A 26-year-old Somerville man was arrested on an outstanding warrant after he was found unresponsive in a township motel room by the Somerset County SWAT team. The man, Ian Bockus, was found in the room on Aug. 18 with self-inflicted knife wounds on his left wrist, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Don’t Miss Out! …
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A 47-year-old township man suffered a head injury and broken arm Aug. 17 after his motorcycle collided with an ambulance at Franklin Boulevard and Highland Avenue, police said. Louis Kadubic of Somerset was riding his 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highland while Jason Meizenis, 43, was driving the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital ambulance on Franklin Blvd., with the auto’s …
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Aug. 8 Michael Laing of Franklin Park was cited for improper passing after his car struck one on Jacques Lane driven by Viralkuma Shah, also of Franklin Park. Laing’s car was passing the other when they collided. Aug. 9 Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter …
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A township-based cardiologist faces 10 years in prison and more than $700,000 in restitution and settlements after pleading guilty to charging the Veterans Administration for hundreds of procedures that were never completed. Dr. Apostolos Voudouris – whose main practice is in Jersey City but who provided services to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange – pleaded guilty to …
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A fire broke out in this downstairs unit on Gregory Lane, in the Society Hill development. Update: A 73-year-old woman was killed Aug 13 when fire ripped through her Society Hill condominium, authorities said. 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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Wendy Riga, incoming president of the Elizabeth Avenue School PTO, township resident Darrin Russo, Steve Kalafer, president of the Flemington Car & Truck Country Family of Brands, Jen Hughes, an EAS teacher, and PJ Parker, Franklin Reporter & Advocate Co-Publisher, left to right, during the live-streaming of the check donation. Photo: Makala Barsolona. A program initiated by Flemington Car & …
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Tamar Reaves. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. An 18-year-old Somerset man faces murder and other charges after police said he shot an 18-year-old woman in the neck in front of her Battle Place home on Aug. 9. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …
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Owners Charmayne and Clinton Fleming (left to right, holding “Open” sign) prior to the grand opening of Zoup! in the Cedar Grove Center. Clinton Fleming had more than 30 years under his belt as an electrical engineer when he decided he wanted to do something different. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …
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More than $24,000 worth of jewelry and other items were stolen from a Kingsberry Drive home on Aug. 8, police said. No information was provided on how the thefts occurred. The thefts were reported at 1:35 p.m. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. …
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Aug. 1 The hood on a car parked on Reeve Street was damaged. Cars driven by Myra Chanez and Monica Jackson, both of Somerset, collided on Hamilton Street. Chanez said she was turning left into a driveway when Jackson’s car passed her on the left and the two collided. Jackson said Chanez pulled out of a parking space on Hamilton …
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