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‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they're including as "preserved land"...

Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17

Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which...

Hillsborough Township creating a Community Equity and Diversity Profile

Hillsborough Township officials are taking a "deep dive" to create a Community Equity and Diversity Profile. Township Planning director...

An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you're near a pond, stream, or marsh on a...

Depression and suicide risk can intensify in spring and summer

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter...

Hillsborough Beacon

Law permanently establishes Community College Opportunity Grant program

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a bill (A-4410) into law which permanently establishes the Community College Opportunity Grant (CCOG) program, which will allow qualified...

Hillsborough officer promoted to lieutenant

The Hillsborough Township Committee promoted a police officer to fill a vacancy in the position of lieutenant. “There exists a vacancy within the department as...

Board of Public Utilities will hold a public meeting to investigate operations of Altice USA

The State of New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) will hold a public meeting to investigate the operations of Altice USA in New...

Gov. Murphy announces expansion of eligibility for COVID vaccination program

Gov. Phil Murphy has announced the expansion of eligibility for more front-line essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Eligible...

Mayor denies affordable housing application amid concerns over stream corridor

    Mayor Shawn Lipani moved to deny the Campus Associates application on Feb. 25, and subsequently the application was unanimously denied by the Hillsborough Planning...

Wright selected to join Hillsborough Township Committee

Democratic candidate Jeffrey Wright was appointed to take over the seat that belonged to former Councilwoman Olivia Holmes on the Hillsborough Township Committee at...

Somerset County Library System of New Jersey schedules March events

The Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) will offer the following virtual events during March: A Music, Bubble and Comedy Show will be...

Somerset County Library System of New Jersey celebrates legacy, accomplishments of women during March

In March, celebrate the legacy and history of all women with the Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ).   “Last year, women around the...

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