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Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," according to a Chinese proverb. But in the avian world,...

‘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...

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...

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SOMERSET COUNTY: Flood watch posted for all of county

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for all of Somerset County from noon today, Wednesday, into Thursday. The county’s Flood Information System...

RARITAN: Attorney charged with sex offense found dead

Charged Friday with three counts of criminal sexual contact, attorney Richard P. Schubach, with an office in Raritan Borough, was found dead Tuesday morning,...

HILLSBOROUGH: Clint Benson pleads guilty to assault by auto 

Clint T. Benson of Hillsborough Township pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court to assault by auto and other charges dating back to an incident...

HILLSBOROUGH: Kindergarten registration to be held Feb. 23 and 24

Hillsborough Township Public Schools will hold kindergarten registration for the 2016-17 school year on Feb. 23 and 24. Registration will take place during the morning...

HILLSBOROUGH: Power plant company withdraws plan to locate on Amwell Road (update)

Hillsborough officials are hailing word that a power plant proposed for Amwell Road will not go forward. A spokeswoman for Bob Place, president of Genesis...

HILLSBOROUGH: Fire companies elect officers for 2016

Volunteers at fire companies in and serving Hillsborough have elected department officers for 2016. Fire Company 1 (Flagtown) officers are: Chief: Dave Foelsch. Deputy Chief: Everett Heider. Assistant...

HILLSBOROUGH: What do Doris Duke and Claude Monet have in common? (updated)

Heiress and art lover Doris Duke donated money to save and restore the French house and gardens of impressionist painter Claude Monet, which were...

HILLSBOROUGH: Route 206 bypass is needed to ease suffocating traffic 

To the editor:  Today, I would like to address an issue that is affecting most of the population of Hillsborough. Currently the bypass in Hillsborough...

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