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The 'Ghoulishly Good'' township Halloween party Thursday evening has extended the hours of the event until 6:30 p.m. The event, which has two time slots, had originally planned to run until 5 p.m. for the younger children, but is now being extended until 6:30. An evening event from 7 to 10 p.m. also is planned for older children.

As a local businessman and a member of Hillsborough's Economic and Business Development Committee, I wanted to express my appreciation for the great job that Republican committeemen Bob Wagner and Carl Suraci, and the rest of their township committee colleagues have done for businesses in Hillsborough.

As colleagues of Deputy Mayor Bob Wagner and Committeeman Carl Suraci, who have had the privilege of working with them for the betterment of our community, it is our pleasure to endorse them for re-election to the Township Committee.

A dozen people were arrested and five police officers injured following a series of fights that broke out during the annual Franklin High School Homecoming Dance Friday night at the school on Elizabeth Avenue, authorities said.

A state appellate court has reversed a lower court decision to allow a Hillsborough woman into the pretrial intervention program on charges she used a live-in boyfriend's credit card to make purchases without his permission.

Township resident Robert Kennedy, 21, was arrested Wednesday on marijuana charges following a two-month investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force.

The body of the duck hunter found Tuesday in a the Millstone River in a swampy region that bounds the three Somerset County municipalities of Manville, Hillsborough and Franklin was identified as Leonello J. Distefano, 65, of Three Bridges, Hunterdon County, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.

Mark Salandra wants the clients he personally trains to lead healthier lifestyles through weekly strength and fitness routines.

Municipal officials have approved an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway Company that would allow train quiet zone electronic safety improvements at the Valley Road crossing.

While serving as a Township Committeeman in 2005, Democrat Paul Drake gave developer K. Hovnanian suggestions on how to gain approval of a 700-unit residential development on land owned by Hillsborough Properties, according to a courtdocument Thursday filed by the township.

The preservation this week of the 163-acre Van Nuys Farm by the Township Committee not only puts that property out of reach of developers, it also brings the township's preservation record to 611 total acres protected.

Owner Padmaja Harisrikanth, her staff and family celebrated the grand opening of Lil Sparks Montessori, 649 Route 206 north, in Hillsborough.

Mark Salandra, a nationally ranked power lifter and president of StrengthCondition.com, provides personal strength training services to clients in Hillsborough and surrounding towns.

The pair talk about various games including Don Bosco's 71-0 win over Clifton, and preview some big games including Roxbury, Summit, and Irvington's game against Seton Hall Prep.

Auten Road Intermediate School pupils will be holding an evening of activities to spread more awareness about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.

Healthy U, the nations largest, evidence-based after school program designed to combat childhood obesity is making a significant overall impact on the health of the 18,000 children taking part in the initiative.

The district judge in Middletown on Wednesday found a truck driver guilty of careless driving, five months after his tractor-trailer struck and killed a CSX train worker who was repairing railroad crossing equipment.

Come to our Hillsborough Vendors Fair on Saturday October 10th, from 10 to 4. Free Admission.

When coming up with a wish list of plans for his 336-acre property next to the Belle Mead-GSA Depot, Bhrugesh Patel envisions a retirement community, a solar park, a veterans' memorial and an indoor recreation facility.

Rutgers University's Cook Campus long has been recognized in the academic community for its work in environmental and biological sciences.

The story of World War II Marine Sgt. John Basilone, killed in combat on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Feb.