Hillsborough Top Stories
By ALEXANDRA DOLL
January 1, 2025
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital/Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, welcomed Aidan Aziel Lopez Iboy as Somerset County’s first baby of 2025 at 4:18 a.m. on Jan. 1. The baby boy was born to Heidy Iboy Mendoza and Adrian Lopez of Plainfield. Aidan weighed 9 pounds, 1 ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Four graphic design students from Somerville High School have combined their talents to create a commemorative Challenge Coin celebrating the Police Unity Tour, a national cycling event which includes hundreds of police officers from New Jersey, including Somerville’s community ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The annual Township Reorganization meeting, during which members of the Township Committee are sworn to office and appointments of volunteers made to various advisory boards, will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2 at the township Municipal Building, 379 So. Branch Road.The meeting ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The New Year's Day Resolution Run is commemorating its 25th anniversary in 2025 with a tandem of events, a competitive 5K run and a brisk walk for those less inclined to race but still committed to helping the Hillsborough High School Class of 2025 raise money for their annual ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Police on patrol in a residential neighborhood came across a parked car with its motor running and no occupants on Peak Lane early in the morning the day after Christmas.Police determined the vehicle had been stolen in New York on Christmas Day. and searched the area.Police set ...
Haga clic aquí para leer esta historia en inglésNEW BRUNSWICK – The City Council adopted an ordinance banning smoking in parks and some other public spaces around the city at last week's meeting, but not before hearing impassioned testimony from residents who support and oppose it.Ordinance ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Arturo Barrett, a Sourland Conservancy seasonal internplanted a very special oak tree at the Somerset County Sourland Mountain Preserve thisweek – the 10,000th tree planted by the Conservancy this year.Barrett has spent the past few months at the Conservancy planting trees and ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Route 206 northbound and the Falcon Road/Triangle Road intersection has been restored to the original configuration this weekend as the Route 206, Doctors Way to Valley Road project continues to advance. Crews worked Saturday night, Dec. 21, to restripe Route 206 northbound, ...
BRANCHBURG, NJ - The source of smelly, foul-tasting tap water in 67 New Jersey municipalities - including Hillsborough - served by New Jersey American Water has been traced to discharge from a facility in Branchburg that repackages fragrances, essential oils, and flavorings. The facility is located ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Santa and his trusty team of reindeer, led by Rudolph, remain on stand-by at the township's Road Department yard on East Mountain Road.They've been at the ready for several weeks and came close to deploying last Friday when the metropolitan New York area and suburbs were ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Hundreds of Middle and High School students will be receiving a New Year's gift from the Board Education after winter recess - courtesy bussing is being restored for those who live within 2.5 miles of the high school and middle school.The board voted unanimously at its Dec. 16th ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ -An extraordinary online auction featuring a remarkable single-owner estate collection from a distinguished New York City antique dealer and collector will bring in the new year, beginning at 11 a.m., Jan. 2.This unique estate, a true treasure trove cultivated over 50 years, ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The annual Holiday Lights Parade keeps on getting bigger and better thanks to the efforts of two Somerville firefighters who were recognized for their efforts at Monday's Borough Council meeting by Mayor Brian Gallagher.The Dec. 7 parade featured 153 emergency vehicles wrapped in ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Students, staff, and members of the Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School community joined together in recent months to help those in need.The SCVTHS Student Council hosted a clothing fundraiser during the month of October. As a result of their efforts, almost ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Residents across six counties in New Jersey may be experiencing problems with their water as officials continue to look into complaints made in recent days.New Jersey American Water continues to flush hydrants in 67 towns in Morris, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Union ...
TRENTON, NJ — The Senate Economic Growth Committee has advanced legislation sponsored by Senator Andrew Zwicker and Senator Shirley K. Turner to create the Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program. “No student should have to go to school hungry, and no farmer should ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior guard Francesca Schiro scored a game-high 18 points to give her 1,472 in her career to lead Hillsborough to a 76-33 victory over Phillipsburg High School on Tuesday nigh to spoil the Stateliners season opener in a Skyland Conference Delaware Division girl’s basketball game ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ –Nicholas Cringoli, a wrestling coach at Franklin Township Middle School, is facing child pornography charges.He is lodged in Somerset County Jail pending a court hearing.The 52-year-old resident of Raritan was arrested after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Baseball America has named the Somerset Patriots, the New York Yankees Double-A affiliate, winners of its 2024 Freitas Award for Double-A Organization of the Year.“On behalf of the New York Yankees, I’d like to congratulate our Somerset Patriots on being named the winner of the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The township Police Department continues to grow with the hiring of four new officers, all with experience in other New Jersey police departments. The officers - Omar Basuf, Brandon Botquin, Justin Mekhail and Travis Warnock - took their oath of office at the Dec. 10 Township ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Route 206 northbound is scheduled to have a lane closure Tuesday night, Dec. 17 to restore the Falcon Road/Triangle Road intersection to its original configuration as the Route 206, Doctors Way to Valley Road project advances. In addition, lane closures on Falcon Road and ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Police departments across the state have begun their annual holiday crackdown on drunk driving, with many of those efforts fueled by grants from the NJ Department of Highway Traffic Safety.The state’s 2024 “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign has divided $732,400 among 130 ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - No, Santa did not get run over by a reindeer as some parents suggested, but he was hampered upon his arrival Sunday at Central New Jersey Regional Airport Sunday with a broken foot.Painful, you bet, and annoying without a doubt, but the man in the red suit wasn't going to let a ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Hundreds of volunteers visited three neighboring cemeteries along Millstone-River Road Saturday, joining with patriots and families nationwide at 4,200 other cemeteries to honor America's veterans on National Wreaths Across America Day.Wreaths were placed on veterans' graves in ...
PRINCETON, NJ –State Sen. Andrew Zwicker, (D-16, Somerset/Hunterdon/Mercer/Middlesex), will moderate a panel discussion with NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, Professor Heather Howard, and ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha to explore strengthening New Jersey’s laws and services to ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Regional Farmers' Market will close out its inaugural season at the Somerville Middle School on Sunday, Dec. 15th. Most of the vendors will be relocated inside the school building for closing day. In addition to local produce, there will be crafts and other ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Route 206 northbound is scheduled to have a lane closure Monday night, Dec. 16, to restore the Falcon Road/Triangle Road intersection to its original configuration as the Route 206, Doctors Way to Valley Road widening and improvement project continues. In addition, lane closures ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - As famed Vogue editor Anna Wintour said, “Create your own style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable to others.” It’s with this mindset that the team at KiKi D’s Dress Boutique in Hillsborough strives to help their clients find dresses that allow them to discover ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Township Police and other agencies responded to a report of a drone crashing in a field alongside the Loew's store on Route 206 after the caller said it struck a nearby high-tension power line around 8:30 p.m., but despite an extensive search, they came up empty.Police met with ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - A graduate of Hillsborough High School is fulfilling a pact he made with his cousin to join the US Marines, completing Basic Training at Parris Island in the same platoon before graduation and his next duty assignment.The Township Committee presented a proclamation to Sage Blanks ...