Category: opinion/hillsborough_beacon
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HILLSBOROUGH: Unneeded traffic light causes traffic backup on Route 206 at Valley Road
To the editor: Route 206 in Hillsborough is a highway that many residents travel daily. However, in recent years residents have had to find alternate routes to avoid 206 all together. During the weekday hours of 4 to 7 p.m., highway 206 is virtually a log jam. Although there are many issues that cause…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Don’t overlook incidence of hepatitis C and HIV
To the editor: I read with great interest Philip Sean Curran’s piece (“Heroin use increase spurs need for forum”) in the Princeton Packet of Nov. 27. I have been concerned for a long time about this issue. There are a number of notable absent points in his story that we have tried to raise…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Don’t overuse road salt and protect water quality
To the editor: Winter is approaching. And the citizens of Hillsborough know what that means — snow, and possibly lots of it. Each year, when Mother Nature blankets the streets with snow, the township authorities blanket the snow with salt. The United States dumps 20 million tons of salt on snow-covered roadways annually. And…
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HILLSBOROUGH: His election shows every vote does matter, Assemblyman-elect Zwicker says
To the editor: Every vote matters. This past Election Day, all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. In the 16th Legislative District, more than 34,000 votes were cast and fewer than 600 votes separated all four candidates. By the time all of the provisional ballots were counted, one…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Democrats Harris, Poppe commend positive campaign by all for local office
To the editor: We would like to thank all the voters who came out to vote on Nov. 3. We appreciated seeing so many people exercise their right to vote —19 percent of the registered voters in the community voted. The most rewarding part of this 2015 campaign was meeting so many of our…
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RARITAN HEADWATERS: Let’s feed roads a low-salt diet this winter
To the editor: Are you disturbed by the whitish-gray coating on shrubs along our roadsides? Does it bother you to come across heaps of road salt hovering over a stream bank? Do you wonder whether salt could be poisoning freshwater fish and other wildlife relying on that stream to survive? The answer should be…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Let’s support small business, especially on Nov. 28
To the editor: When was the last time you visited a local Hillsborough business for the first time? If you can’t remember, please visit one Saturday, Nov. 28, on “Small Business Saturday.” Small businesses and small business owners are the lifeblood of our economy. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small businesses represent…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Ciattarelli thanks voters, welcomes Zwicker, thanks Simon
To the editor: Having won election on Nov. 3, it is an honor to continue serving the citizens of New Jersey’s 16th Legislative District as state Assemblyman. Campaigning throughout the district is always a wonderful opportunity to share a vision — a positive vision keenly focused on reforms that will make New Jersey a…
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HILLSBOROUGH: School board winner thanks voters
To the editor: I would like to say a quick thank you to everyone who came out to vote and show their support on Nov. 3. I am extremely grateful and look forward to serving another three-year term with the Hillsborough Board of Education. Dana Boguszewski Hillsborough