Category: archives

  • Friel, Montgomery back in regional

    12-year-olds head to New York By: Bob Nuse    Mike Friel knows that at the ripe young age of 12, he’s already gotten to experience a lot more sports-related travel than most people do in a lifetime.    "It’s kind of weird," he said. "Not a lot of people get this kind of opportunity to travel to…

  • Valley towns get grants for homeland security

    Police say money could be used "to purchase explosive scent dogs — that is, dogs that would be trained to locate bombs by sniffing them out." By Ruth Luse    State Sen. Shirley K. Turner, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman recently announced that eight municipalities in the 15th Legislative District will receive a…

  • Setting the rules

    New rules for the campaign season By:Hank Kalet    We are about half way through the summer, and only a few weeks from what historically has been the beginning of the annual campaign season here in South Brunswick.    With that in mind, I wanted to offer some basic ground rules that will govern our coverage of…

  • Renowned artist to sculpt Roebling

    World-renowned sculptor J. Seward Johnson Jr. will craft an image of the Village of Roebling’s namesake for its 100th birthday. By: Scott Morgan    ROEBLING — It started with little more than an idea and $5,000. Somewhere along the line, letters to banks and businesses were written, order forms were printed and e-mails sent.    And somehow,…

  • Vandals have no place in our community

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    We urge any Hopewell Valley citizen who has information that might lead to the apprehension of those responsible for recent cases of school vandalism to call Hopewell Township police at 737-3100 immediately.    We figure there’s got to be more than one vandal. It’s hard to believe the same individual or individuals…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    By: Compiled by Mary Stulack    Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in the Hillsborough Beacon, drop a note to Mary Stulack, Calendar, 307 Omni Dr., Hillsborough 08844.    All items should be typed and must be mailed or faxed to…

  • Bordentown falls short in bid to win first ’11’ tournament

    By: Sean Moylan    After a phenomenal, sometimes dominating 4-0 start in pool play, the Bordentown 11-year-old Little League all-stars’ bid to capture the first-ever District 12 Championship for 11’s fell by the wayside when they lost to West Windsor, 9-4, at Lawrence on July 21.    Having won three tournament championships already with this core group…

  • Legion team closes in on regional berth

    Offense erupts in Connie Mack tourney By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough American Legion baseball manager Jim Demetriou has learned from years of tournament experience that it’s in every team’s best interest to remain in the winner’s bracket of any double-elimination playoff format. Demetriou used that strategy to determine his pitching rotation and the Hillsborough bats…

  • Quaker lady saw beauty in the smallest of plants

    SPRINGHOUSE FARM JOURNAL By Heather Lovett    I couldn’t help but think of my husband’s grandmother recently as I wandered through the exotic splendor of the Philadelphia Flower Show, for in spite of all the flamboyant orchids and lilies and birds-of-paradise on display (the theme was "Destination Paradise"), what should charm me the most but a…