Two hectic days of meetings and negotiations – highlighted by an apparent revolt by bus drivers against their former company – ended Jan. 6 with the Board of Education transferring the contract for the bulk of the district’s school bus routes to a new company. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …
Read More »Committee Snub Sparks Claims Of Partisanship From Mayor Levine
Mayor Brian Levine at the Jan. 1, 2014 Township Council reorganization meeting. Sparks flew at the Township Council reorganization meeting Jan. 1 when the all-Democrat Council refused to place Republican Mayor Brian Levine on a key township committee. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …
Read More »Photos and Video: Township Council Reorganizes With Help From Sen. Booker, Rep. Holt
It’s not uncommon to have special guess show up at municipal reorganization meetings. But it is a bit unusual to have a sitting U.S. Senator and Congressman appear at the sessions. 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 …
Read More »School District Looking For Temporary Personnel Director
The school district is in search of a temporary personnel director. The former director, Gail Reicheg, left earlier this month to accept a similar position in the Moorestown, Burlington County, school system. 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 …
Read More »School District’s Largest Bus Contractor Files For Bankruptcy, Routes In Limbo
Atlantic Express, the company that transports about half of the district’s school children, will not exist after the New Year. School district officials are waiting to see what happens in the bankruptcy proceedings of the Staten Island, N.Y. based bus company that transports nearly half of the district’s 8,000 students. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township …
Read More »School Board to Seto: Look Into Privatizing Teachers’ Aides
Schools Superintendent Edward Seto was directed by the Board of Education to include privatizing paraprofessionals in his office’s search for budget savings. Schools Superintendent Edward Seto on Dec. 19 was given the green light to study privatizing the school district’s 125 paraprofessionals next year. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …
Read More »School Board Member: Probably No Referendum Until September 2014
Board of Education member Richard Seamon said it does not look as though the district’s proposed referendum can be held until at least September 2014. It’s looking as though the school district’s planned $85 million referendum won’t be held until at least September. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented …
Read More »Seto to School Board: Consider Privatizing Teachers’ Aides
Schools Superintendent Edward Seto. For the third time in three years, schools Superintendent Edward Seto has suggested privatizing the district’s paraprofessionals. 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 …
Read More »Update: District Poised to Fire Former Elizabeth Avenue Elementary School Assistant Principal Following Hunterdon County Drug Arrest
John NortonPhoto: N.J. State Police The former assistant principal of Elizabeth Avenue Elementary School was going to be fired had he not resigned on Dec. 8, according to the district schools Superintendent. 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 …
Read More »Township Council Buys RADAR Units, Dump Truck
Resolutions to buy nine RADAR units for township police cars and a dump truck with a plow were approved at the Dec. 11 Township Council meeting. The council also voted to award bids for HVAC maintenance and repairs for township buildings, extend its current snow plowing contract and increases in two attorneys’ retainers at the meeting. Don’t Miss Out! No …
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