Tag: Hillsborough Township
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Hillsborough native helping New York City hospitals combat COVID-19
Jumping to the front lines to help hospitals in New York City combat the coronavirus pandemic after just graduating medical school isn’t an easy task, but Lizbeth Hu is ready to dive into the fight against COVID-19. Three days after graduating from New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine on April 3, Hu, a member…
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Somerset County holding PPE drop off at training academy
HILLSBOROUGH – Personal protective equipment (PPE) is still being sought out for by health care officials and local first responders in Somerset County. The Somerset County Office of Emergency Management is setting up a donation dropoff box at the Emergency Service Training Academy, located at 402 Roycefield Road, Hillsborough Township. Somerset County is looking for…
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Hillsborough reports five new COVID-19 cases
HILLSBOROUGH – The Hillsborough Township Health Department released a report on April 2 stating there are five new cases of the novel coronavirus in the community, bringing the total amount of residents in the township who have tested positive for COVID-19 to 45. All five residents were over age 50, according to the report. There…
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Hillsborough superintendent: Online learning is going well
Public and private school administrators throughout New Jersey have instituted online or remote learning to educate students during the coronavirus pandemic over the past couple of weeks. For how the Hillsborough Township Public Schools have been handling online learning, Superintendent of Schools Lisa Antunes said the district has been doing really well with the transformation…
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Hillsborough Township provides COVID-19 update
HILLSBOROUGH – As of April 1, there are 40 Hillsborough residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. Nine of those people have reportedly recovered from the virus. One Hillsborough resident has died from the virus, which was reported last week by Hillsborough Township Health Officer Sophia Spano. Eighteen cases in the township have been found…
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Hillsborough confirms first fatality from COVID-19
Hillsborough Township has suffered its first loss from the coronavirus. Hillsborough Township Heath Officer Siobhan Spano confirmed the death on March 25 in a news release. No other information about the deceased was mentioned. “I have been informed that one of our adult residents passed away due to complications associated with the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mayor…
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Construction set to begin on north end of the Route 206 bypass
There is a slight silver lining for the Hillsborough Township community during the coronavirus pandemic, which Deputy Mayor Shawn Lipani alluded to at the Hillsborough Township Committee Meeting on March 24. Lipani announced that because of the lack of traffic on Route 206 due to the statewide stay at home order by Gov. Phill Murphy,…
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A Hillsborough Township child raises township’s positive COVID-19 cases to 10
Hillsborough Township officials have announced that they have confirmed a child has tested positive for COVID-19 on March 24. This recent confirmation brings the total number of people who have tested positive in the township to 10. According to officials, the child attends Amsterdam Elementary School. The student attended school last on March 13. Officials…
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Hillsborough resident finds journey to the stage and tours with Broadway musical
If a person was to describe Hillsborough resident and performer Louis Jannuzzi III as a tense trombonist, he likely wouldn’t take exception. Why? Because that’s just who Jannuzzi, 24, is playing as the character of Wayne Wright in the touring Broadway musical “Bandstand.” Jannuzzi, a Hillsborough resident for more than 20 years, found himself cast…