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An urgent call to preserve half of New Jersey’s land

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey is not only the nation's most densely populated state, it’s also predicted to be the first to reach full...

Hillsborough Township Police blotter

May 4 - At approximately 2:11 p.m., the Hillsborough Township Police Department responded to 6 Barbara Drive for...

Ballots by mail available through May 28

Somerset County Clerk Steve Peter began mailing the initial 29,860 primary 2024 ballots to eligible voters who requested them on...

Common calendar, Packet papers, May 3

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

Somerset County to hold online auction

The Somerset County Board of County Commissioners encourages residents to take advantage of an online auction of surplus...

Hillsborough Beacon

United States Census Bureau seeks workers for 2020 Census

The United States Census Bureau is seeking applicants for jobs for the 2020 Census. For information on how to apply, visit 2020census.gov/jobs or call 1-855-JOB-2020.

Hillsborough encourages residents to partake in holiday festival this month

The Hillsborough Township is encouraging residents to participate this year’s Independence Day festivities. Municipal officials said that the event scheduled on June 29 will include...

Hillsborough students compete at national competition

Two Hillsborough students had the opportunity to compete in a national academic competition. Two Auten Road Intermediate School in Hillsborough sixth grade students, Nitya Balasubramanian...

Hop 5K in Hillsborough continues to thrive

Hillsborough YMCA’s annual Hop 5K kicked off with a bang as more than 750 people participated in the community tradition. For 19 years, the Hop...

Hillsborough honored for sustainability efforts

Hillsborough Township was recently honored for its sustainable environmental efforts. The township received the Municipal Innovation Award for the “Going Green: From Infrastructure to Culture”...

Hillsborough boys’ soccer players enjoyed banner campaign as seniors

The Hillsborough High School boys' soccer team posted a .500 record in 2017. No one expected the Raiders to do much better the following fall. Then...

The State We’re In 6/7: Restoring the ‘Kidneys of the Pine Barrens’

By Michele S. Byers To early European settlers, the native evergreen trees known as Atlantic white cedars must have seemed like a gift. The towering cedars...

Health Matters 6/7: When a thyroid nodule is thyroid cancer

By Tomer Davidov, M.D. Thyroid nodules, or abnormal growths on the thyroid gland, are a common condition, especially among older adults and women. While most nodules...

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