Hillsborough Beacon

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

HILLSBOROUGH: Flag gridder Bienstock eligible for USA honor 

Junior Raider football player Nathan Bienstock of Hillsborough has been named one of 14 national finalists for the 2015 “Playmaker of the Year” program....

HILLSBOROUGH: School repairs face March 8 vote 

By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Voters are being asked to go to the polls March 8 to approve a mechanism to finance two major repair...

MANVILLE: Bridgewater man charged with sexual assault of 12-year old girl

A Bridgewater Township man has been arrested for aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Arthur Wildgoose Jr., of East Main Street,...

HILLSBOROUGH: Planning, zoning rosters get shuffled 

By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Planning and zoning leadership will get a shakeup in the new year. Longtime Planning Board Chairman Steven Sireci Jr. stepped away...

HILLSBOROUGH: Mayor says town is watching proposal for Amwell Road 

By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Township officials have assured the public they are aware a large tract of land between Amwell and Hamilton roads is...

HILLSBOROUGH: Wrestlers prep for county meet they will host

By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group Tanner Johnson is off to a solid start to his final season of wrestling, and it has encouraged him...

HILLSBOROUGH: DelCore chosen as mayor for fourth time 

By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Frank DelCore has returned to the mayor’s chair for a fourth time. The nine-year Township Committeeman was elected by his governing...

READINGTON: Victim in Higginsville Road house fire was woman homeowner, 88

Hunterdon law enforcement has identified the elderly woman who died in a fatal house fire at 5 Higginsville Road in the Three Bridges section...

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