Ocean State Job Lot celebrated the grand opening of its Franklin Park store Dec. 1 by giving gifts to local organizations. The Rhode Island-based discount retailer opened its 133rd store in the country and fifth store in New Jersey at the Franklin Towne Center, at the corner of Route 27 and South Middlebush Road. A donation of $1,000 was made …
Read More »
The township’s newest store will hold its grand opening celebration at 1o a.m. Dec. 1. Ocean State Job Lot, which recently held a quiet opening in its store in the Franklin Towne Center at South Middlebush Road and Route 27, is planning several events to mark the grand opening of its fifth store in New Jersey. A 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting …
Read More »
Six people were injured Nov. 26 in a two-car crash at Easton Avenue and Landing Lane that closed Easton for more than two hours. Township police received a 9-1-1 call reporting the accident at about 7:03 a.m., according to a press release from the FTPD. Arriving officers found the occupants of both cars trapped in their vehicles. The investigation showed …
Read More »
The fifth Ocean State Job Lot store in New Jersey held a “soft opening” Nov. 21 at the Franklin Towne Center in Franklin Park. The Rhode Island-based discount retailer is occupying about 31,000 square feet in the strip center located at Route 27 and South MIddlebush Road. A self-styled “opportunistic buying” company, Ocean State Job Lot obtains most of its …
Read More »
For the fifth consecutive year, members of the U.S. Armed Forces serving abroad will be treated with candy donated by a local dentist’s patients. As he has for the past quinquennial, Dr. Joseph Haddad of Advanced Dental Arts on Easton Avenue offered to pay for excess candy collected on Halloween. This year, he said, people brought in more than 150 …
Read More »
Update: Butler was found guilty on Nov. 16 of endangering the welfare of a child in the third degree and criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree, according to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Butler faces five years in state prison when he is sentenced on Feb. 11, 2019. As part of the sentence, Butler will be …
Read More »
Update: Liem and Sanger were released on bond on Nov. 15. The two are still fighting deportation. Original Story: A federal district court judge on Feb. 2 temporarily stayed the deportation of two Indonesian men – one of whom is a Franklin Park resident – who were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The men, Gunawan Liem of Franklin Park …
Read More »
A Somerset man was among 38 people arrested for non-support in Somerset County last month. Mark Montgomery, 55, was arrested on Oct. 23 for owing $23,603.02 in back child support payments, according to a press release from the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. Arrests were conducted throughout Somerset County and elsewhere, according to the release. In total, those arrested owed nearly …
Read More »
A 35-year-old Plainfield man was killed Nov. 10 when his motorcycle crashed on Blackwells Mills Road, police said. Township police received a 9-1-1 call about the crash at approximately 11:37 p.m., according to a press release from Franklin Township Police. Responding officers found George Garrett on the ground, off the road, according to the release. Police said he was unresponsive …
Read More »
A 60-year-old township man has been charged with killing his 82-year-old mother in their home, authorities said. Dalton Chiscolm Jr. of Haverhill Place was charged with 1st Degree Homicide in connection with the death of his mother, Roberta Ann Taylor, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. An autopsy on Taylor showed that she died from …
Read More »
The Franklin Reporter & Advocate Eight Villages, One Community
