Mayor Phil Kramer reads the commendation given to representatives of East Millstone at the November 26 Township Council meeting. The historic village of East Millstone and a group of environmental stewards were recognized at the November 26 Township Council meeting. The Council commended East Millstone for being named a “Great Neighborhood” by the New Jersey chapter of the American Planning …

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 …

The township’s two youth baseball leagues kicked off their 2019 seasons on April 5 with parades, while the soccer program fancied a more low-key opening. In total, nearly 900 township kids were playing either soccer or baseball, after the Franklin Township Baseball League, the Franklin Township-South Bound Brook Little League and the Franklin Township Soccer Club held their season openings. …

Six township residents came up winners in the annual photo contest sponsored by the township Trails Advisory Committee. Five of the winners received their prizes at the Sept. 12 committee meeting. The winners will have their photos featured in the committee’s upcoming calendar. The winners are: Overall winner: Corrine Prochazka Adult Photo Contest Navjot Singh Caasi Santiago Bapinder Long Kristen …

The Franklin JFK Club – the township’s Democrat organization – held its annual picnic July 21 at the gazebo in Middlebush Park. Club members mingled and feasted on hamburgers, hot dogs and various accompaniments, while state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17) had his crew there to make pizzas. This is an off-year for the Township Council, so the only candidates who …

The Township Council on May 22 approved a number of purchases of goods and services, including more than $500,000 in contracts for upgrades and equipment at several park playgrounds. Among the resolutions approved were: A $517,330.61 contract with Murray Paving & Concrete of Paramus for the first two phases of the municipal building window replacement program. A $30,000 contract with …

Township officials will ask the Somerset County Parks Commission for permission to allow hunting on at least one of the county owned golf courses located in Franklin. Township Manager Robert Vornlocker and Tara Kenyon, the township’s open space consultant, will make the request after the idea received the endorsement of the Open Space Advisory Committee at its April 17 meeting. …

With its last recommendation on the subject barely seven months old, the Open Space Advisory Committee Jan. 16 agreed to take a “full-scale” look at the township’s deer hunting program. The decision came after Mayor Phil Kramer told the committee that some members of the Township Council were interested in exploring expanding the program. Discussion on the program will probably …

By Scott Siegel, Somerset. My opponent talks of stable taxes, smart budgeting, against future development and increased transparency. He fails on all four. From 2011 to 2016 only three of the 22 governmental units in Somerset County have raised taxes higher than Franklin Township. Statewide, towns that have recent financials online we rank in the bottom 23 percent. If you …

An Eagle Scout and the leader of a township-based cancer support organization were in the spotlight at the Sept. 26 Township Council meeting. Joseph Repsher, an Eagle Scout with Boy Scout Troop 113, chartered by Somerset Presbyterian Church, was commended for attaining the highest rank in scouting, and Dorothy Reed, co-founder and president of the Sisters Network of Central New …