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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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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...

HILLSBOROUGH: Flagtown firefighters commended for attacking Readington house fire, which claimed elderly woman

Hillsborough fire fighters, particularly from the Flagtown company, are among those commended for their role in fighting a fatal house fire on Higginsville Road...

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