FLEMINGTON – The Flemington Car & Truck Country Family of Brands donated $200 each to the Parent-Teacher Organizations of MacAfee Road and the soon-to-be-opened Claremont elementary schools on May 18. The donations were made by Steve Kalafer, the dealership’s founding chairman. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the …
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Frank Hasner, Dan Sytsma, Karen and Mark Mellillo, left to right, after the donation presentation. The Franklin Food Bank was the beneficiary May 15 of a local firm’s celebration of three decades in business. 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 …
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A 40-year-old township man was sentenced on May 11 to more than 17 years in state prison after his convictions on seven counts of sexual crimes. Thomas Canales was sentenced by state Superior Court Judge Colleen Flynn, sitting in New Brunswick, to 17 1/2 years in state prison. He will have to serve 85 percent of 16 years of that …
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Authorities are seeking the public’s help in locating the suspect in a May 8 stabbing in the Hempstead Drive area. Township police received a 9-1-1 call at about 9:57 p.m. of shots fired in the area, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …
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FTPD Sgt. Mark Reiner takes off with Team Franklin in the 2018 Police Unity TOur. The front of township police headquarters was once again the starting point for several hundred law enforcement officers who set off on the 2018 Police Unity Tour early in the morning of May 10. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …
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Franklin Township Police Officer Keith Hermann and his wife, Nadine, after he received a State PBA Bronze Valor Award Nov. 18 at Harrah’s in Atlantic City. Photo: Darrin Russo. A Franklin Township Police Officer is among four recipients of the 2018 200 Club of Somerset County Valor Awards. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you …
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The Rutgers Plaza Kmart is slated to close in late July, according to a spokesman from parent company Sears Holdings. The Rutgers Plaza Kmart is the apparent latest victim in Sears Holdings’ trimming-down effort with the confirmation May 7 that the store will close in late July. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the …
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Police said the driver of this Jeep Wrangler struck another car at JFK Boulevard and Hamilton Street before careening into the traffic light. Photo: PJ Parker. A 41-year-old township woman was injured May 5 after her car was hit by another at John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Hamilton Street. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings …
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Willy Diez, far left, along with three other Briad GM’s named as Top 200 GM’s for 2017. Photo: The Wendy’s Company. The general manager of the Somerset Wendy’s restaurant on Easton Avenue has been named one of Wendy’s 200 Top general managers for 2017. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …
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A township man is the latest of four Franklin residents to plead guilty to a charge of operating or participating in a multi-county cocaine distribution ring. Michael “Augue” Rodriguez, 40, of Somerset pleaded guilty on April 30 to a first degree count of being the leader of a narcotics trafficking network, according to a press release from the Middlesex County …
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