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Hillsborough High School Junior Kelly Irwin created an online mentoring group, Boro Buddies, to help elementary students amid the pandemic.
Bridgewater released its full list of roads to be repaved in 2021 as part of the township's 5-year road improvement plan.
The Hillsborough Food Truck Festival set for Saturday has been postponed to June 19 due to rain.
Nominate your pet for Warren's Pet of the Week and winners will get a free treat bag from Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming!
Nominate your Pet for Scotch Plains-Fanwood's Pet of the Week and winners will receive 20 percent off any single item in Dukes's Pet Den.
Nominate your pet for Hillsborough's Pet of the Week and winners receive a free bag of Fromm pet food from Amwell Pet Supply.
Nominate your pet and winners will get a digital gift card for a free pet wash from In-N-Out Dog Pet Services.
Nominate your pet for Bridgewater's Pet of the Week and winners will get a free treat bag from Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming!
As a guard, applicants would work about 15 hours per week helping children crossing the roadway in various locations.
Donations can be dropped off at the collection box outside the Warren Police Department from May 14 to 23.
Selvin Ixtabalan-Garcia, 21, of Bound Brook and Heiner Rivera-Ramirez, 38 of Middlesex were both charged with 2nd-degree aggravated assault.
Two men were also arrested after police say they found them driving in a stolen car in the township.
The two right lanes of four lanes are closed causing a 10-minute delay in Bridgewater on Thursday afternoon.
Bernards Township Deputy Mayor Joseph Esposito announced his resignation on Tuesday, effective at the end of May.
Mimosa Marketing is a group of hard-working small business owners who help to cheer each other on and promote each other businesses.
Branchburg-based Stage Stars Productions will present two outdoor farm-to-table events in May including the Rocky Horror Weekend and Clue.
Spring has brought the perfect weather to curl up with a book under a tree outside. Let's take a look at what your neighbors are reading.
The Manville/Hillsborough Elks Club is hosting a food truck festival that will include hatchet toss, boardwalk-style games on June 19.
Jose Manuel Ramos Lemus, 51, a citizen of Mexico residing in Arizona, had gone to the Jersey Gardens Mall parking lot in 2019.
Clinics will be hosted on Saturdays and "pop-up" clinics on Thursdays throughout May and June offering the Moderna and J&J shots.
