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Authorities are investigating information received by township police Feb. 23 which prompted an increased police presence at Franklin High School. The matter is the subject of an “ongoing juvenile investigation” by the FTPD and Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office detectives, SCPO spokesman Jack Bennett said in an email. “No additional information to be released at this time.” At about 1:50 p.m. …

Flemington, NJ- Steve Kalafer, the Chairman of Flemington Car and Truck Country Family of Brands and the Somerset Patriots Baseball Club, was the keynote speaker at the Small Biz Networking Group Meetup event on Tuesday, February 20th. “The definition of success is what you’ve accomplished with others, the fairness and equity in which you deal with people, and how you …

A 14-year-old township boy was arrested and suspended from school in connection with his allegedly making an online threat against Franklin High School on Feb. 15. Police and district officials determined the threat to not be credible before the youth was arrested, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. No students were ever in danger, the …

Three families were displaced following a fire Feb. 13 at Kingsberry Acres. No residents were injured in the blaze, but a Franklin Township Police officer was treated for a minor injury, according to a press release from the FTPD. The Kingsberry Drive blaze was initially reported at 6:26 a.m., according to the release. Arriving officers found one home fully engulfed …

[huge_it_maps id=”6″] There were no apparent injuries Feb. 9 after a shotgun was fired out of a car in the Rachel Court/Beekman Road area, police said. The car left the area after the shots were fired, said Franklin Township Police spokesman Lt. Phil Rizzo. “Multiple” shotgun shells were found on Beekman, near its intersection with Rachel, Rizzo said. Rizzo said …

Township police are seeking the public’s help in locating the driver of a car that may have damaged the historic Griggstown bridge tender’s station. On Feb. 6, police were alerted to damage to the station, located at the Griggstown Causeway off Canal Road, according to a press release from the FTPD. The station was last seen undamaged on Dec. 31, …

Masala Bay, an Indian-Fusion restaurant on Easton Avenue, celebrated its second anniversary Feb. 5 with an in-restaurant party. The Franklin Reporter & Advocate was there to live stream some of the celebration, including a peek in the kitchen of chef/owner Anita Amin and her special naan bread recipe. https://www.facebook.com/franklinreporter/videos/1409843005794074/  

ShopRite of Somerset on Elizabeth Avenue has a new Registered Dietician. Marisa Wagner offers her services at no charge at the store, and joins more than 100 other dieticians at ShopRite stores in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. “As we kick off our ‘Fuel Better’ campaign, we’re excited to expand our wellness services at ShopRite of …

Two men were arrested and a third is still at large in connection with a Jan. 27 incident that began with a robbery in Green Brook and ended with an attempted carjacking and an abandoned getaway vehicle in the township. Antwon Barksdale, 19, of Irvington, and Mario Cumberbatch, 32, of Brooklyn, N.Y. were arrested on various charges, including armed robbery, …

Update 2: NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said he has “serious concerns” regarding how ICE picked up Liem and Sanger, according to a press release. In a Jan. 25 letter to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Grewal wrote that “the fact that ICE arrested two parents as they were driving away from their children’s school is deeply upsetting. I …