Hunterdon County News
By MICHAEL DAIGLE
June 3, 2025
CLINTON TOWNSHIP – In its continuing effort to upgrade park facilities, on May 20, the Hunterdon County commissioners authorized by resolution to seek bids for renovations and expansion at the County Arboretum on Route 31.The 135-acre arboretum is the headquarters of the county park system, and is ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - The oversized check posted on an easel at the front of the historic Hunterdon County courtroom seemed appropriate because of the big number written across the facsimile check: $250,000.“This is the largest amount we have ever presented,” said Natalie Zaman, executive director of ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - A lot of things can be done with $122.5 million.But that’s the point, John Lanza, director of the Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners, said.The budget is a policy statement reflecting the goals of the board to address the needs of residents and the 26 municipalities in the ...
Get ready for a democracy revolution with a sweet twist! On Thursday May 8th, North Hunterdon High School's freshman powerhouse Ava Joy Baldinger is unleashing "Cookie Hour" – a groundbreaking student-led initiative set to transform how teens engage with democracy.DEMOCRACY GETS DELICIOUS on ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ – All Hunterdon County municipalities will get a chance to share in a new $500,000 grant approved on April 14 by the county board of commissioners.The new grant program will support the purchase of police-related equipment for those towns which operate police departments, said ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Residential waste pickup will continue across Hunterdon County without disruption despite a fire at the Hunterdon County Transfer Station April 23.According to Hunterdon County Health Department Director Karen DeMarco, the Division of Recycling and Solid Waste Services is a ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Hunterdon County reached an agreement with one of its unions to raise member salaries in an effort to fill vacancies.Administrator Brad Myhre said at the April 1 board of commissioner meeting that the agreement with the CWA Public Safety Department workers is a side agreement ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - The Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners introduced a 2025 county budget that drops the county tax rate to its lowest level in 11 years.The $122.5 million budget was introduced at the April 1 board meeting.The proposed tax rate would drop from 30.9 cents per $100 of ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Following the success of a 2024 grants program to assist Hunterdon County municipalities with park projects, the board of commissioners on March 17 announced another round of funding.The county plans to use $1 million from the county Open Space Trust Fund program to assist ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ -Hunterdon County approved funding for two programs designed to provide home-based help for seniors over age 60 and support caregivers.At the March 18 meeting, the board of commissioners approved a program that offers home health aide services for seniors, and a second program ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Just in time for spring house cleaning, the Friends of the Hunterdon County Library (FOHCL) is gearing up for its 27th annual book sale, set to run from April 26 through April 28. We are all excited to report to our community on two things: donations for the sale, and ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - The Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners authorized county administrator Brad Myhre to develop criteria for a $500,000 county fund to support local police department equipment purchases.The fund was announced by board director John Lanza at the Jan. 7 reorganization meeting.The ...
WEST AMWELL – Hunterdon County will receive $1 million from the state to support the construction of an all-inclusive playground at the South County Fairgrounds.On Feb. 18, the board of commissioners approved an “enabling resolution” to accept a Green Acres grant from the Department of ...
RARITAN TOWNSHIP – The continued flooding issue at Wescott Drive and Sand Hill Road prompted the Hunterdon County board of commissioners to seek a federal grant to remediate the issues for the second consecutive year.Wescott Drive is the northern entrance to Hunterdon Medical Center and intersects ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - The Hunterdon County Library System is celebrating New Jersey Makers Day, which celebrates the inventor, maker, creator, artist and tinkerer in everyone.The day is an annual statewide event held at more than 250 libraries, museums, schools, makerspaces and businesses across New ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - The Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners declared at the Feb. 18 meeting their support for the U.S. Constitution and for the effort by federal law enforcement to arrest those persons suspected of being unauthorized “criminals or those harboring criminals.”The Trump ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - Arts programs in Hunterdon County generate more than $3.5 million a year in economic activity, as roughly 51,000 people attend events.To support those activities, the Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission seeks state grants, which are then dispersed to various arts ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Hunterdon County approved $683,200 in spending to support, for three years, a countywide program that serves more than 30,000 residents annually.With a series of resolutions on Feb. 18, the board of commissioners boosted Meals on Wheels in Hunterdon, Inc. through December ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Hunterdon County took another step Feb. 18 to develop a countywide bicycle master plan.The board of commissioners approved a $200,000 contract with Michael Baker International Inc., of Hamilton, to develop the plan, expected to be completed by fall.The goal is to create a ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Commissioner Shaun C. Van Doren released a statement about the county health department's response to the ongoing Avian Influenza (bird flu) public health challenge, noting that there are no cases in the area.“H5N1 Avian Influenza, also known as Bird Flu, continues to be a ...
FLEMINGTON – Hunterdon County will launch a 2025 grant program to support municipal law enforcement departments.That incentive was announced by John Lanza, who was elected director of the county board of commissioners at the Jan. 7 reorganization meeting.Commissioner Shaun Van Doren was elected ...
It was perhaps the biggest social event of Flemington’s 1901 summer season. Julia Higgins Fulper and Philip Insley Craig would marry on June 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church. Trenton decorator G. W. Phillips adorned the church with daisies, ferns and palms, creating a stunning vision of ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - The Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners reminded residents to be aware of the persistent alerts about unmanned drones flying over the county and New Jersey.At the Dec 17 meeting, both commission director Jeff Kuhl and commissioner John Lanza harshly stated their ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - The Hunterdon County board of commissioners reluctantly agreed by resolution Dec. 3 to pay a legal bill related to the successful effort by Democratic U.S. Sen.-elect Andy Kim to overturn the use by state Democrats of the “party-line” form of election ballot in the June ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - A South Amboy man was sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with the death of a woman from a drug overdose in Raritan Township in 2022.Leonard R. Contreras, 26, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, with eight years and six months to be served before parole ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Preservation of historic sites and buildings, preserving open space and providing funds to help Hunterdon County residents in need is a common duty of the board of commissioners.To that end, the board, on Dec. 3, approved 15 resolutions to meet these assorted needs.The board ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - The Hunterdon County commissioners, on Oct. 15, unanimously approved by resolution funding for programs that support residents with addictions, housing needs and access to medications.The resolution were presented to the board by human services administrator Susan Nekola.The first ...
HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ - Hunterdon County will replace its 23-year-old mobile command center with a new model, bought at a discount.The board of commissioners approved on Oct. 1 the purchase of a $1.9 million mobile command unit from Fire and Safety Services LTD, of South Plainfield.Brayden Fahey, ...
HUNTERDON, COUNTY - The Hunterdon County Board of Commissioners again expressed its disapproval of a federal transportation bill that would allow the use of 91,000-pound trucks on certain federal highways.The bill, H.R. 3372, was introduced in May 2023, and is now in the House Transportation and ...
FRANKLIN TWP. – Progress to transform the Hunterdon County 911 communication center took big steps in recent months, the county commissioners learned Sept. 17.Patrick Horsch, public safety communications division director, told the commissioners that the central room that houses the main ...