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  • Open-space bonds approved in Montgomery

    Two tracts targeted for $4 million spending plan By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee on Thursday unanimously approved bond ordinances totaling $4 million for the preservation of two open-space tracts — the Vartan and Zeloof properties.    The Vartan property, a 139-acre parcel located north of Cherry Valley Road between Mountain View and Cherry…

  • Pirates secure top spot

    South shuts out PHS to earn No. 1 seed By: Bob Nuse    Even though the high school football state playoffs don’t begin until this week, Saturday’s West Windsor-Plainsboro South at Princeton game had plenty of playoff implications.    For WW-P South, the top seed in the Central Jersey Group III playoffs was on the line. With…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Cantu wins in Plainsboro

    Democrat re-elected to 11th term on township committee    Plainsboro Mayor Peter Cantu, a Democrat, won re-election to the Township Committee on Tuesday over his Republican opponent, Bill Zeltman, by a margin of better than 2-to-1.    Mayor Cantu has served on Plainsboro’s governing body for 30 years — 24 of them as mayor.    The results, not…

  • Lambertville election results

    Democrats Ege, Pittore win City Council seats. By:    LAMBERTVILLE — In the race for two Lambertville City Council seats, Democratic incumbent Cynthia Ege was the top vote-getter Tuesday with 1,052 votes, while fellow Democrat Ron Pittore was the other winner with 986. Republican challenger Marcus Rayner received 680 votes.    See Thursday’s Beacon for details.

  • PU football remains in first

    Tigers handle Penn, 30-13, to snap nine-year streak By: Justin Feil    Two weeks after ending a nine-game losing streak at Harvard, the Princeton University football team did the same to Pennsylvania, 30-13, in Philadelphia on Saturday.    For Princeton co-captain Justin Stull, the win over the Quakers meant just a little bit more, not just because…

  • Ted Allen has an ‘eye’ for good taste

    …Mr. Allen’s new cookbook, "The Food You Want To Eat," aims to tempt beginners or anyone stuck in a rut to prepare delicious food at home By: Faith Bahadurian    Ted Allen knows what you want to eat. And he wants you to make it yourself.    The TV personality, best known as the culinary expert on…

  • HHS boys knocked out in CJ 4 soccer semis

    Season ends with loss at North Brunswick By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys’ soccer team experienced another frustrating afternoon in the semifinal round of the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs.    Last year, the Raiders were eliminated in a controversial 3-2 game at Rancocas Valley. Tuesday afternoon, their 2005 season came to an end in…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Wittman makes return in Cranbury

    BREAKING NEWS: Wittman becomes lone Republican on the committee and first Republican to win a seat since 2001. By: Jessica Beym    Wayne Wittman appears to have won a return to Township Committee after a six-year absence, defeating Angie Cook 717-687 Tuesday night.    The results were not official, as of 9 p.m. The township clerk’s office…

  • Oil company and university team up to push for clean air

    Two join forces to find solution to the carbon dioxide and climate problem By: Hilary Parker    There’s nothing like a little friendly competition and a race against time to inspire scientists to get things done.    About six years ago, British Petroleum arrived on the Princeton University campus with a challenge. The giant oil company had…