Hillsborough Beacon

More than birds are migrating through New Jersey’s fall landscapes

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation Fall migration in New Jersey means skies filled with warblers, thrushes, raptors, and other birds heading south. Many are neotropical migrants, traveling hundreds or...
Bordentown Current

Balloon pollution is spoiling the party for wildlife

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation There’s something undeniably cheerful about balloons. We buy them for birthday parties, graduations,...
Bordentown Current

Got bugs? Got life!

Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County will sponsor the 22nd Annual Insect Festival on Saturday, September 19, at...
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When it comes to state’s grasslands, we reap what we sow  

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation When people picture New Jersey’s classic natural landscapes, they often think of the...
Bordentown Current

‘We remember’

Twenty-six years ago, September 11 meant back-to-school spirits; hazy, end-of-summer weather; the beginning of a season with rowdy...

Hillsborough: Election results

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There were seats open for Hillsborough Township Committee, Hillsborough Township Board of Education and fire district in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5....

Disbarred attorney admits to Ponzi-like scheme

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A Somerset County disbarred attorney admitted a wire fraud scheme that caused losses of more than $1 million, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R....

NEW JERSEY WINE WEEK EXPANDS TO FULL MONTH

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Haddonfield, NJ – Say goodbye to New Jersey Wine Week – and say cheers to New Jersey Wine Month! Running November 1-30, this celebration highlights Garden...

County holds programs for Red Ribbon Week

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The Somerset County Municipal Alliance Network is holding multi-platform programming through Oct. 31 to encourage people to live substance free as part of National Red Ribbon Week....

Terror and fear: a sampling of Halloween scares

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By William Sokolic Goblins and gremlins and ghouls - oh my. Oh my, indeed. It's Halloween season and while pumpkin patches and pick-your-own pumpkins and hayrides...

Hillsborough: Five vie for three seats on school board

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Five candidates, including three incumbents, will vie for three seats on the Hillsborough Township Board of Education in the election on Tuesday, Nov. 5....
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