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It was a chance trip to a township restaurant that led the owners of Rosalind’s Fashion to pick Franklin as their store’s new home. The store, located in the Village Plaza shopping center at 1075 Easton Ave., held its grand opening on March 31. It occupies the space formerly held by longtime tenant R&R Printing. Co-owner Mona Davis said it …

Franklin Township and three other Somerset County towns reported one bias incident each in 2016, according to a report released by the state Attorney General’s Office. That was a reduction from the two bias crimes reported in Franklin in 2015, according to the report, which was released on March 27. The four bias crimes recorded in Somerset County in 2016 …

  Somerset Family Physical Therapy is holding a food drive for the Franklin Food Bank. The drive is gong on through April 27 at the practice’s office at 14M Worlds Fair Drive, as a prelude to the Food Bank’s Tour de Franklin fundraising bike tour. Items currently in demand include peanut butter, jelly, pasta, canned sauce, canned beans, rice, canned …

            All photos, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A month-long joint-agency investigation resulted earlier this month in the seizure of more than $4,000 worth of illegal narcotics and the arrests of three people charged with distributing drugs in the township and New Brunswick. The detainees stated that all drug purchases were made on the darknet website …

A 17-year-old township youth faces weapon and narcotics charges after he was found with a loaded handgun and drug paraphernalia in Franklin Middle school. The youth was part of the school district’s “Road to Success” alternative high school program, which is run out of the middle school. The program is geared to help those students having difficulty in high school …

Submitted by Unity Bank. Unity Bank has been named one of the 2018 Best Places to Work in New Jersey in the small/medium category. It is the second year in a row that Unity has been honored by the survey and awards program, which identifies, recognizes and honors the top places of employment in New Jersey that benefit the state’s …

Township Clerk Ann Marie McCarthy returned to her job March 9 after the Somerset County Prosecutor dropped insurance fraud charges against her. McCarthy was “not available for comment” the day she returned, said Deputy Township Clerk Msiba Holliman. Holliman was Acting Clerk in McCarthy’s absence. McCarthy was charged on Dec. 14, 2017 with 3rd Degree Insurance Fraud and 3rd Degree …

The discovery by a Franklin Middle School student of a bullet in the school gym March 6 led to a lock down and search by township police. No weapons or other ammunition was found in the search of school lockers and student backpacks, according to statements released by the school district. Students were cleared to leave about two hours hours …

Questions remain unanswered in the Feb. 23 arrest in Franklin High School of a 17-year-old township youth who was allegedly found with a loaded gun in school. According to a Feb. 27 press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, the youth was found to have a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun in his backpack. The youth – whose name was …

A 70-year-old township man and retired math teacher has been released from Somerset County Jail following his Feb. 23 arrest on child pornography related charges. Kent Kollmer of Norris Road in Somerset was released through a court order, according to court documents. Kollmer taught math for nearly 40 years in New Brunswick High School, retiring in 2010, according to records …