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5 days ago · Mission It’s simple: The Franklin Reporter & Advocate will provide the residents of Franklin Township with the most in-depth, wide-ranging coverage of their home town, period. The FR&A is the only independent, local, online news site covering the eight villages of Franklin Township. Our responsibility is to our readers – our neighbors – not some out-of-town corporate bosses. We take that ...
Township Road Work Update - The Franklin Reporter & Advocate
Dec 9, 2024 · Stay ‘In the Know,’ subscribe to the Franklin Reporter & Advocate! 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 Eight Villages. But we can only do that with your support. Please consider a yearly subscription to our online news site; at $37 a ...
Missing Township Man Found After Two-Day Search
Nov 9, 2024 · An 88-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, who wandered away from his home on November 6, was found by law enforcement authorities more than 48 hours later, police said. Monroe Mobley was found in an unidentified wooded section of the township at about 5:15 p.m. November 8, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. Mobley went for a walk from his ...
FTPD Police Log: December 1-31, 2024 - The Franklin Reporter
4 days ago · Stay ‘In the Know,’ subscribe to the Franklin Reporter & Advocate! 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 Eight Villages. But we can only do that with your support. Please consider a yearly subscription to our online news site; at $37 a ...
Firefighting Contract Saga Continues; District 3 Commissioners …
Sep 13, 2024 · The Franklin Township Fire District 3 Commissioners recently took a step to prepare the District in case a new contract with East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department is not ratified. The Commissioners at their September 10 meeting voted to create a committee to study the feasibility of covering the District through shared-services agreements and per diem paid firefighters. The resolution was ...
Rutgers Plaza Apartment Building Application Delayed Once Again
Dec 23, 2024 · An application to build a 4-story, 200-unit apartment building in Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue has once again been delayed. Ongoing hearings on the application were scheduled for September, October and January of 2025, and now the Township’s top planning official says that date is off, too. The application was set to be heard at the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s January 9, 2025 meeting ...
Rep. Watson Coleman: Resist The Whitewashing Of History, …
5 days ago · Efforts to erase Black history, to ban books and to stifle discussions of racism must be resisted, in the spirit of the teachings of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a gathering of more than 300 people was told January 20. The occasion was the 28th annual Franklin Township Community Breakfast, and the person urging resistance was U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, (D-12). The breakfast is ...
Revised Warehouse Plan Gets Cool Planning Board Reception
Jan 16, 2025 · A revised plan to build a 91,000-square-foot warehouse on a tract of land between New Brunswick and Old New Brunswick roads received a chilly reception January 15 from the Planning Board. The new plan represents an attempt by the developer, Onyx 789, to address critiques of the original plan, last heard by the Board in April, 2024. The major change in the application was a reduction in the ...
Police Log Archives – Page 2 of 14 – The Franklin Reporter
A sampling of reports selected and submitted by the Franklin Township Police Department. 07/03/2022 A West Windsor resident reported the theft of his Apple laptop valued at $2,800. The theft may have occurred in the area of Pierce St. on July 1. A Hamilton Street business reported the shoplifting of speakers priced at $70 by a Hispanic male who fled … Read More » Share