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  • New budget adds 4 cents to tax rate

    Council expected to approve $10.1 million budget Thursday By:Alec Moore    The Borough Council is expected to adopt its 2002 municipal budget tonight (Thursday) following a 6 p.m. public hearing.    After months of not knowing how much money the borough would be receiving in state aid, the numbers were confirmed two weeks ago and the Borough…

  • HORSE PLAY: Reining themselves in

    Horse-training couple scales back workload. By: Ken Weingartner    For Cynthia and Walter Reese, less is more.    The Upper Freehold Township couple has enjoyed success in the Thoroughbred racing business — Mr. Reese has been a top trainer at Monmouth and Philadelphia parks while Ms. Reese is one of just a handful of women to train…

  • Princeton resident third in national fencing tournament

    Kolasa improving sabre skills By: Bob Nuse    As he has progressed as a fencer, Matthew Kolasa has come to realize that his mental approach to the sport has as much to do with his success as his physical ability.    "For every move you do or that someone else does, there is something to counter that…

  • School board may hire football coach Monday

    It looks like Monday night’s meeting will tell the tale of whether or not the pigskin sport is coming this way again after an absence of seven decades By: John Tredrea    Notwithstanding the considerable degree of public opposition to the move, chances look good that Hopewell Valley Central High School will have an interscholastic football…

  • Tax payment schedule set

    Washington Township Committee and school board end lengthy debate. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The Township Committee and the school board this week agreed to a tax payment schedule, ending a debate that has lasted for almost two months.    The two bodies agreed the township would pay the school board $1.1 million this week and…

  • Leslie Becker

       DURHAM, N.C. — Leslie Burg Becker, a former resident of Hillsborough, died Wednesday, July 10, in the Triangle Hospice at the Meadowlands. She was 56.    Born in Perth Amboy, Mrs. Becker lived in Hillsborough before moving to North Carolina several months ago.    Surviving are her husband, Dr. Sheldon Becker of Mebane, N.C.; a daughter, Barrier…

  • Pledge decision not trivial

    To the editor     In the Beacon editorial on July 11, the writer argued that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional due to the inclusion of the words "under God" was a mistake. The editorial did not argue that the decision was invalid but rather that backlash…

  • Another great day for Otto

    Friends, family, former players gather to remember Coach Gsell By: Rudy Brandl    Photos by Elane ColemanThe Otto Gsell Foundation and Raider Touchdown Club held the second annual Otto Gsell Memorial Golf Outing last week at Roycebrook Golf Club. Several former players, coaches and friends came back to honor and support Otto, who passed away 14…