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Members of the township’s Senior Softball League were told November 13 that conditions on their playing fields should improve next season. Two representatives of the township’s Senior Softball League were told November 13 that conditions on their playing fields would improve by next season. The word came from Alice Osipowitz, the township’s recreation director, who told the two representatives that …

Schools Superintendent John Ravally speaks during the gathering at Franklin Park School. Some of the rooms will be ready to use by early next month, but township officials want the public’s input on designing the rest of the public spaces at the Board of Education’s new administrative campus on Route 27. The board acquired the buildings at the former Consolata …

The owners of 58 properties south of Route 518 have received bottled water from the township as a result of issues with a partial water main replacement near the Ten Mile Run bridge. The end of a temporary boil water alert for nearly 60 properties in the Route 27 area, south of Route 518, could be just weeks away, a …

Work on the Amwell Road reconstruction project is expected to begin later this year. Graphic: Somerset County Engineer Sometime near the end of 2020, a 1.25-mile stretch of Amwell Road will look different than it does today. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …

Dolores Holst smashes a bottle of champagne against the bumper of Griggstown Volunteer Fire Company’s new ruck at the June 16 dedication. Members of the Griggstown Volunteer Fire Company capped off a three-year effort June 16 with the dedication of their new pumper truck. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …

Mayor Phil Kramer said a potential land swap deal between the township and school district would be a “win-win-win.” (File photo.) A deal through which the school district and township would swap land – leading to a new home for the district’s administration – could soon come to fruition. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …

Township officials called the Consolata property purchase one of the most important in township history. (File photo). As promised, the Township Council Oct. 24 began the process to change the way it will fund the purchase of the 65-acre Consolata property on Route 27. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …

Fire fighters get last-minute instruction in their new bailout gear Oct. 7 in the Rutgers Plaza parking lot. Firefighters from East Franklin and Community fire departments converged on the Rutgers Plaza parking lot Oct. 7 for training in newly purchased gear designed to save their lives. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

Bunker Hill Road is scheduled to be resurfaced starting Sept. 29, and the work is expected to last two to three weeks. The resurfacing of Bunker Hill Road from Canal Road to Route 27 is set to start during the evening of Sept. 29. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …

Traffic stops temporarily Sept. 1 as final debris is removed from the work site on South Middlebush Road, minutes after the road’s reopening. South Middlebush Road was reopened on Sept. 1, to the apparent delight of many township residents. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …