Honors & Achievements Top Stories
By ROD HIRSCH
March 3, 2025
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - It should come as no surprise to those who live and work here - the township has been rated as one of the Top 5 destinations to visit in 2025, according to Mayor John Ciccarelli.The mayor made the announcement at the Feb. 25 Township Committee meeting, seated on the dais in the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Dominick Elias of Bridgewater, a senior in the Mechatronics, Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (MEAM) program at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School (SCVTHS), has been selected as Student of the Month for February 2025.He is the son of Ricardo Elias and ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Wendy Kolodziej, head custodian at Hillsborough Elementary School, has been selected as a 2025 "Teacher Who Makes Magic" award recipient in the Educational Support Professional (ESP) category by Magic 98.3 radio and FOX Sports Radio New Jersey. "Wendy's dedication, warmth, and ...
Four Hillsborough Residents Earn Honors at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham CampusMADISON, NJ - Four residents of Hillsborough, NJ have been named to the Honors Lists for the Fall 2024 semester at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Campus:Gabriel Sharp; Kelly Walton; Victoria Fantozzi ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Rahway residents and members of the Rahway Public Schools community may or may not be Philadelphia Eagles fans. But one thing is no doubt certain. This Sunday, as the Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, everyone in town and all those with any kind of love in their ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School was well represented at the New Jersey Regional Science Olympiad competition held at NJIT earlier this month. Students enrolled in the Health Occupations, Mechatronics, Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (MEAM), and the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The Board of Education presented the Hillsborough Raider Marching Band with a proclamation at the Monday, Jan. 27 meeting recognizing the students for their overall excellence in winning the 2024 USBands Group V Open State Championship.The proclamation reads: WHEREAS, the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Two Hillsborough High School students have been selected as winners of the 2024 VFW Voice of Democracy Scholarship Program by local VFW Post 8371.Yashmee Yatham and Dean Milano were presented their awards during a Jan. 13 program at the school.Yashmee and Dean received ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Mayor John Ciccarelli presented Hillsborough Girl Scout, Meghana Gandavabi, with a proclamation in recognition of achieving the Girl Scout Gold Award at last week's Township Committee meeting.Her project focused on how the community has a responsibility to understand autistic ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Karen Winfield, a school counselor at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School, has been selected as the district’s 2024-2025 Educational Services Professional of the Year. She is known for being kind, being supportive, and being a fierce advocate for her students ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Hillsborough High School teacher Anjana Iyer has been named a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government specifically for K-12 science and mathematics teachers.She was also ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School has announced that Graphic Communications instructor Joe Alfieri has been selected as the school’s 2024-2025 Educator of the Year.Alfieri started his career in printing and graphic arts on the advice of his grandfather, who ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – From Rutgers to the Rockettes – you could say it has been a spectacular journey for identical twins Caitlin and Courtney Sullivan, a pair of 2020 Rutgers graduates.For Caitlin and Courtney, 25, who go to New York each holiday season to catch the famous Christmas Spectacular at Radio ...
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 - 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 ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – The Somerset County Business Partnership held its Annual Meeting on Monday, the largest gathering of the business community in Somerset County. The centerpiece of the event was its annual awards ceremony. This year the SCBP honored three Business of the Year recipients, Citizen of ...
CHATHAM, NJ – One out of ten students from across New Jersey who applied have been accepted into the Governor's STEM Scholars Class of 2024-25, including Anya Konduru of Hillsborough.She is a junior at Somerset County Vocational Technical High School in Bridgewater.Selected from among more than ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – From a small 12-bed house to a nationally recognized 339-bed regional medical center with locations throughout Central New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health facility is celebrating 125 years of providing comprehensive health ...
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Hillsborough Township has been recognized for its stellar efforts in 2024 to grow and develop its employees by the New Jersey Municipal Manager Association during the League of Municipalities Conference.The Hillsborough Township Committee received the 2024 New Jersey Municipal ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ– For the second year in a row, Hillsborough Elementary School ESL teacher Barbara Borto has been nominated for National Life Group’s 2024-25 LifeChanger of the Year award.Last year, she was nominated for the award by colleague Cassandra Shannon; Borto also nominated Shannon for the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Ariana Jain of Hillsborough, a freshman in the Business, Entrepreneuship & Management program at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School, has been selected as Stuent of the Month for November.She is the daughter of Vkash Jain and Vijayata Sanghvi.Jeffrey ...
MANVILLE, NJ - The newly-formed Manville High School Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for its inaugural class. This initiative seeks to honor and celebrate distinguished MHS alumni who have made exceptional contributions in their careers, communities, or through personal achievements. The ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The Hillsborough Business Association honored several organizations and businesses that have made significant contributions to the community during the annual 2024 HBA Awards dinner.Members participated in the selection process, voting in each of the award categories. The award ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Sustainable Jersey for Schools presented Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School (SCVTHS) with a Bronze Certification during the New Jersey School Boards Association Workshop, held in Atlantic City in late October. SCVTHS joins 375 certified schools across New Jersey ...
HILLABOROUGH, NJ - Mayor Robert Britting, Jr. presented the Pride of Hillsborough Raider Marching Band with a proclamation recognizing the students and staff m for their hard work and dedication during the Nov. 12 Township Committee meeting.The Pride of Hillsborough Marching Band is the 2024 NJ ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Lee Coleman, founder and the first commander of Hillsborough VFW Post #8371, has been awarded the Veteran of the Year award posthumously.Coleman served in the Navy from 1953-62.His plaque will be displayed at the Hillsborough Municipal Building, 379 ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The non-profit College Board, a national organization that oversees critical programs for college-bound high school seniors, has placed Hillsborough High School on its 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) School Honor Roll, earning the prestigious Silver distinction. In addition to this ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Chaitanyaa Vyas of Hillsborough and Vaanya Salwan of Bridgewater have been named Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit® Scholarship Program, according to Hector Montes, principal of Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School.In addition, Max Chen of Hillsborough, ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The Township Committee has been honored with the New Jersey Municipal Management Association’s (NJMMA) Elected Official Award. The NJMMA Elected Official Award focuses on one governing body in the State of New Jersey that has consistently supported professional government ...