Category: archives
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Millstone seeks land for COAH
Wants to revitalize abandoned building on Burnt Tavern Road property for county housing alliance project. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE The township moved toward acquiring an abandoned Burnt Tavern Road property through eminent domain, a move that caused consternation among some residents. The Township Committee, in an attempt to satisfy state regulations set forth by…
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Baseball’s season going down the drain
EDITOR"S NOTEBOOK by T.J. Furman: T.J. Furman takes a look at the eminent baseball strike It’s inevitable, so I suppose I had just better accept the fact that it’s going to happen. The flushing sound you will soon here is not a toilet, but rather the 2002 Major League Baseball season heading the way of…
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Board president joins panel
Millstone’s Patricia Coffey named to state group studying sending-receiving district representation. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE School board President Patricia Coffey has been named to a state committee charged with studying sending-receiving relationships and proportional representation on boards of education. Ms. Coffey is a longtime advocate of gaining better representation for Millstone Township in the…
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Titusville fetes July 4
Reigning over the 4th Kira Freeman (left), 17, and Jaqueline Finnegan, 17, both were cho´sen as Miss 4th of July at the beginning of the Titusville July 4 pa´rade. For years, Titusville area young women have been picked to rule over this special annual event in Titusville.
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Molloy, Hawzen, Dmuchowski spread the Sunshine
HHS grid trio play together for last time By: John E. Powers EWING – In the moments following last Tuesday night’s sixth annual Sunshine Bowl Football Classic, Hillsborough High School football coach Rick Mantz could be heard telling the Skyland Conference All-Stars how proud he and the other coaches were of their team. This…
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Dance recitals belong to students
To the editor After reading the Beacon on June 27 and July 4, I was extremely upset to read and hear about Mrs. Arzenti’s dance recital problem (which was not Hillsborough Dance Academy). At Hillsborough Dance Academy, we try to accomplish two very simple ideas: first that a dance recital should be a time for…
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USA earned respect in World Cup
Tournament was filled with irony, excitement By: Rudy Brandl Looking back at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, I realized there were some cruel ironies in the tournament. Let’s start with the United States team, which played its best game of the Cup and arguably finest game ever against the Germans in a 1-0 quarterfinal loss.…
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New Legislation seeks to keep trains running
State assembley urges federal government to find a way to keep trains running The General Assembly passed legislation that urges the federal government to find a long-term solution for the continuation of national passenger rail service. Amtrak, the federal national passenger rail system, lost $1.1 billion last year, leading its banks to refuse the railroad…
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16 candidates filefor high school job
But officials say school could open without new principal By:Krzysztof Scibiorski School officials are concerned they may not have a principal in place at Manville High School in September. The Board of Education is reviewing applications from 16 candidates for the position of principal at the high school, but none is from within the district.…
