Category: opinion/hillsborough_beacon
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HILLSBOROUGH: Doctor expresses support for tobacco sales age of 21
To the editor: According to the American Heart Association, smoking is responsible for killing more than 480,000 Americans annually — including 11,800 New Jerseyans — making it the number-one cause of death. It’s no secret smoking results in heart disease, stroke, cancers and many other devastating health issues. Yet smoking remains a crisis in…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Home care professionals help patients remain at home
To the editor: November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, a recognition of the thousands of health care professionals and related staff who work tirelessly every day to provide patients and families vital health and nursing care in the best place imaginable — their own homes. The Home Care & Hospice Association of…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Woman’s Club basket auction raises money for worthy causes
To the editor: The Woman’s Club of Hillsborough held its annual basket auction and 50/50 raffle on Friday, Sept. 25. All proceeds from the basket auction are donated to various charities, including Hillsborough Township Social Services, juvenile diabetes, NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness), Girl Scouts and Habitat for Humanity, just to name a…
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HILLSBOROUGH: School board hopeful grateful for positive feedback in campaign
To the editor: Residents of Hillsborough, I want to thank you for supporting my candidacy for our school board. Along the way, I met hundreds of residents who took time out of their busy schedules to listen to what I had to say. I am also very grateful for the positive feedback I received…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Democrats show their strength by fielding candidates on three levels
To the editor: It may come as a surprise to some that there are more than 5,000 registered Democratic voters in our town. Further, the viability of the Hillsborough Democratic party is shown by the fact that a local resident is vying for the Assembly, the county surrogate seat, as well as for the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Colleagues on Township Committee support Carl Suraci, Greg Burchette
To the editor: We have had the distinct pleasure of serving on the Township Committee with Deputy Mayor Greg Burchette for the past three years. We have also been privileged to work and see the positive contributions Committeeman Carl Suraci has brought to this town in his ten plus years of public service to…
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HILLSBOROUGH: School board member asks votes for two ‘high-quality’ women
To the editor: Please support Deena Centafonti and Dana Boguszewski, and vote to return these two high-quality individuals to the Board of Education. I have served for nearly a full year on the Board of Education with both Dana and Deena, and, aside from their dealing with the difficult tasks of membership, I have…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Township GOP chairman praises financial management of town leaders
To the editor: On behalf of the Hillsborough Republican organization, it is my privilege to endorse Deputy Mayor Greg Burchette and Committeewoman Carl Suraci for re-election to the Township Committee. As our residents know, in recent years Hillsborough has received numerous honors as one of the best communities in New Jersey and the country.…
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MANVILLE: School shouldn’t move its Halloween parade to indoors
To the editor: Manville decides to cancel its outside Halloween parade for an inside one on Friday. The reason to do this from the Manville School District is safety and security reasons. What a blanket statement. Yes, we have numerous other issues in our small town that needs to be addressed, both in town…