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  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    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 our…

  • Cooperative Spirit

    The Roosevelt Arts Project draws on works by Jacob Landau, Bernarda Bryson Shahn and others for ‘Art in the Factory.’ By: Susan Van Dongen Artwork by Robert Mueller (above) in the RAP show includes six of more than 200 drawings in a portfolio of classical musical composers.    It’s fitting that the Roosevelt Arts Project is…

  • Pells makes happy return to HHS

    Former star’s pro jersey on display By: Rudy Brandl        Laurie Pells returned to her Hillsborough High home May 28 and gave a motivational talk to a group of young athletes who can only hope to achieve as much success as the former three-sport star did during her scholastic years.    The 1994 HHS graduate began…

  • Celebrate life with open arms

    MY TAKE by Rose McGlew    I attended a friend’s funeral recently. It was the first funeral I’ve gone to that was for someone my own age — all the rest were for parents of friends or even grandparents. I was nervous getting ready for it. I was unsure of what to wear, what to say,…

  • READER’S VOICE by Tom Libassi: Y invites locals to aid in planning

    READER’S VOICE by Tom Libassi: Focus groups to enhance facility and programming By:Tom Libassi    I would like to take this opportunity to thank the residents of our community for their overwhelming response to my Guest Column in April.    Based on the community’s feedback, we are moving forward with plans to establish several focus groups to…

  • Hopewell Borough town complex plan gets frosty reaction

    Mayor and council members said proposed complex is far from a done deal. By John Tredrea    The notion of building a new 10,000-square- foot municipal complex in Hopewell Borough got a decidedly chilly reception from the 70-plus residents who packed Borough Hall Tuesday night.    The estimated cost — $2.2 million to $2.6 million — was…

  • Saturday farm tour will feature four township sites

    Hopewell Township Agricultural Advisory Committee is your sponsor.    The Hopewell Township Agricultural Advisory Committee has organized a tour of four area farms, which will be open to the public on Saturday.    Sergio and Barbara Neri of Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, will open their farm from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. According to the Neris, a…

  • Tuesday’s primary should decide fate of Hopewell Township’s Democrats

    The two Regular Democratic Organization (RDO) candidates endorsed by the Hopewell Township Democratic Committee are William Carl Piper II and David Simon. They face a Democratic primary challenge from Kathy Bird and Marylou Ferrara, "Responsible Democratic Leaders" (RDL). By Ruth Luse    Sometime after the polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m., Hopewell Township Democrats will know…

  • EDITORIAL:Tough choices for officials on open spaces

       "Buy land," Will Rogers once observed. "They ain’t makin’ any more of the stuff."    In his own inimitable way, the sage of Oologah, Okla., was on to something long before it registered in the collective mindset of folks in central New Jersey. As long as the population continues to grow but the land mass does…