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  • July 22, 6 p.m.: Dispatches

    Dispatches on money and sports By: Hank Kalet    Read this week’s Dispatches on sports and money.

  • Legion squad finishes on high note

    Post 414 baseball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence American Legion Post 414 baseball team’s season-ending hot streak was bittersweet.    Lawrence, which won just three of its first 18 games, finished with four straight wins, including a 14-8 pounding a powerful Bordentown in the season finale Saturday at Lawrence High School. While the streak allowed Post…

  • 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…

  • Freedom School helps African-American students excel

    Indian Fields School hosts summer enrichment program By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Chanting and shouting, singing and dancing, about 90 children filled a lobby of Indian Fields school.    "Freedom School, how you feeling?" a woman leading the cheers shouted Tuesday.    "Terrific! Fantastic!" the children yelled, pumping their fists in the air.    Freedom School, an African and African-American-oriented…

  • Farm gets another chance at preservation

    Property located off Jacobstown-Arneytown and Paulson roads in North Hanover may become a part of the state’s farmland preservation program. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — After being threatened with residential development, a 300-acre farm has been given a third chance to become part of the state’s farmland preservation program.    Toll Brothers Inc. announced recently…

  • Work begins on third phase of Washington’s Town Center

    A chunk of land in the middle of Washington is slowly being converted to houses, townhouses, parks and now restaurants, upscale shops, apartments and affordable housing units. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Town Center is a step closer to completion after a Tuesday morning groundbreaking for three-story commercial and residential buildings that will line Route…

  • Cutler earns NYC trip the right way

    Manville marathoner gains elite status By: Rudy Brandl    If she was going to gain entry into the coveted New York City Marathon, Donna Cutler wanted to make sure she earned it the right way.    After her first three lottery applications were turned down, Cutler was going to get accepted for the 2005 race anyway. However,…

  • EDITORIAL: Citizens push for stronger law

    Local grassroots effort should be commended.    More than 900 Lawrence residents recently added their names to a list of those upset with the township’s attempt at campaign finance reform. We want to take the time to applaud the residents — as well as the organizers, including the Lawrence Chapter of the League of Women Voters,…

  • TANGENTS by John Saccenti: There’s plenty of time to take a vacation

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti:Planning a vacation is work in itself By:John Saccenti    We’re all just so busy, aren’t we?    We have to work (don’t want to be late), we have to get home (so many chores), we don’t want to miss the mailman (ugh, hate those bills), have to get groceries (we love to eat)…