The Hillsborough Township Committee took the final step by swearing in Hillsborough Police Department's Acting Police Chief Darren Powell to the position  of Chief of Police.  

"Late last year, we appointed then Lieutenant Darren Powell to the position of Acting Police Chief and it is with honor that we swear him in today as Chief of Police of the Hillsborough Police Department," stated Mayor Frank DelCore. 

Chief Powell joined the Hillsborough Police Department over 22 years ago as a Police Officer. He was appointed to Corporal in 1999, Sergeant in 2002 and Lieutenant in 2009. Chief Powell is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy (March 2014); it is a professional development course for both US and International law enforcement leaders.

Dog Licenses - January and February are the renewal months for dog licenses.  Township Code, Chapter 117 requires all dogs be licensed.  Renewal notices have been mailed to all residents who licensed their dogs in 2015.  The rabies vaccine must be valid through October 31st in order to renew your dog's license.  Please visit the Finance Office to renew or license your dog.

Somerset County Freeholder Mark Caliguire, recycling liaison, invites residents to take advantage of the next  First Saturday of the MonthDrop-off event Feb. 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Somerset County Recycling Center, located at 40 Polhemus Lane.

First Saturday drop-off events enable busy residents to recycle tires, clean textiles and usual curbside items in one fell swoop.  They also enable residents to help people in the community who are less fortunate by donating food items for a local food bank.

As part of the program, residents can drop off up to eight tires - with or without rims - scrap metal, used motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze and usual curbside materials, including chipboard items and plastic bottles and containers, marked #1 through #7.  Chipboard includes gift, shoe, shirt and all retail boxes, as well as cereal, cookie, pasta, cake and cracker boxes, without the plastic liners.  Also poster board, backing from writing pads and empty, dried-out steel paint cans are accepted.

The Annual Election of the Fire Commissioners will be held Saturday, February 20, 2016.

The last day to register to vote in the Fire Commissioners election is Thursday, February 18, 2016.

  

Polls will be open from 2:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Hillsborough Township Municipal Complex, The Peter J. Biondi Building, 379 South Branch Rd, Hillsborough, NJ  08844.

Hillsborough, N.J. January 12, 2016...Gift packages with toiletries and snacks from home are welcomed by our troops abroad all year long, which means that the work of preparing those gift packages doesn't end with the Holiday Season.  Pictured below are members of the Hillsborough Rotary Club hard at work sorting 155 boxes of donated goods that were collected by employees of TD Banks throughout the East Coast.  Approximately 20 Rotarians and their family members and friends turned out on Saturday morning, January 9, to sort thousands of donated items into dozens of categories that will enable future Operation Shoebox packing events to operate with military precision.

"We support many very worthy organizations in Hillsborough," commented Hillsborough Rotary Club President, John Shockley, " but there is a very special place in members' hearts for our troops serving around the world. So, when Operation Shoebox requests our help, we turn out with smiles on our faces and our sleeves rolled up."

It took over three hours to uncrate sort and group the goods by category so that volunteers will be able to quickly assemble the gift packages that will be sent to the troops.  The next Operation Shoebox packing event will be held February 13 at the Manville VFW Post.

Hillsborough Rotary Club Director Patricia Marciano (facing camera far left) is joined by her club colleagues in sorting through thousands of donated items ranging from shampoo to beef jerky.

The Senior Centers operated by the Somerset County Office on Aging & Disability Services have announced the new monthly program schedule for its locations in Basking Ridge, Bridgewater (new), Hillsborough, Montgomery, Quail Brook, Raritan and Warrenbrook.  Programs begin at 11:00 a.m. unless otherwise indicated. 

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Looking for an opportunity to help clean up your watershed and improve the water quality of your streams? Then join Raritan Headwaters Association for our 26th Annual Stream Clean Up on Saturday, April 16.

The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine, at multiple sites along the Raritan River throughout Hunterdon, Somerset and Morris Counties.

Everyone is invited to participate, from individuals and families to businesses, civic organizations and church groups, at the site of their choice. Bags, gloves, t-shirts and snacks will be provided. Participants need only bring their enthusiasm.

RHA's largest annual volunteer event, the Stream Clean Up directly and immediately benefits both the North and South Branches of the Raritan River. In 2015, more than a thousand volunteers helped RHA remove nearly 10 tons of trash from sites in 29 towns. In just three hours, the small army collected an assortment of debris that ranged from tangled fishing line, plastic bags and bottles, to a Ford pickup tailgate, leaf blower, tires, and 300 pounds of scrap metal.

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