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  • Is a skate park feasible?

    Hopewell Township Committee OKs spending up to $12,500 to study proposal.Is one needed? Respond to Reader Poll at: hopewellvalleynews.com By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Committee has approved spending up to $12,500 to investigate the feasibility of building a skate park off Pennington-Washington Crossing Road.    The proposal for the skate park is still in the…

  • Township may sell liquor licenses

    By: Brian Shappell    The township may try to sell three liquor licenses by the end of the year.    Township Clerk Barbara Gut is currently preparing bid specifications to sell a distribution license in July. The township currently has two available distribution licenses — liquor stores, and one consumption license — bar use.    The minimum bid…

  • Busing plan not likely to change

    Superintendent says cutting other areas would affect education By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    The Board of Education’s decision to cut $120,000 in funding for courtesy busing for high school and middle school students is unlikely to be reversed at the June 17 board meeting, Superintendent of Schools Robert Gulick said Wednesday.    "There is no other place in this…

  • Police charge teens with fraud

    Two 15-year-old males from Washington allegedly involved in using credit card information obtained from Internet. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Two 15-year-old boys from the township last week were charged with credit card fraud as a result of a monthlong investigation by the Mercer County prosecutor’s office and the township Police Department.    According to the…

  • Mayor receives honor from Elks

    Plumsted’s Ron Dancer presented with certificate of appreciate at Township Committee meeting. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — Mayor Ron Dancer got a taste of his own medicine Monday when he was on the receiving end of a certificate of appreciation.    The mayor, known for awarding commendations and certificates to citizens of all types, was presented…

  • James A. McNabb

       SOUTH PLAINFIELD — James A. McNabb died Saturday, June 8, at Haven Hospice of JFK Medical Center, Edison. He was 74.    Born in Victory, N.Y., and a resident of South Plainfield for the past 46 years, he had been a supervisor with Asplundh Tree Experts of Scotch Plains for 41 years, retiring in 1989.    Mr.…

  • Hate crimesreveal intolerance

    To the editor    In his letter that appeared in the Beacon June 6, Joel Davis wrote, "There’s something out-of-whack with the notion of a ‘hate’ or ‘bias’ crime. I fail to understand why getting bashed in the head by an assailant is worse if she calls me a ‘Dirty Christian’ while doing it."    Too bad…

  • Township rejects request to purchase parcel

    By: Lea Kahn    Township Council has rejected a request from residents to buy a 31.2-acre tract in the Princeton South at Lawrenceville development on Princess Road for open space preservation    Residents of the Eagles Chase condominium complex, off Kings Road — a street soon to be connected to Princess Road — made the request, Municipal…

  • HORSE PLAY: Have horse, will travel

    Thoroughbred racehorse trainer on an 1,850-mile ride to raise money for Sept. 11 funds. By: Ken Weingartner    Sitting under the statue of Gen. Anthony Wayne in Valley Forge National Historic Park, watching nearly a dozen deer graze in the distance, Les Nichols paused to collect his thoughts.    "This is the history of America that I’m…