, an ombudsman with the state Board of Public Utilities, told the Township Council about energy aggregation. The “how to” of the township entering into an energy aggregation contract was explained to the Township Council at its March 24 meeting. Gary Finger, an ombudsman from the state Board of Public Utilities, explained the process by which the township would …

Township Councilman Carl R.A. Wright said March 24 that the council needs to approve money to install sidewalks where children are walking to school in the street. The proposed 2014 budget that will be presented to the Township Council next month includes a slight tax increase and money for street repaving and a controversial sidewalk construction plan. Don’t Miss Out! …

The township salt dome on Berry Street is in need of replacement. Voices got a little loud at the March 20 Board of Education meeting when a Township Councilman and the board president engaged in a heated discussion about a meeting between among members of both bodies. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …

LeRoy Seitz of Long Branch was named interim schools Superintendent March 20 by the Board of Education. A 40-year educational veteran – and veteran of a very public dust-up with Gov. Chris Christie – was named interim schools Superintendent March 20 by the Board of Education. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

The Board of Education was told at its March 19 meeting that staff cuts would be necessary to fill a budget gap if substitute teachers were not outsourced. Teacher and paraprofessional layoffs and a slight property tax increase are in the offing under a $142 million preliminary 2014-2015 school year operating budget approved March 19 by the Board of Education. …

The township has had to replace about 30 mailboxes damaged by snow plows this season. This year’s rash of heavy snow storms has forced the township to so far spend about 2.5 times the average in snow removal costs. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …

Purchases worth $53,950 and a number of professional and service contracts were awarded by the Township Council at the March 11 meeting. The council approved the $44,000 purchase of technical support for land development software from Spatial Data Logic of Somerset through Feb. 28, 2015. The software is used by a number of township departments, including building, land use, code …

Former schools Superintendent Edward Seto at his last Board of Education meeting, Jan. 29, 2014. The Board of Education paid its attorney nearly $20,000 for legal work connected with negotiating with the former schools Superintendent to leave his position before his contract ran out. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …

School district business administrator John Calavano said the district did not receive funding for all the referendum-related grants for which it applied because the state could not fund all the applications it received. With nearly $4 million guaranteed for the proposed $85 million school referendum eyed for September, the Board of Education Feb. 27 approved applications for more than $79.7 …

The Franklin Township school district will receive about $13.2 million in state aid in the 2014-2015 school year, a 1.2 percent increase over this year’s aid. State aid to the district was flat for the 2013-2014 school year, coming in at the same $12,991,848 as in the 2012-2013 school year. The district saw a $1.4 million bump – nearly 12 …