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  • Do not forget these were acts of terrorism

    EDITORIAL    Wednesday will mark 365 days since one of the most cataclysmic events in the history of the United States.    While the nation made rapid strides to return to normalcy after Sept. 11, as President George W. Bush wanted us to, we are concerned that perhaps we’ve returned a little too quickly, that we have…

  • Labor Day 1904 featured ‘monster’ parade

    FOOTPRINTS IN THE VALLEY By: Iris H. Naylor    Labor Day didn’t get much publicity in The Beacon for the first few years after the governor of New Jersey declared it a legal holiday in 1887.    There was a ball game or two, the closing of the railroad repair shops and the rubber mills for the…

  • Township man to debutat Metropolitan Opera

    Tickets on sale now Township, will be making his Metropolitan Opera debut in William Bolcolm’s "A View from the Bridge" this December.    Mr. Travis has been a regular visitor to the United States’ most prestigious opera companies since making his professional debut in Pittsburgh in 1985. His 2001/02 engagements included appearances with the Lyric Opera…

  • AHS boys soccer to rely on youth

    Redbirds return only three seniors from playoff squad. By: Kyle Moylan    With a squad filled with seniors last year, the Allentown High School boys’ soccer team made the playoffs.    With a team with only three returning seniors that will rely heavily on underclassmen this year . . .    Hey, there’s a reason why they play…

  • LHS makes top 75 in magazine’s rankings

    District moves from 153 to 65 in NJ Monthly magazine’s rankings of New Jersey public schools. By:    Each September, the NJ Monthly magazine devotes its publication to New Jersey’s schools, and biennially, they rank the top 75 public high schools. Ranking 153 in 2000 and 65 in 2002, Lawrence High School is one of eight…

  • Sept. 5, 2002

    Shirley Ann Hewitt, Mary Tressa Hernick, Richard C. Wiley, Paul P. Mitala Shirley Ann Hewitt    STOCKTON — A memorial service for Shirley Ann Hewitt, 66, of Stockton, who died Aug. 15 at South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla., will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at the Van Horn-McDonough Funeral Home, 21 York…

  • South Brunswick eyes truck route

    Ban could take trucks off most township roads. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    The Township Council wants to ban trucks weighing more than 4 tons from using most township roads.    The ordinance, introduced unanimously Tuesday night, would prevent the trucks from using roads other than Routes 1, 27, 32, 130, 522 and 535 and 17 other…

  • BOOK NOTES: Unlikely champions

    "Seabiscuit" the book did for Laura Hillenbrand what Seabiscuit the horse did for a trio of men. By: Joan Ruddiman What could have been just a historical narrative appealing to a select audience vaulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list, winning accolades from admiring critics and awed readers.    Seabiscuit the horse…

  • School board president steps down

    Geoffrey Lewen will remain on the board, to be replaced by Florence Gange. By: Cynthia Koons    WASHINGTON — Citing personal reasons, Board of Education President Geoffrey Lewen stepped down from his position, which he held for a total of four months, at the Aug. 27 school board meeting.    "Some things with my job changed pretty…