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  • Visit from the North Pole

    Santa Claus takes time to visit Lawrence for the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony Dec. 11 at the Municipal Building. Attendees enjoy the festivities during the Lawrence tree lighting.

  • Town, depot firm reach agreement

    Plan for the VA Depot includes a $1.1 million payment to Hillsborough in lieu of taxes. By: Melissa Edmond    A split Township Committee agreed to a plan for the redevelopment of the VA Depot on Route 206 that includes a $1.1 million payment to the township over the next three years in lieu of taxes.…

  • Danuta Shygera

       MANVILLE — Danuta (Oborski) Shygera died Dec. 7 at home. She was 82.    Born in Pidwolochyst, Poland, she came to the U.S. in 1957 settling in Manville.    Mrs. Shygera was employed for many years as a teller with the former Manville National Bank.    She was a communicant and very active with St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic…

  • New trash contract establishes fines

    Town’s trash hauler faces fines if service problems arise By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee has awarded a new contract to the town’s trash hauler, but this one allows fines to be levied on the company if service problems, like those that occurred last year, arise again.    While the three-year contract with…

  • Red Raiders fighting through tough times

    Pennington boys basketball By: Mike Molaro    It hasn’t been the easiest of times for The Pennington School boys basketball squad, and things might get darker before the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel shines, but the Red Raiders are refusing to fold.    "We are a very young and inexperienced team," Pennington coach Bernie…

  • Youth must produce for South Brunswick

    By: Ken Weingartner    Joe Dougherty is impressed with the potential he sees in his young wrestlers – and there are plenty of them – on South Brunswick High team.    What that means in actual matches, however, remains to be seen. Potential, after all, indicates that they haven’t done anything yet.    For a second straight season,…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of Dec. 15, 2005. Former mayor not with local Republicans To the editor:    Having been exposed in the columns of this newspaper, and in other fora, to his self-serving and egocentric diatribes over the past several years, what we say here should already be clear to Beacon readers — Glenn van Lier…

  • Brutal slate slows down swim team

    Hopewell Valley swimming By: Jim Green    Two quality swimming teams squared off Tuesday night, as Hopewell Valley Central High School went up against Lawrence at Pennington. Lawrence simply is at another level right now.    The Cardinals swept the meet, winning the girls side 112-58 and the boys meet 117-52. The Hopewell girls, who opened the…

  • Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec. 15

    Mansfield parents want honest dialogue To the editor:    As a parent involved in the Mansfield Township Parents Group advocating Special Education I felt it necessary to respond to the most recent article in the Register-News.    There are some specific points made in this article that I feel compelled to respond to:    There seems to be…