• Disabled veterans invited to meeting

    Veterans who have fought in the nation’s wars are invited to attend a meeting of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Freehold Chapter 74, to learn about the services and benefits that are available to them. Veterans from all towns are welcome. According to a press release, the DAV is dedicated to a single purpose: empowering…

  • Harvest Fest to showcase homestead

    By MAUREEN DAYE MILLSTONE — The first-ever Harvest Fest will provide food and activities for the family at the Thomas Baird homestead this weekend. The Oct. 25 event will be hosted by the Friends of Millstone Township Historic Registered Properties, the Millstone Township Historic Preservation Commission and the Millstone Township Agricultural Advisory Council. “We are…

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    Kelly Smith, 5, reacts as a creepy creature climbs aboard a haunted hayride at A Haunting at Cream Ridge on Oct. 18. MATT DENTON

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Democratic candidates want too much government

    To the editor: I write this not as president nor as representative of the Hillsborough Board of Education, but express this as my own opinion. Other school board members have shared their opinions of former member and Township Committee candidate Thuy Anh Le, so I would like to do the same. I do not question…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Over-30 basketball league retires Yep’s jersey

    HILLSBOROUGH: Over-30 basketball league retires Yep’s jersey

    The basketball jersey of Tom Yep, one of the founders of Hillsborough Township’s over-30 basketball league, was retired in a ceremony at the YMCA. From left are Eugene Yep, brother of Tom Yep; Alex Voitovich, chair of the Somerset Valley YMCA Hillsborough Board of Managers and a league player; sister Mary Chin; wife Penny Yep;…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Shopping rewards director defends tax reduction program

    To the editor: I would like to address the letter submitted in regard to the Shop Hillsborough’s Property Tax Rewards program ("Why is Shop Hillsborough so complicated, costly for businesses?"). People familiar with the program will tell you that this is a true win-win initiative. Residents receive property tax credits with every purchase, merchants enjoy…

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: Oct. 23

    The Township Council meets the first Thursday of the month for a work session and the second Wednesday of the month for a regular session. Both meetings start at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building. The Planning Board meets the first Tuesday of the month for a work session and the third Tuesday of the…

  • No ‘urban center’ at Scotch Road, please

    Carol Hager, Titusville The Planning Board may vote this week to change our Master Plan to accommodate a large "urban center" on both sides of Scotch Road. The 1,500 homes they’ve been discussing are just for the first 100-acre parcel (though the planner’s report says the parcel could accommodate 2,500). There’s another 100 acres on…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Planners cancel Oct. 23 meeting

    The Hopewell Township Planning Board has canceled its Oct. 23 meeting. At that session, the board had scheduled a public hearing on a proposed Master Plan amendment, which, if eventually OK’d, would enable construction of a large mixed-use development on both sides of Scotch Road, between I-95 and Route 546. If the board does approve…

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