Category: archives

  • High hopes as usual for South Brunswick golf team

    By: Redd E. Patrick    As usual, the expectations are sky high for the South Brunswick High School golf team.    A season ago, the Vikings:    —Finished 18-1-1.    —Tied for the GMC Red Division title.    —Finished third at the GMC Tournament.    —Placed sixth at the Central Jersey/North Jersey Group IV Tournament.    —Broke the school record at Bunker…

  • Iraq war is necessary

    To the editor    I don’t hate the members of Somerset Voices for Peace and Justice, (Peter and Ann Kindfield are friends of mine), but I do disagree with them.    I am not pro-war. No one really wants war, but I think this particular one is a necessary evil.    I feel for our troops and allies…

  • Flag means different things to different people

    Letter to the Editor To the editor:    In his March 20 letter, veteran Jim Hewitt wants us "to break out our Colors" and fly a flag to show that we are true Americans.    I’d rather Jim learn that a given symbol may not mean the same thing to everybody. To him, that flag is the…

  • Cartoon was offensive

    To the editor    Good job, Greg Francfort, in reaction to the cartoon in the Beacon March 20, showing the four U.S. servicemen raising the oil derrick with the American flag on top.    That was very offensive to me since my father served in the Marine Corps on Iwo Jima during World War II and was…

  • Camille Galick

       HILLSBOROUGH — Camille C. Galick died Monday, March 31, in Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County. She was 82.    Born in Union City, she lived in Hopewell, Harlingen, Montgomery and Hillsborough before moving to Burlington in February of 2002.    Mrs. Galick was a homemaker.    She was a member of Mary Mother of God Church and…

  • Versatile McKee completes dream softball journey

    HHS senior headed to Drexel By: Rudy Brandl        Erin McKee has made quite a journey as a softball player.    Despite lots of hard work, McKee didn’t even make her middle school softball team four years ago. Now, the Hillsborough High senior is preparing for her third varsity season as a starter and key player…

  • School change depends on parents

    To the editor    I wish to respond to the letter printed March 13 drafted by my fellow Manville citizen, Eleanor Pschar. I do wish to apologize for the delay in responding; however I felt it best to allow time to temper my response.    I, like Ms. Pschar, am frustrated with the presented status of our…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 3, 2003

    Separate fact from fiction To the editor:     In order for our citizens to make informed decisions when they vote on the school budget this April 15, it is most important that fact be separated from fiction. In his letter to the editor printed in your March 20 edition, Walter Bittner makes several statements that…

  • Project Democracy encourages all Valley students to vote

    Students will be able to vote from 3-8 p.m. at all voting locations throughout Hopewell Valley on April 15.    Students in Hopewell Valley schools will have the chance to vote on issues important to them on April 15 at the same time their parents are voting on school board candidates and school budget proposals. Students…