Eagle Scouts Honor Father, Purple Heart Plaque Dedication Top Local News

Silvano Zobele, who died of leukemia in June, 2006 is the father of Troop 1776 scouts and recentHillsborough High School graduates John and Thomas Zobele. Since his death the troop has run this very special summer blood drive in order to help the area blood supply during a period of severe shortages.

Sgt. Roland A. Hartman Chapter 27 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart chose Tuesday to dedicate a plaque honoring American soldiers who were wounded in action at the Garden of Honor at the Hillsborough Township Municipal Complex.

A two-vehicle accident on Route 206 south of Amwell Road by the entrance to Nelsons Corner tied up traffic into Montgomery to the south and past Triangle Road to the north.

Phil Barrood, a 17-year-old resident of Hillsborough, will be doing something that Nicky Singer, another Hillsborough native, has never seen: playing two leading roles in the same play.

An SUV severed a telephone pole before ending up in a ditch along Weston Road.

Does Hillsborough have a link to the Titanic? The PBS television show "History Detectives" took a look at the possibility that an heirloom in the family of Hillsborough resident and business owner Robert Martorana is actually from the legendary ocean liner.

The New Brunswick Police Department said that foul play is not currently suspected in the deaths of two New Brunswick boys found in the Raritan River on Monday afternoon.

The Somerset County 4-H Fair offered myriad of activities, animals, shows and fun, and all for free, this past week.