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  • Company moves forward on plans to build ethanol plant

    Plant expected to bolster agriculture in region By:Lauren Davis    MANSFIELD — A Mansfield Township company is moving forward on plans to build the first grain-to-ethanol plant on the East Coast.    The plant is expected to bolster agriculture in the region and provide a cleaner form of automobile fuel.    Garden State Ethanol Inc., a state corporation…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 10/10

    From the Oct. 10 edition of the Register-News By: Fried oyster dinner    The Bordentown Chapter 257, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold its annual fried oyster and chicken salad dinner from 3 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Masonic Temple, 121 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown.    Take-outs are available between 2:30 to 6:30…

  • Letters

    Man takes claim for shad fest idea To the editor:    The July 2, 1981 Beacon contained a letter to the editor from me suggesting ways that Lambertville could celebrate its unique position of having the only commercial shad fishery on the Delaware River.    My letter suggested the Chamber of Commerce should organize a celebration featuring…

  • Harvest Festival schedule

    By: Saturday    9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Craft show and business vendors, center of South Main Street.    9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Antique car show, near the Mill Pond, South Main Street.    9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Children’s activities (pony rides, petting zoo, games, sand art, balloon jump), Old Mill, South Main Street.    10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Games at the Imlay House,…

  • Solebury to buy $10,000 speed display board

    Board to be put out for five days at a time as a warning By: Carl Reader    SOLEBURY — Those who feel the need for speed in the township also will feel the presence of those who hand out fines and suspend drivers’ licenses —without police actually being there.    The Board of Supervisors voted Oct.…

  • Model murderer’s sentence reduced

    Greek man killed Mansfield model Julie Scully in 1999. By:Lauren Davis    The life prison sentence of a man imprisoned in Greece for the brutal 1999 murder and mutilation of a former Mansfield township model was reduced to 23 years by a Greek court Tuesday.    Officials from the Greek Embassy in Washington, D.C., confirmed that George…

  • ‘Friends’ group sowing seeds of interest in organic farming

    Montgomery open space group targets tract off Dead Tree Run Road. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Members of a local nonprofit organization believe they have found a way to take the township’s agricultural past into the future.    Loraine Otis, chairwoman of Montgomery Friends of Open Space, presented plans Thursday night to the Township Committee to…

  • Free flu shots offered to Princeton seniors

    By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Senior Resource Center, in connection with the Princeton Regional Health Department, will offer free flu shots and pneumonia vaccines for senior citizens residing in Princeton Borough or Princeton Township on Oct. 24 and Nov. 7.    The shots will be given from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at Mercer Engine Co. No.…

  • Navigating the teen years

    Provide extra support through the college application process By: Scott Albert For many teens, the application process teaches them important lessons about themselves and the impact of their decisions. These lessons can be more profound than much of what they will learn in college. — Scott Albert EDUCATION 2002 VIEW THE PRINT ADS Cambridge School…