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  • Falcon football team welcomes bye after loss to Raiders

    By: Ken Weingartner    Sometimes, the only thing a football team can do is take its lumps, and look forward to a week off.    That was the case for Monroe High last Saturday, when the Falcons were beaten 48-14 by North Brunswick in a Greater Middlesex Conference White Division game.    "They’re every bit as good as…

  • Brothers in stride at South

    Chen boys help Pirates cross country excel By: Bob Nuse    It didn’t take long for Jason Chen and his brother Brian to find out that running cross country wasn’t exactly what they thought it would be.    "When I first started, I thought cross country was somewhat of a sport where you could slack off," Brian…

  • District awarded $298K state grant

    State Department of Education awards grant to Springfield Elementary School for after-school tutoring program. By: Scott Morgan    SPRINGFIELD — A good idea and a lot of money to back it up can go a long way. At Springfield Elementary School, those two entities have been combined into a new after-school learning program designed to give…

  • Letters say same thing, differently

    To the editor    It was interesting to read the conflicting letters, from Glenn van Lier and Karyl Rucci, in the Beacon.    Mr. van Lier urges votes for Bill Gold and Dale Gordon as opposed to Ms. Ricci’s support for Bob Wagner and Carl Suraci.    Ms. Rucci claims that Mr. Gold supports higher taxes and Mr.…

  • Charles Testino

    By:    HILLSBOROUGH — Charles E. Testino died Friday, Oct. 10, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 80.    Born in Manhattan, N.Y., he lived in Hillsborough for the past 45 years.    Mr. Testino worked for Boxton & Beel of Brooklyn in the optics department, before moving to New Jersey. He also worked as a Machinist…

  • SBHS gymnasts continue to excel

    By: Rich Fisher    With the Greater Middlesex Conference Meet just a week away, the South Brunswick High gymnastics team continues to look impressive.    The Vikings rolled to a pair of victories last week, raising their record to 7-1 entering today’s (Thursday’s) regular-season finale against Piscataway. A win would give South Brunswick its best dual meet…

  • Voters approve new fire station

    Voters approve $4.2 million for Florence Township Fire Department to purchase land and build new station. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — Efforts to consolidate the Florence Township Fire Department took a major step forward last weekend when voters approved $4.2 million for the department to buy a new plot of land and build a new…

  • News of Other Days

    From the Oct. 16 edition of the Register-News 75 years ago    Loss of water supply is feared in the proposed plans to construct a highway near White Horse. The City Commission is demanding a delay until they have secured expert opinion on the safeguarding of the municipal water supply.    * * *    Among the first…

  • ‘Inappropriate’ remarks at meeting

    To the editor    Embarrassing comments made by local Republican officials continue to grow. The latest was reference made at a public Planning Board meeting by a member of that body.    He is also head of an independent municipal public authority. Initially, this individual used the appropriate terminology for the Historic Commission but for some inexplicable…