Tag: hillsborough
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Auten Road students do soup-er job collecting items for food bank
The students of Auten Road Intermediate School’s Team 5G – Diane Lyons’s and Kerry MacDonald’s homerooms – and Team 5H – Donna Biddulph’s and Elise Newton’s homerooms – challenged each other to collect the most cans of food in the seventh annual Soup-er Bowl Collection. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition looked different this…
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Hillsborough named second most certified town in state by Sustainable Jersey
Hillsborough has once again met the rigorous requirements to achieve Silver Certification by Sustainable Jersey. The silver level means a municipality has made significant progress in a number of categories toward sustainability and is a statewide and national leader. Hillsborough is one of 55 towns, and one of three in Somerset County, that has attained…
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Hillsborough residents build snow men, dog, horse, fisherman
During Winter Storm Orlena, the Hillsborough Parks and Recreation Department developed the “Best in Snow” Snowman Contest. There were more than 30 entries. Not only was there the traditional snowmen and groups of snowmen, there was also a 9-foot tall snowman, a patriotic snowman, as well as some creative sculptures including a dog, horse, Olaf,…
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Real Central NJ Soccer signs Hillsborough native as first female player
The region’s newest pre-professional soccer club announced that their inaugural women’s signing is Hillsborough native Amelia Curtis. Real Central NJ Soccer’s women’s team will play in the WPSL beginning in May. In January, WPSL saw 21 former players chosen in the National Women’s Soccer League 2021 college draft. “I am looking forward to being part…
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Hillsborough DPW employees volunteer time to clean up Triangle Road
PHOTO COURTESY OF HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP Fred Tenore and Jorge Rodriguez, employees of Hillsborough’s Department of Public Works, inquired about volunteering and gave up a Saturday morning to do some necessary clean up on Triangle Road. Neither of these men are Hillsborough residents, but decided they wanted to give back to the community they work for.
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New Year’s Day 5K finds a ‘resolution’ to keeping seniors safe after graduation
Raising enough funding to keep more than 400 Hillsborough High School seniors off the roads on graduation night is no easy feat, and 21 years ago, Gary Verhoon knew he could combine his love for running and desire to start a new tradition in Hillsborough with a way to help. He started the Resolution Run,…
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Hillsborough man admits defrauding former employer of $1 million
A Hillsborough man admitted defrauding his former employer by using the employer’s account to make unauthorized purchases of high-end electronic devices and selling those items on after-market websites. Ovais Mayet, 33, pleaded guilty on Feb. 3 by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an information charging him with one count of wire…
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Zwicker announces bid for State Senate; Fistonich seeks Assembly seat
Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker announced the kickoff of his campaign to run for the State Senate in the 16th Legislative District (LD16). Zwicker, who has served in the NJ General Assembly since 2016 and is a physicist and science educator, released the following statement on Feb. 3: “Now, more than ever, we need to make decisions…
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Hillsborough Democratic Organization launches candidate search for November election
The Hillsborough Democratic Organization has officially launched a candidate search for the November 2021 Hillsborough Township Committee election. “With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House, and an all-Democratic County Commission, we will be able to accomplish more for the people of Hillsborough, especially as we get more Democrats elected,” Hillsborough Democratic Committee…
