![]() ![]() They were building a new meeting house and a bell was crucially important because that's how you gathered citizens." A portrait of Ben Franklin inside the Franklin Public Library. "Someone got the idea, we don't know, who of approaching Franklin and telling him the honor that was bestowed upon him, and would he want to contribute something to this newly founded town," Earls explained. But the town expected Franklin to reciprocate. While we don't know who did it, we do know why - to impress Benjamin Franklin, who had just gained support from France for the American Revolution. ![]() So that is how we got our name, and we don't know who did it," says Vicki Earls, Head of Reference Services at the Franklin Public Library. Somewhere between leaving Franklin and arriving at the State House of Massachusetts in Boston, they crossed out the name Exeter and wrote in the name Franklin. "The name of the town on the original paperwork is Exeter. Nandini Checko from the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commission, who is a Board member of LRWP, will participate in this event.FRANKLIN (CBS) - The oldest, continuously operating public library in America is in Franklin, a town that has its own theme song! She is also the Founder and President of the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership (LRWP), New Jersey’s newest watershed association. Heather Fenyk, PhD, AICP/PP is a Lecturer at Rutgers' Schools of Planning & Policy and Environmental and Biological Sciences. Throughout the presentation Heather and Dini will highlight stormwater management strategies and other tactics that community members can adopt on the path to improved environmental health. Building from this contextualization, they will then speak to the need to think regionally (from a watershed perspective) if we want clean water in the future. Presenting to the Franklin Township Environmental Commission and larger community, LRWP Board Members Heather Fenyk and Nandini (Dini) Checko will provide a brief history of the Lower Raritan Watershed from indigenous to colonial and industrial development to its current status, provide a snapshot overview of the health of the streams and tributaries that feed into the Raritan River, the history of the pollutants in the river and how cleanup has evolved. Protecting Our Watershed in Franklin Township Franklin Township Public Library, 485 DeMott Lane Tuesday, Aug6:00 PM Committees & Commissions Meeting Calendar. ![]()
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