As kids’ health coverage slides, Kim pitches insurance with ‘no cracks’

BY BENJAMIN J. HULAC NJ Spotlight Every child born in America would be enrolled in national health care and receive insurance through a federal system until age 26 under new legislation...

Anti-human trafficking campaign results in rescues and arrests

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced...

High costs, heavy traffic

BY BARUCH FEIGENBAUM New Jersey Monitor Anyone who drives the New Jersey Turnpike at rush hour knows the feeling. Traffic...

New take on statewide school exam leaves months-long wait for results

BY CATHERINE CARRERA NJ Spotlight New Jersey’s switch to modernized statewide exams for the 2025-26 school year came with big promises...

Towns use home rule to block data centers, a step beyond Sherrill

BY COLLEEN O'DEA NJ Spotlight Two months ago, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced a plan to restrict — though not ban...

‘Let’s honor those we’ve lost by saving the lives of others’

The 4th Annual Overdose Awareness Day event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 31 at TD Bank Ballpark, home of the Somerset Patriots, the...

Somerset County to offer back-to school routine vaccine clinic

The Somerset County Department of Health announced the opening of a public health clinic to provide routine immunizations to children ages 18 years and younger living in Somerset County through...

Hillsborough Rotary Fair opens Aug. 13

With less than two weeks to go, excitement is growing for the launch of the annual Rotary Fair, which opens on Tuesday, Aug. 13,...

Hillsborough Township hopes to reschedule National Night Out in early September

Due to the thunderstorms that rolled in on Aug. 6, the Hillsborough Police Department cancelled what would have been its second annual National Night...

Artist submissions open for county’s Open Air, Open Space project

In celebration of Somerset County's Open Air, Open Space Project, the county is seeking New Jersey based Plein Air artists to capture the beauty of the public parks system. The...

Lemonade stop

Courtesy of Hillsborough PBA 205 Hillsborough police recently responded to Michelle Lane for the reports of fresh, iced cold lemonade. Upon arrival the officers were...

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