Tag: Hillsborough News
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Students to present TED event at Hillsborough High
The Hillsborough High School TED-Ed Club will present “HHS Boro Talks 2019,” which will be the fifth annual Boro Talks Event on April 5. The event is scheduled for at 6 p.m. in the Hillsborough High School Library. The evening will consist of 12 to 15 student speeches with a short intermission. Refreshments will be…
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Recycling school fundraiser event returns next week
Hillsborough residents with unwanted electronics are encouraged to recycle them in an effort to help raise funds for the Woods Road Elementary School. In a partnership between the Woods Road School Home Association (WRSHA) and Woods Road Elementary School, the school holds an Electronics Recycling Fundraiser event which is intended to help raise funds while…
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Hillsborough students collect large shoe donations
The Students Together Achieving Respect (STAR) student organization at Hillsborough Middle School turned Tuesdays throughout the month of January into days of giving back. The club members encouraged the entire student body and staff to participate in a community service project to collect new and gently worn shoes for donation to several local organizations as…
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Locals invited to attend event on Gateway Project
The Raritan Valley Rail Coalition, a rail-advocacy group representing 1.7 million residents in four counties along NJ Transit’s Raritan Valley Line, will sponsor a free presentation on the Gateway Project. The presentation event is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on March 26 at the Cranford Community Center. “It cannot be understated: the Gateway Project,…
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Hamilton Road to close in accordance with by-pass project
Motorist have been advised that Hamilton Road will be closed between Route 206 and North Willow Road in Hillsborough Township. Hillsborough Borough Police Chief Darren Powell recently made this announcement, which coincides with the Route 206 by-pass construction project. “Please exercise caution and patience when traveling through this area,” Powell said. Along with other scheduled…
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Two Hillsborough women recognized for local efforts
Two Hillsborough Township women were honored recently at a township committee meeting for their efforts in the area. On Feb. 12, Pamela Borek and Melissa Almendinger were joined by the township committee and the Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women in saluting the two Hillsborough residents. The women were honored for their dedication…
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Hillsborough recognized with county for bypass project
Hillsborough Township was recently honored at the New Jersey Alliance for Action’s “New Jersey’s Leading Infrastructure Projects” awards ceremony. This program was created to highlight innovative, pioneering and landmark construction initiatives that greatly impact the state’s economy and to honor the businesses and organizations that work together as partners to ensure the project’s success. “Collaboration…
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Hillsborough school board and teachers discuss kindergarten program for referendum
Hillsborough Board of Education officials recently discussed the implementation of a full-day kindergarten program that’s proposed in the referendum to be put in front of Hillsborough Township voters on March 12. The presenters discussed the changes that have occurred over the last 20 years in regards to what is expected of the district’s youngest…
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Somerset County revives proposal for Amazon HQ2
Somerset County Freeholder Director Brian D. Levine plans to reopen talks with Amazon about locating the company’s second headquarters, HQ2, in Somerset County. Levine made the announcement Feb. 22 at a meeting of the Somerset County Employers Legislative Committee in Somerville. Somerset County put in a bid for HQ2 originally, he said, but “the state…