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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...

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SOLUTIONS 2/12: Electric Vehicles Begin to Address Emissions Issue

By Huck Fairman The climate challenges we all face are known by many around the world. What is uncertain is whether or not we as...

Guests speakers will share ‘Hope for Tomorrow’ during virtual mental health fair

Hope For Tomorrow, a virtual mental health fair, will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Feb. 17. Jordan, from Minding Your Mind, will share a young...

Opinion: Resigning Hillsborough committeewoman wants town to continue to grow

I am writing this letter to thank the residents of Hillsborough for electing me as your committeewoman. As you may know, at the beginning...

Auten Road students do soup-er job collecting items for food bank

The students of Auten Road Intermediate School’s Team 5G - Diane Lyons’s and Kerry MacDonald’s homerooms - and Team 5H - Donna Biddulph’s and...

Hillsborough named second most certified town in state by Sustainable Jersey

Hillsborough has once again met the rigorous requirements to achieve Silver Certification by Sustainable Jersey. The silver level means a municipality has made significant progress...

Hillsborough residents build snow men, dog, horse, fisherman

During Winter Storm Orlena, the Hillsborough Parks and Recreation Department developed the "Best in Snow" Snowman Contest. There were more than 30 entries. Not only was...

Historic Borough of Flemington attracts 16 small businesses despite pandemic

Despite economic challenges presented by COVID-19, 16 retail businesses have opened in the 1-square-mile Borough of Flemington in the past 12 months, 13 of which...

Real Central NJ Soccer signs Hillsborough native as first female player

The region's newest pre-professional soccer club announced that their inaugural women’s signing is Hillsborough native Amelia Curtis. Real Central NJ Soccer’s women's team will...

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