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5K Run With Hot Air Balloons At NJ Festival
This year's 11th annual race at the New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning will take place Sunday, July 25, at 8 a.m. at Solberg Airport.

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This year's 11th annual race at the New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning will take place Sunday, July 25, at 8 a.m. at Solberg Airport.

"We will be continuing with our mask optional approach that was in place at the end of this past school year," said Superintendent Grande.
A public hearing on the budget will be held at the July 19 Township Council Meeting.
The official grand opening was held at Flounder Brewing's new location on the Carriage Farm property in Hillsborough.
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Basking Ridge boy and girl cub scouts came together to help feed local children in need.
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The cooling center will be set up at the Otto Kaufman Community Center and be open daily from Monday through Wednesday.
Adeline Eick faces lifelong invasive testing. The medical expenses have already and will continue to pile up for her Hillsborough family.
"I'm blushing. I'm flattered," said Alex Alb, owner of the Martinsville restaurant and ice cream shop, of the community's support.
The cooling center will be set up at the Fanwood Carriage House and be open daily from Monday through Friday.
Hot temperatures, high humidity and heat indexes as high as 104 are expected in Somerset County.
Hot temperatures and high humidity is expected through Tuesday night.
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