Category: news/hillsborough_beacon
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HILLSBOROUGH: New police chief should be hired on Tuesday night
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor A new police chief will likely be announced Tuesday by the governing body. Three lieutenants on the township police force were interviewed for the job as police chief at a special meeting of the Township Committee on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The three are Fran Mozgai, Mark Besser and Darren Powell.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Fire trucks will bring Santa around town this weekend
Santa is coming to Hillsborough neighborhoods. He’ll make a special pre-holiday visit to neighborhoods, escorted by township fire fighters, on upcoming weekends. The fire fighters will give Rudolph and the other reindeer who pull the sleigh the weekend to rest, and the volunteers will transport Santa on one of their fire trucks. Have your cameras…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Parents will get their kids’ results of PARCC tests
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Parents should get letters this week explaining their child’s results on the controversial PARCC tests taken in February and March. On Monday, Superintendent Jorden Schiff told the Hillsborough school board that the district had received high school data, but not 3rd through 8th grades, which was expected imminently. Individual student…
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HILLSBOROUGH: TJ Harkins, 13, earns Eagle rank
On Sept. 14, TJ Harkins became Troop 1776’s 137th Eagle Scout and, at the age of 13, is the troop’s youngest Scout to earn this rank. TJ’s Eagle Scout project entailed building a Gaga pit on the grounds of Hillsborough Elementary School near the playground. In addition, he built four benches around the pit for…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Mock ‘birthday party’ for Doris Duke holds somber tone
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor There was a sheet cake and cone-shaped party hats, but Sunday’s 103rd “birthday party” for Doris Duke grew a bit somber at times. Objectors to the demolition of the residence of the reclusive philanthropist on the 2,500-acre estate in northern Hillsborough held the symbolic party in the Duke Island County…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Grand Staff Ensemble to play holiday favorites
The Hillsborough Grand Staff Ensemble will have its holiday concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, at Auten Road Intermediate School, 281 Auten Road. The Grand Staff Ensemble is made up of staff and friends of the Hillsborough School District under the direction of Gary Smith and Marc Angelone. This year’s concert will feature holiday…
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SOMERSET COUNTY: Libraries accept donations for animal shelter
Somerset County libraries will accept donations for Somerset Regional Animal Shelter through Friday, Dec. 11. Nine of county library system branches — Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Manville, Mary Jacobs Memorial, North Plainfield Memorial, Peapack-Gladstone, Somerville, Warren Township, and Watchung — will serve as drop-off locations. Suggested donations (new) include canned and dry cat and kitten food; canned…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Strategic planning for future schools wraps up
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor The last of four public planning forums to shape the development of the township school district’s five-year strategic plan will be held Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Auten Road Intermediate School cafeteria. The district hired Charles Ivory, executive director of Educational Information and Resource Center, based in…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Judge denies request to stop ‘dismantling’ of Doris Duke home
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Superior Court Judge Yolanda Ciccone declined Friday morning to stop what she called the “dismantling” of Doris Duke’s former main residence within the 2,500-acre estate in northern Hillsborough. Judge Ciccone called attorneys for Hillsborough Township, Duke Farms and the citizens’ group DORIS together the morning after DORIS filed an appeal…