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  • Towns game for Route 92 talks

    Representatives from several towns will get together to have roundtable discussion. By: Joseph Harvie    Representatives from several towns with a stake in whether Route 92 will be built say they are willing to hold roundtable discussion on the effects the highway would have on the area.    But Plainsboro Mayor Peter Cantu, whose town is one…

  • Pauline D’Andrea

    By:    MANVILLE — Pauline D’Andrea died Feb. 25 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 84.    Born in New York City, she moved to Manville in 1955 and has lived there ever since.    Mrs. D’Andrea was a retired Assembly Worker for the RCA Corp. in Bridgewater for over 25 years and was a member…

  • Concerns over funding

    Proposal could expand No Child Left Behind. By: Melissa Hayes    School board members say a proposal to expand the No Child Left Behind Act could take a financial toll on the district if federal funding for the program doesn’t increase.    On Feb. 7, President George W. Bush unveiled plans to expand No Child Left Behind…

  • School’s lab due to community’s help

    To the editor By:     On Feb. 2, students, staff and families were ecstatic to cut the ribbon on a brand new computer lab at Woods Road School.    As reported in the Beacon, this was the culmination of 18 months of hard work by staff and parents, who donated of time, money and equipment, resulting…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the March 3 issue. Board members still apportioned incorrectly To the editor:    The following is a copy of a letter sent to Walter Keiss, Burlington County Superintendent of Schools.     I was disappointed to read an article appearing in the Register-News on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005, indicating that North Hanover would receive four board…

  • McLaughlin wins district title

    Six other Raiders advance to regions By: Rudy Brandl        Things have changed quite a bit since last season for the Hillsborough High wrestling team. Last year, the Raiders advanced 12 of the 13 wrestlers they entered in the District 18 Championships to the Region 5 Tournament and rolled to the district team title. Ironically,…

  • Village Harmony brings music to Pennington Presbyterian

    Pennington resident and Hopewell Valley Central High School senior Ned Milly has performed in many venues with Village Harmony. By John Tredrea    Village Harmony, a teen singing ensemble based in Marshfield, Vt., brought its stirring repertoire of World Music to Pennington Presbyterian Church the night of Feb. 24.    Dozens of area residents came through a…

  • Obituaries for week of March 3

    Neil Compagnucci    Neil Compagnucci, 54, died Feb. 21 in the Tandem Health Care, Lawrence.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident.    He was employed as an inspector for the City of Trenton Street Department for 32 years before his retirement.    Son of the late Pasquale and Letitia Pannone Compagnucci, he is survived by…

  • Bridge repairs possible in 2006

    Replacement of Mill Pond Bridge in Allentown is dependent on the county’s acquisition of farmland near a troublesome intersection. By: Marisa Maldonado    ALLENTOWN — Replacement of the Mill Pond Bridge could begin early next year but all progress depends on the county’s acquisition of farmland near a troublesome intersection, a county engineer said.    The 18-month…