Hillsborough Beacon

‘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

Grow crops, not solar panels, on New Jersey’s best farmland

By Michele S. Byers If there’s any doubt that New Jersey is the Garden State, visit a local farm stand or a farmers’ market. This...

U.S. Postal Service launches new election mail website  

As part of its ongoing effort to ensure that voters and election officials have the information they need to successfully use the U.S. Mail...

Dance Connection transforms studio space into learning pods for students

The Dance Connection of Hillsborough has created a place for students to learn and do their virtual schooling, while being in the presence of...

SOLUTIONS 8/21: Our Final Warning

By Huck Fairman This summer, parts of this country have been experiencing record heat, a hurricane or two, torrential rains, or droughts and wildfires. And...

Common calendar, Packet papers, Aug. 21

Editor's Note: Please call before attending any event. As of press time, certain restrictions were still in place due to the coronavirus outbreak.   Ongoing The Mercer...

Virtual 5K raises thousands of dollars for Girls on the Run of Central New Jersey

Girls on the Run of Central New Jersey (GOTRCNJ) held its first Virtual 5K, with program participants, family and friends from 43 states joining...

NJSIAA moves forward with plan for high school sports

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Sports Advisory Task Force has released its Return to Sports Plan which provides detailed schedules for fall...

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