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  • EDITORIAL: Hate taxes? Wait till we pay off bonds

    EDITORIAL: Bonds allow governments to avoid tax hikes now, but they will have to pay in the future.    There has been a lot of noise made about 17 words in the president’s 2003 State of the Union address.    But far less noise has been made about five words attributed to Vice President Cheney in former…

  • School budget offers little more than maintenance for district

    BOARD NOTES By:    At its meeting of March 29th, following months of deliberations and review, the Board of Education finalized the 2004-2005 school budget you will be asked to support on April 20th.    In this article today, and a second article next week, I will share with you the reasons why the registered voters in…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A stolen 1993 Dodge pickup was found at 4:23 p.m., April 3, in Somerset Hills. The vehicle was returned to its owner, a North Weiss Street resident.    The owner will take inventory of any missing items and notify the police. ***     A thief fraudulently cashed a $685 check using a Manville resident’s name…

  • TV gigs keeping Robbinsville musician busy

    Robbinsville resident, Joseph Halsey, to appear on NBC’s "Law & Order" on April 21. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Think you recognize who Detective Ed Green is grilling inside a dark bar on NBC’s "Law & Order?"    If you are watching on April 21, you just might. Robbinsville resident Joseph Halsey landed a guest spot…

  • LHS boys drop first two games

    BOYS LACROSSE By: John E. Powers    The Lawrence High School boys lacrosse team began its first varsity season with losses to Toms River North and West Windsor-Plainsboro South.    The Cardinals were beaten by Toms River North 7-3 Thursday, then were defeated by South 16-1 Saturday.    Assistant coach Eric Downs, who was supervising the team since…

  • Town mulling YMCA parcel

    YMCA wants adjacent parcel for Olympic-sized swimming pool. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The Township Open Space Advisory Committee is expected to recommend within the next couple of weeks that the township have an appraisal done on the 16.3-acre parcel on the South Brunswick Family YMCA lot on Culver Road.    The appraisal is the first step toward…

  • School board candidates want to be involved in planning

    Meet the candidates    Editor’s note: Last week, we introduced the seven candidates seeking election to fill three, three-year terms on the Hillsborough Township Board of Education. This week, we asked them to share the particular assignments they would hope to be assigned to, and areas of concern they would like to focus their energy, if…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

       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 office at 359-3930 before…

  • Settlement plan raises questions

    EDITORIAL: Clearer explanations are needed before council should be expected to approve terms By:    The rush to approve a settlement proposed for a lawsuit seeking to build 10 townhouses on North Thirteenth Avenue has a lot of people scratching their heads.    The issue first arose two weeks ago, when council members tabled a resolution to…