Celebrating 250 Years

The final entry in our series of three often-overlooked maps of the Re...

The second in our series of three often-overlooked maps of the Revolut...

I couldn’t write about Hillsborough or Somerset County history withou...

We could probably call 2024 The Year of the Drone in Hillsborough. For...

We could probably call 2024 The Year of the Drone in Hillsborough. For...

If you’re not old enough to remember hiding under your desk at school ...

Where do you picture an old sea captain retiring? In the 19 th century...

The Borough of Millstone recently celebrated its 132 nd birthday. The ...

Help give Hillsborough a Patriotic Glow Up for the 4th of July. Regis...

In its May 14, 1972, edition, the New Brunswick Home News printed a t...

Hillsborough Township abounds in placenames. From 18 th and 19th-centu...

HILLSBO...

New Jersey state law allows for various forms of municipal governance....

Hillsborough became serious about preserving its past around the time ...

The year was 1926, and the Girl Scouts of New Brunswick had a problem....

How will a community care for its poor? This is a question Hillsborou...

New Jersey in the American Revolution, edited by Barbara J. Mitnick, ...

As you exit the doors of Hillsborough’s municipal building today, you ...

Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick, 201...

In the summer of 1969, with the incoming 8th-, 9th-, and 10th-graders ...

Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters by Edward J. Larson, 2026

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 Today, if you use the words Hillsborough and bypass in the same sent...

On the morning of August 9, 1894, friends, family, and dignitaries, b...

Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence by Bil...

One of the largest political assemblies in New Jersey';s history took...

Hillsborough Township celebrated its 250th in 2021. It was a time to c...

A Spirited War: George Washington and the Ghosts of the Revolution in...

Newark has Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther King, Jr. Albert Einst...

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, Hillsborough Township ...

In 1788, in Hillsborough Township of perhaps 400 homesteads, there we...

Ten years ago this month, volunteer firefighters from all three of Hi...

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, Hillsborough Township i...

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, Hillsborough Towns...

Hillsborough became serious about preserving its past around the time...

Welcome to the first of what I hope will be a w...