Hillsborough High School’s freshman students silently watched the man on the school auditorium stage Oct. 28, though laughter occasionally broke their silence. The man, John Morello, put on a yellow jacket to play David, a smart-mouthed teenager addicted to Ecstasy and prescription drugs.

   A hearing for motions filed by the township requesting dismissal of litigation between Hillsborough Township and Hillsborough Properties has been moved to Nov. 20.

Zachary Mineo, Harvest Drive

   Every Tuesday at 7 a.m., about 18 professionals meet at the Royce Brook Golf Club, on Hamilton Road, to eat breakfast, talk about their businesses and act as sales representatives for each other.

   Each year, on Memorial Day, the township hosts a breakfast to honor local veterans of past wars.

   Township Committee incumbents Carl Suraci and Bob Wagner claimed victory Tuesday night, defeating Democrats Jim Farley and Bill Rossi in an election that saw many municipalities, and the state itself, favoring the Republican candidates.

   Following three months of accountability meetings, township officials are reporting that all departments have been able to stay under budget, while continuing to offer the same level of services residents expect.

   The Board of Education will have more input on the action plan for achieving goals and objectives next year, after several board members felt this year’s plan, though extensive, focused too heavily on normal activities.

   A hearing for motions filed by the township requesting dismissal of litigation between Hillsborough Township and Hillsborough Properties will be held before Judge Peter Buchsbaum in the Hunterdon County Courthouse, in Flemington, tomorrow (Friday) at 9 a.m.

Hillsborough voters returned Republicans Carl Suraci and Bob Wagner for three-year terms on the Township Committee, Tuesday.

   Hillsborough voters returned Republicans Carl Suraci and Bob Wagner for three-year terms on the Township Committee, Tuesday.

   To comply with newly mandated regulations from the Federal Trade Commission, the Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution Oct. 27 to adopt a new Identity Theft policy that, among other changes, will require certain township personnel to undergo training about awareness of fraud.

   A class of Auten Road Intermediate School’s fifth graders stood at the front of the school library waving rectangle-shaped plastic blocks; the blocks emitted the sounds of various drums each time the students waved the objects. S. Greig Ashurst, a Louisiana teacher leading the students, listened to the sounds from another group of student’s blocks, and instructed one girl to join the other group, showing her a pattern to repeat on her cowbell-sounding block.

   With the district already planning next year’s budget — and the Board of Education asking for public input on the budget — one board member is already considering whether certain district programs meet program goals.

   Among the approximately 40 people present at the GSA Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting Oct. 21, a skate park, athletic fields and an indoor recreation center were the most important forms of recreation that should be considered for the General Services Administration Belle Mead Depot.

   A class of Auten Road Intermediate School’s fifth graders stood at the front of the school library waving rectangle-shaped plastic blocks; the blocks emitted the sounds of various drums each time the students waved the objects. S. Greig Ashurst, a Louisiana teacher leading the students, listened to the sounds from another group of student’s blocks, and instructed one girl to join the other group, showing her a pattern to repeat on her cowbell-sounding block.

   Although Hillsborough’s appointments for the currently available nasal vaccine are already filled, the township is still taking steps to prepare for the upcoming arrival of the H1N1 vaccine and more than 3,000 people it hopes to accommodate.

   In 1833, the residents of the Clover Hill village, in Hillsborough, decided they needed a church closer to their homes, and which would not require long horse and buggy rides to get there.

   After a couple months of door-to-door discussions, endorsement signs and debates over intentions, the township is preparing to elect two members to its Township Committee, with the number of registered voters having increased over the past year.

   District Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer’s new five-year contract had one township resident questioning its terms during the school board’s Oct. 19 meeting.

   Hillsborough Chief Fire Marshal Chris Weniger says his firefighters know it is not often they can do something for which he will not be prepared.

   Fantastic Sams hair salon on Amwell Road has a record of giving back to the community since it opened in April 2007, but now the salon is getting something back after it was chosen to receive the 2009 Best of Hillsborough Award from the United States Commerce Association.

   Hillsborough Police Chief Paul A. Kaminsky issued a statement last week reminding residents of the township’s curfew ordinance regarding Halloween, as well as offering safety suggestions for children marking the holiday.

   A Stephen Way resident was charged with several drug offenses last week after a two-month long narcotics investigation during which the defendant allegedly sold marijuana to an undercover detective.