The Franklin High School field hockey team earned its first win of the season September 23, defeating Belvidere 1-0 in a home game. Sophomore Gabriella Pome scored the game’s only goal in the first ...

Legal steps to allow for the conversion of a former Davidson Avenue hotel into 142 affordable rental units were taken September 22 by the Township Council. The Council approved a developer’s agreement ...

Township officials are keeping a wary eye on the weather to help determine weather the September 26 Franklin Day will go on as planned. A coastal Nor’easter is expected to make its presence felt on ...

David Spruill gives last-minute instructions to the 50-mile course riders September 19 at the RCDCU ride for prostate cancer ...

The Township just approved, rounding up, $9 million for Catalpa Park. Roughly half of that money is for two legitimate ...

Beverly Seely Bauer Briggs of Somerset passed away September 13 at the Bristal at Somerset Assisted Living. She was 94. A parishioner of Christ Episcopal Church, New Brunswick, for more than 50 years, ...

A Somerset resident was the victim of criminal mischief in the area of Rachel Ct. during the overnight hours. A male slashed the victim’s tire causing damage valued at $200. The suspect is known to ...

FTPD Officer Lisseth Villacis holds a e-foot-long ball python snake after it was safely removed from the grille of a township resident’s car on September 14. (Photo: FTPD). A 3-foot-long ball python ...

The Franklin Township Zoning Board of Adjustment on Sept. 17 unanimously approved Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity’s plan to build a 100% affordable single-family home on a vacant, Township-owned ...