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  • 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…

  • July 1, 4 p.m.: Dispatches on the Bill of Rights

    Dispatches on the Hamdi and Guantanamo cases. By: Hank Kalet    Read my Dispatches column on the Hamdi and Guantanamo cases.

  • Architects unveil new school plans

    New Florence Township high school is slated to be opened for the 2006-2007 school year. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE —Rendered as a graphic, the forthcoming township high school was a lopsided brown patch amid a sea of green. But it was the first glimpse of what will be home to nearly 600 students when the…

  • Hardship variances, restaurant needs are Pennington planning topics

    PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE By Marianne Hooker    At its June 9 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board approved two hardship variances for residential properties.    One will allow the construction of an 8-foot privacy fence. The other will permit the owner to install a driveway and relocate an exterior cellar door from the side of the house to…

  • Local softball teams begin District 12 action tonight

    By: Kyle Moylan    While it’s true that the road to a District 12 Little League softball championship for 12-year-olds runs through West Windsor, the coaches and girls from Washington at least have a pretty good map of the area.    While coaching the 10-year-olds last year, Charles Haeuptle guided Washington to a second-place finish in the…

  • Reagan High gets chilly reception

    Washington Township Committee rejects proposal by Committeeman Mark Tobias to change name of new high school from Robbinsville High School to Ronald Wilson Reagan High School. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — The Township Committee did not support Mark Tobias’ proposal to ask voters if they want to change the high school’s name, but the committeeman…

  • Erika Roodhof

    By:    MANVILLE — Erika N. Roodhof died June 25 at home. She was 51.    Born in Scranton, Pa., she lived in Fairbanks, Ark., and Plattsburgh, N.Y., before moving to Manville in 1990.    Mrs. Roodhof worked for the past four years as a teacher employed by Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Watertown, Mass., which provided child care…

  • Under the Big Top

    Cathy Day’s debut story collection explores the people of the town that once served as winter quarters to the Great Porter Circus. Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski Author Cathy Day holds a family relic – the bullhook her great-great uncle held defending his life from a circus elephant.    Shhh, here’s a little secret — Cathy…

  • Work on shopping center to resume

    Mall owners agree to buy out Laundromat By:Matthew Kirdahy    Renovations to the Kendall Park Shopping Center could resume by July 6, the center’s owners said.    According to Joseph Andolino, vice president of operations for the center’s owner, ILKP, construction stopped approximately two months ago because the contractor went bankrupt and couldn’t finish the work. Mr.…