I was recently asked by someone I respect why I am so cynical, and I traced it back to reading Animal Farm in high school. In fact, I read it two times as an adult too. It is an allegory about the ...

Proposed rules that would require township residents who feed feral cats to take “ownership” of them were tabled at the July ...

Five Franklin High School students were presented with scholarships from the Garden State Track Club and the Franklin Township Police Department at the July 8 Township Council meeting.

Local incumbent candidates appear to be leading in their races for their party’s nominations, according to unofficial results from the 2025 primary election on June 10. Township Councilman Carl Wright ...

Two cooling centers have been opened in the township in advance of the high heat and humidity expected in the area over the next few days. The township Office of Emergency Management has issued a ...

Students who completed the alternative high school program “Road To Success” were honored June 17 with an awards ceremony and party. The program’s mission is to, “prepare enrolled students to graduate ...

School supplies are being collected for distribution in the annual “Project Backpack” drive sponsored by state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17). The drive is meant to get school supplies in backpacks ...

Central Jersey College Prep (CJCP) announced that for the fifteenth straight school year, 100 percent of its senior class will be graduating on time this Spring and that every member of the Class of ...

JoAnn Zavodnick, of Somerset, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She was 71. Born in Newark, NJ to the late Dominick Lopizzo and Maria “Teddy” Conway, née Gaber, she spent ...

A 62-year-old Perth Amboy man faces charges including animal cruelty after he was allegedly seen kicking his dog and beating it with a saw in the township. At about 7:18 p.m. on June 7, Franklin ...

UPDATE: The Township Council at its June 24 meeting endorsed the Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan. Next stop is the state Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program. The Council ...

Susan Kane passed away on June 15 at Care One Somerset Valley Care Center in Bound Brook. She was 72 years old. Susan was born and raised in Edison to the late Harry and Dorothy (Brause) Willis. She ...