Nearly $7,000 in electronics, clothing and medications was stolen April 1 from a car parked on Appleton Road. Police did not say whether the car, a 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe, was locked at the time. 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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March 28 Kyle Zeigler of Hillsborough was cited for careless driving after police said he lost control of his car on Weston Canal Road and hit a utility pole. March 29 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 the only truly …
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The Hamilton Street Advisory Board will ask the Township Council to reduce the compliance time of its graffiti ordinance. The Hamilton Street Advisory Board will ask the Township Council for a modification to the township’s anti-graffiti ordinance. 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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March 21 Maria Rodriguez of Somerset was cited for careless driving after her collided with one at Route 27 and Henry Street driven by Norman Daniels of New Brunswick. Rodriguez was turning from Henry to Rt. 27, she said she did not see Daniels’ car. Dominique Sanders of Newark was cited for driving while on the suspended list after his …
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March 15 Abdul Hunter, 27, of Carteret, was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Bogdan Oleksuk of Somerset was driving down Easton Avenue when a deer jumped the concrete median and ran in front of his car. Oleksuk’s car hit the deer, then came to a stop. A car driven by Patrick Nurthen of Ocean rear-ended Oleksuk’s car. A car driven …
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Tyree Cook. Photo: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. MANVILLE – A borough man suspected of a number of burglaries is in critical condition after being shot by a Franklin Township police officer after allegedly breaking into the officer’s home here. 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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March 7 Viswanath Papineni of Somerset was cited for careless driving after his car collided with one at Fuller Street and Franklin Boulevard, driven by Malcolm Smullen of Piscataway. Smullen said he was on Franklin when Papineni’s car pulled out in front of his. Antone Watts of Elizabeth was cited for careless driving after his panel truck collided with a …
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The Garden State Exhibit Center on Atrium Drive may soon become a 6th Avenue Electronics warehouse. The Garden State Exhibit and Convention Center on Atrium Drive will soon close its doors, but the building will not be vacant for long. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …
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A 74-year-old township woman suffered possible life-threatening injuries and two other people were injured in a March 9 auto accident at the intersection of Arden Street and Girard Avenue. Police said Priscilla Roberson, 74, of Somerset, had to be “heavily extracted” from her 1993 Volvo after the early afternoon accident, which, police said, was apparently caused when Roberson drove through …
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Feb. 28 Louis Ord of Somerset was cited for careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident after his car struck a parked car in the basement parking lot of Harrison Towers. Ord was trying to park at the time. Ord told police that he was tired and wanted to go to sleep; he said he and the other …
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