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Police & Fire
Flags Set Ablaze In Franklin Township: Police Flags Set Ablaze In Franklin Township: Police
Flags Set Ablaze In Franklin Township: Police Police in Franklin Township are investigating after flags were lit on fire on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 7, authorities said. At 8:23 a.m., officers responded to a property on DeMott Lane and found two custom flags, along with the mounting hardware, damaged by fire, Franklin Township police said in a release. There were no reported injuries as a result of the fire, police said. The cause and origin of the fire are under investigation by the Franklin Township Office of Fire Prevention and the Franklin Township Police Department Investigative Division, police said.. Anyone with infor…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Shots Fired In Franklin Township: Police Shots Fired In Franklin Township: Police
Shots Fired In Franklin Township: Police Gunshots were fired in Franklin Township on the early morning of Sunday, Sept. 1, authorities said. At 1:15 a.m., Franklin Township Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting gunshots heard in the area of Franklin Boulevard, between Matilda Avenue and Baier Avenue, officers said. Police located several gunshot rounds but said no injuries were reported. The incident is currently under investigation by the Franklin Township Police Department Investigative Division, officers said.

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by Sam Barron
Obituaries
Remembering Sophia DeTorres, NJ High Schooler Killed On First Day Of School Remembering Sophia DeTorres, NJ High Schooler Killed On First Day Of School
Remembering Sophia DeTorres, NJ High Schooler Killed On First Day Of School Life was only beginning for Sophia DeTorres. The 16-year-old North Hunterdon High School student was a competitive and award-winning dancer of 11 years and had been looking at colleges, preparing for life's next chapter, according to her obituary on the Martin Funeral Home website. Sophia, who also ran cross country and track, visited Boson College, Cornell, and Wake Forest, on her early shortlist, and was hoping to major in psychology "in keeping with her drive to help people," her obituary says. But life was cut short for Sophia on Thursday, Aug. 22, when she was killed in…

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by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist, 31, Airlifted In Somerset County Crash Motorcyclist, 31, Airlifted In Somerset County Crash
Motorcyclist, 31, Airlifted In Somerset County Crash A 31-year-old Bound Brook motorcyclist was airlifted to the hospital with a serious head injury in a crash with another vehicle on Thursday, Aug. 15. The crash happened at 5 Manville Causeway near Weston Canal Road around 7:35 p.m. in Franklin Township, Lt. Vincent T. Wilson said. Responding officers from the Franklin Township, Manville, South Bound Brook and the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department performed lifesaving efforts to the victim before he was airlifted by New Jersey State Police's NorthStar helicopter. The factors that contributed to the crash are under investigation by t…

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by Cecilia Levine