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A 52-year-old Hillsborough man has been charged with bank robberies in Franklin and other towns. Mark Elbaum was arrested at about 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 29 in Hillsborough, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Elbaum was charged with two counts of 2nd Degree Robbery for the Oct. 1 robbery of Financial Resources Federal Credit Union …

A 36-year-old Somerset man has been charged with vehicular homicide in the Sept. 28 death of a Rutgers student in New Brunswick. David Stewart has been charged by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office with with 3rd Degree Strict Liability Vehicular Homicide for being under the influence of marijuana when his car hit and killed a 19-year-old Colts Neck man on …

As many as 100 new jobs will come to the township as a result of a planned expansion at Ferrero USA on Cottontail Lane. The expansion, which will bring the company’s packaging and warehousing facility to 67,000 square feet, was commemorated Oct. 18 with a groundbreaking attended by company officials and township, county and federal dignitaries. The expansion should be …

Franklin will be getting a second Dollar Tree store with the scheduled opening of an Elizabeth Avenue location on Nov. 8. The store will fill the space formerly occupied by Rite Aid, 464 Elizabeth Ave., before the location was closed after the sale of more than 2,000 Rite Aids to Walgreen’s. Dollar Tree has another location in the Rutgers Plaza …

By PJ Parker. Members of Somerset Family Physical Therapy on World’s Fair Drive walked Oct. 14 in the Central Jersey “Autism Speaks” 5K Walk. The walk was held on the grounds of the Educational Testing Systems campus in Princeton. They walked with one of their patients to bring awareness to a charity dear to her heart. Joan Farrell, a four-year …

Part of Easton Avenue will be closed for several hours Oct. 7 for a continuing investigation into a fatal accident. Easton Avenue between Cedar Grove Lane and Willow Avenue will be closed for “two to three hours” starting at 8 a.m., according to Franklin Township Police Department Lt. Phil Rizzo and Somerset County Public Safety. “The closure is necessary as …

A 59-year-old Clinton woman was killed and two other people were injured Oct. 4 in an auto accident at Easton Avenue and Culver Street, police said. The accident happened shortly before 2 p.m., police said, when a 2005 Dodge Ram pickup driven southbound on Easton Avenue by Jhonny Herrera, 40, of North Brunswick struck a 1999 Lexus RX300 driven by …

Students at Paint Fun Studio in Franklin Park have been making their mark on the national and international art worlds. Students recently won awards in a German art competition, a national aviation art competition, an international peace art competition and have had their work appear in national consumer and art magazines. Taffy Chan won first place in the BMW Berlin …

Amazon is coming to the township, bringing with it more than 1,300 jobs in a “receive center” targeted for Weston Canal and Randolph roads. The Planning Board on Oct. 3 gave final approval to Bridge Pointe Somerset to modify one of three warehouse buildings that had won board approval in June. The building needed to be reduced in size from …

Update: Authorities are looking for an 18-year-old township man in connection with the attempted burglary of a Hillsborough home in August. An arrest warrant has been issued for Omar S. Griggs, whose last known address was on Hempstead Drive, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Griggs and Jhamir Hoagland have been indicted on a number …