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Photo Story: Powerful, Peaceful, Protest in Franklin
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Bridgewater Township Working With Religious Institutions on Safe Way to Reopen
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Thomas Sokolowski, Director of Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum, Dies at 70
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Archdiocese of Newark Will Close 10 Catholic Schools
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Franklin Gazebo to House Candle-lit Memorial for Local COVID-19 Victims
By TAPINTO FRANKLIN/SOMERSET STAFF
June 2, 2020SOMERSET, NJ - Hundreds took to the streets of Franklin to peacefully protest the killing of George Floyd, Sunday, May 30. The march was organized by Jasmine “Jazzy” Bannon alongside Melanated Minds of NJ, a group committed to the advancement of African Americans.
Local resident Davren Noble, a local photographer was on the scene and captured the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Father John, Rozembajgier, pastor of Our Lady Mother of God parish, with an assist from Father Alex Carles, has devised a novel approach to administering communion while being respectful of social distancing and parishioners' well-being.
The pastor of Our Lady Mother of God Church has adapted to the restrictive nature of social distancing amidst the coronavirus pandemic ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township Mayor Matthew Moench has directed Sgt. Jamie Edwards, Office of Emergency Management coordinator, to conduct outreach and provide assistance to all religious institutions in the township to allow them to begin conducting safe and practical religious worship.
According to a release, there are a number of Bridgewater based institutions that are expected to ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Thomas Sokolowski, the director of Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum who spearheaded its exhibitions, scholarship and community outreach endeavors since taking the helm in 2017, has died.
He was 70.
He died following a seizure that had caused extensive brain damage, according to a report cited by artnews.com.
The Rutgers community was informed of Sokolowski’s ...
Difficult Decision Will Strengthen Schools, Safeguard Future of Catholic Education; At-Home Learning Continues Through End of School Year
The Archdiocese of Newark has announced the consolidation of its school community and the closure of nine archdiocesan-operated elementary schools at the end of this school year, the result of archdiocesan strategic planning efforts to ...
SOMERSET, NJ - As DMVs are converted into COVID-19 testing centers and college dormitories into makeshift hospitals, Franklin Township’s performance gazebo will soon be repurposed to serve the community as well. Rather than joining the ongoing fight against the virus, the gazebo will serve as a different, much-needed community service: a memorial to remember those we’ve lost to the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - New Brunswick’s Department of American Studies on Thursday will host the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., the last living witness to the abduction of Emmett Till, for a discussion on love, forgiveness and reconciliation.
The program, focusing on the legacy of Till's murder in 1955 - which became one of the defining moments of the U.S. civil rights movement - will be held ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Those who suffer in silence can feel forgotten, or worse, invisible.
Bishop James F. Checchio of the Diocese of Metuchen, however, said it is important to remember them and even reach out to comfort them every year on World Day of the Sick.
“We don’t see them at church, he said. “Today is a reminder that we have to find them.”
Checchio ...
SOMERSET, NJ - Nearly 500 key members of the community gathered Monday morning for one of the town's longest-standing traditions, the 23rd annual Franklin Township Community Breakfast at the DoubleTree Hotel.
The breakfast hosted by the Franklin Township Dr. Martin Luther King Community Foundation (FTMLKCF) is held every year to bring the community together, honor Dr. King, and to ...
HIGHLAND PARK, NJ – In the wake of the recent wave of anti-Semitic violence and a surge in hate crimes in the past year – state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Monday that in 2019 New Jersey saw the largest year-over-year rise in bias crime since 1991 –residents and local leaders gathered in Highland Park last night to denounce hate ...
By DR. ALEX KHARAZI
June 2, 2020SOMERSET, NJ - While the struggle of African-Americans for equality has continued for centuries, the unjust and inhumane murder of George Floyd underscores the urgency to address the deeply rooted racism that is still endemic in American society, especially towards people of color and, in particular, towards African-Americans.
Members of the NJ Interfaith Coalition ...
