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  • Elites don’t miss a beat

    New cast keeps undefeated season going By: Rudy Brandl        Not even playing with a revamped lineup could slow the Hillsborough Elite softball team last week.    Despite missing five regular starters who were away at camps or vacations, Hillsborough improved to 7-0 with a 5-2 victory over Clinton and an 8-0 shutout at Delaware Valley.…

  • Johnson fires No. 1 into Senior League semifinals

    No. 1 wins battle of Hillsborough teams By: Rudy Brandl        Nicole Johnson made the difference when Hillsborough’s two Senior League softball teams clashed in first round playoff action last Thursday night at Ann Van Middlesworth Park.    Johnson, who also pitched her first inning ever for the Elite team and threw a solid game for…

  • Train derailmentconcerns mayor

    Says plan to move nuclear waste through borough could expose residents to risk By:Alec Moore    Mayor Angelo Corradino said the recent derailment of an Amtrak train near Washington, D.C., has reaffirmed his concerns regarding the safety of having trains laden with nuclear waste pass through the borough on route to a proposed underground storage site…

  • Developer to propose apartments

    Seeks zoning change for Robbinsville Banana site on Route 130 North near Robbinsville-Allentown Road. By: Sarah Winkelman    WASHINGTON — Residents of the Arbor Walk development may have new neighbors if the Township Committee approves a zoning change for property near the intersection of Route 130 North and Route 526.    At the July 25 committee meeting,…

  • Summerville dealing with cats appropriately

    To the editor    I am employed at Summerville Assisted Living and read with amusement the letter from Carol Honcharik of Carol’s Cats who, in last week’s Beacon, took to task our director for making a business decision with which she disagreed.    Ms. Honcharik protested the removal of feral cats from the Summerville property by St.…

  • HEWYBL competes in Cal Ripken tourney

    Braun’s nerves, Katcher’s hustle lead to win over Galloway. By: Kyle Moylan    On all four occasions that Steve Braun stepped up to the plate this past Saturday during HEWYBL’s opening game in the Cal Ripken Southern New Jersey Tournament for 11 year olds, there was a runner in scoring position.    What ultimately made the difference…

  • Senior housing units planned for Kings Road in Lawrence

    Plans for a 110-unit senior citizens housing development, proposed for a 53-acre site on an extension of Princess Road, were unveiled last week before the Planning Board Screening Committee. By: Lea Kahn    Plans for a 110-unit senior citizens housing development, proposed for a 53-acre site on an extension of Princess Road, were unveiled last week…

  • Andreyko strives for better performance at AAU meet

    Manville long jumper not happy with national leap By: Rudy Brandl        Franklin Andreyko was hoping to do much better at last weekend’s USATF National Championships in Omaha, Neb.    Andreyko knew he was up against some big-time competition in the 17-18 age group but entered the event looking for a personal-best in the long jump.…

  • HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: John Henry house, Part 1

    A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By: John Fabiano    Found in the State Historical Commission’s library, the following oral-history interview about the former homestead of the Flock and Dey families, from the "Princeton Recollector" dated September 1978. Though originally illustrated, only the text follows:    There is nothing fonder to recollection than the…