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A township woman was killed Aug. 6 after she was involved in an automobile crash on Cottontail Lane, near Weston Canal Road. Police said that Adejoke Sanusi, 53, of Somerset, was pronounced dead at the scene after she was extracted from her Toyota Rav 4. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …

Members of the township Shad Tree Commission review a plan to replace all the trees in the Hamilton Street Business District corridor. A plan that would replace nearly 200 trees along the Hamilton Street Business District corridor is under review by the township Shade Tree Commission. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

Aerial view of the property targeted for the 745 Hamilton Street project. A proposed mixed-use building on Hamilton Street was rejected by the Planning Board at its July meeting, prompting a thinly veiled threat of a lawsuit by the project’s attorney. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin …

Regal Bank Somerset branch staff at the branch welcome party. Regal Bank recently won an award from the NJ Bankers Association. Photo: Regal Bank. The New Jersey Bankers Association’s Public Relations and Marketing Committee has selected Regal Bank to receive a Silver Award in the NJBankers 2015 Community Service Award Program. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin …

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, singled out a communications system between the township’s police and African-American community as one that should be replicated in the country. A Franklin Township success story received a nod earlier this month  from an unlikely source: the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Don’t Miss Out! No other media …

Protesters march in New Brunswick July 21, demanding answers in the death of township resident Diahlo Grant. The Rev. DeForest “Buster” Soaries said July 21 that he will call for a federal investigation of whether a Franklin man’s civil rights were violated when he was killed in a shootout with township police. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …

FTPD Capt. Greg Borlan demonstrates a self-defense technique on Ashley La Selva July 19. A 23-year veteran of the township police force has developed a self-defense course geared to young women preparing to strike out on their own. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. …

A Middlesex man was killed early in the morning of July 18, after his car hit a patch of trees and overturned along Easton Avenue. Police said 61-year-old Pedro Vazquez was entrapped in his Toyota Rav 4 after the 3:45 a.m. crash, and was unconscious and unresponsive when he was extracted. Vazquez was taken to an area hospital, where he was …

Borboh Bayoh, center, speaks about Francis Vandy during a July 16 memorial vigil for Vandy, who was killed last year. Several dozen members of the township’s Sierra Leonian community gathered at Hempstead Gardens July 16 to remember one of their own killed there last year. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

Party On in the Cedar Grove Plaza held its official ribbon-cutting on July 16. Township residents now don’t have to leave Franklin to get their party supplies. 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 independent media serving the …