Hillsborough News

At least one school-board member is blasting an e-newsletter distributed by the Hillsborough Education Association prior to the November general election, which encouraged district staff to vote for then gubernatorial Democratic candidate Jon S. Corzine.

New Jersey is preparing for the many activities, workshops, conferences and other educational events during its 25th anniversary year.

Sayreville senior Dave Milewski played football for three years without much attention.

A fire that swept through a Union Avenue medical building remains under investigation, township Fire Official Phillip Langon said.

Hillsborough Committeeman Anthony Ferrera, representing the nonprofit Somerset Council, has joined in support of state Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini's Lifeline legislation - signed into law by the governor on Oct.

Culinary historian Judith Krall Rusoo will present 'The Holiday Cranberry' from 2 to 4 p.m Saturday at the newly restored Metlar-Bodine House Museum in Piscataway.

A pair of Democratic candidates in the general election Tuesday were unsuccessful in an attempt to crack the all-Republican hold on the Township Committee.

There will be no frilly white dress or solemn chapel at Jamie Briggs' wedding today.

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The 'Ghoulishly Good'' township Halloween party Thursday evening has extended the hours of the event until 6:30 p.m. The event, which has two time slots, had originally planned to run until 5 p.m. for the younger children, but is now being extended until 6:30. An evening event from 7 to 10 p.m. also is planned for older children.

As a local businessman and a member of Hillsborough's Economic and Business Development Committee, I wanted to express my appreciation for the great job that Republican committeemen Bob Wagner and Carl Suraci, and the rest of their township committee colleagues have done for businesses in Hillsborough.

As colleagues of Deputy Mayor Bob Wagner and Committeeman Carl Suraci, who have had the privilege of working with them for the betterment of our community, it is our pleasure to endorse them for re-election to the Township Committee.

A dozen people were arrested and five police officers injured following a series of fights that broke out during the annual Franklin High School Homecoming Dance Friday night at the school on Elizabeth Avenue, authorities said.

A state appellate court has reversed a lower court decision to allow a Hillsborough woman into the pretrial intervention program on charges she used a live-in boyfriend's credit card to make purchases without his permission.

Township resident Robert Kennedy, 21, was arrested Wednesday on marijuana charges following a two-month investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force.

The body of the duck hunter found Tuesday in a the Millstone River in a swampy region that bounds the three Somerset County municipalities of Manville, Hillsborough and Franklin was identified as Leonello J. Distefano, 65, of Three Bridges, Hunterdon County, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.

Mark Salandra wants the clients he personally trains to lead healthier lifestyles through weekly strength and fitness routines.

Municipal officials have approved an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway Company that would allow train quiet zone electronic safety improvements at the Valley Road crossing.

While serving as a Township Committeeman in 2005, Democrat Paul Drake gave developer K. Hovnanian suggestions on how to gain approval of a 700-unit residential development on land owned by Hillsborough Properties, according to a courtdocument Thursday filed by the township.

The preservation this week of the 163-acre Van Nuys Farm by the Township Committee not only puts that property out of reach of developers, it also brings the township's preservation record to 611 total acres protected.