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  • Board OKs change in zoning ordinance

    Township Committee will take up debate this month By:Alec Moore    By a split vote, the Planning Board gave its approval Oct. 24 to the first phase of the township’s Master Plan revision. The revisions to the plan will now go before the Township Committee for final approval and adoption.    Mayor Joseph Tricarico, who serves on…

  • Enviro group very active

    To the editor    I read with great interest the comments by the Republican candidates for the Township Committee in last week’s Beacon. I am not sure that their comments reflect the truth concerning the Environmental Commission.    I will refer the Republican candidates to review the record of the number of applications the commission has reviewed…

  • Smith would make a good choice

    To the editor:     I hope the voters of South Brunswick will take the time to get to know Dawn Smith before casting their ballots this November. I have known Ms. Smith for many years and found her to be one of the most dedicated public servants I have ever met. She is intelligent and…

  • GOP means ‘change for better’

    To the editor     While Greenbriar was repeatedly claimed as an example of rampant corruption and cronyism, the facts show otherwise. Greenbriar began as a tremendous idea — to give our next round of affordable housing to senior citizens instead of to houses that would bring more school children to an already school-tax-burdened town.    Next,…

  • EPA reports that landfill is leaking

    New Road Superfund site not seen as a risk By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    An Environmental Protection Agency report said chemicals from the South Brunswick Superfund site on New Road are leaking, but pose no health risk.    The federal report also called for additional improvements to the landfill, which was closed in 1978, to address groundwater…

  • TOWN TALK: The value of one vote

    News and views from the mayor of Plumsted Township. By: Ron Dancer    In the 2000 presidential election, everyone was considering the value of one vote. On Tuesday, consider the value of your one vote and how world history has been determined by the power of one vote.    In 1776, one vote gave America the English…

  • Sharon Craig

       Sharon Y. Craig, 57, of Kendall Park, died Friday, Oct. 18, at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton.    Born in Princeton, Ms. Craig graduated from Princeton High School in 1962. She moved with her family shortly thereafter to South Brunswick.    Sharon was an employee of the U.S. Post Office in Kendall Park since April 1985.…

  • Volunteers receive Barry Indik award

    Two honorees not sure they are worthy of award By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Winners Richard Rosfjord and Lew Schwartz, whose modesty apparently matches their generosity, said they were flabbergasted to learn they would be awarded the 10th annual Barry Indik Memorial Award for outstanding community service.    "I was just very surprised, obviously very honored to…

  • Zorro, the Manx, leaves his mark

    Halloweeen Cat 2002 By: Linda Field    Boo! Or is it "Boo hoo?"    The recent rabies clinic was lacking as a source for my annual black cat to be honored as the Lawrence Ledger 2002 Halloween Cat. So Plan II was to use my orange cat, Virginia, as said holiday honoree. No go with the photographer.…