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Location:
Littell Community Center, 10-12 Munsonhurst Road, Franklin,
NJ 07416
Recreation Director: Bob Schultz
Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
Telephone: 973- 827-9734 / 973-827-9796
Fax: 973-827-9736
E-mail: littellcomctr@earthlink.net
The Recreation
Department located at the Littell Community Center in the
Borough of Franklin is another of the many shared services
between the Township and the Borough. Since 1998 the Township
and Borough have jointly operated the Littell Community center
through the auspices of the joint Hardyston/Franklin Recreation
Department.
The two
communities lease the community center (Franklin Armory) from
the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
The facility is available to non-profit organizations from
Hardyston and Franklin on a reservation basis. A gym, all
purpose recreation room, partial kitchen and several meeting
rooms make up the facility. Township/Borough sponsored recreation
programs are held each month including teen dances, crafts,
senior movies, after school movies, Chess Club, Senior Exercise,
Bridge Club, Happy Walkers Group, Book Club, Playgroup, family
special events and holiday celebrations.
Activity
brochures are distributed to the Hardyston and Franklin school
systems monthly. In addition program information can be found
on Service Electric Cable TV Channel 10, WSUS 102.3 FM radio
and all local newspapers.
The Township of Hardyston and Borough of Franklin also jointly
operate a summer day camp at the Hardyston or Franklin elementary
schools, and a golf program that run in July of each year.
In mid 2001, the Township opened its sports and recreation
complex facility on Wheatsworth Road. The facility contains
5 soccer fields, 2 soccer/football fields, 2 Baseball fields,
2 Softball fields, 1 Field Hockey field and 1 Basketball Court.
The walking track that encompasses the facility is approx.
¾ mile in length. The facility also has a concession
stand with pavilion; there is a playground adjacent to the
concession stand area. In 2004, a 12x22 gazebo was added to
the grounds. Use of the facility is under the jurisdiction
of the Recreation Department.
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