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  • Budget failed dueto unaffordability

    To the editor    I am writing in regard to Ms. Donohue’s letter in last week’s issue of the Beacon. It seems Ms. Donohue blames the senior citizens of Hillsborough for the defeat of the recent budget.    If I’m correct, only 15 percent of the eligible voters in the township came out to vote, which leaves…

  • Washington school board selects new president

    Geoffrey Lewen gets nod to replace Michele Siekerka at the helm. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The new president of the school board said the district has received a "wake-up call" from residents and said he had been out of touch with the community.    The board last week appointed member Geoffrey Lewen president for 2002-03.…

  • Elizabeth Kinsey

       Elizabeth Ann Kinsey, 70, of Kendall Park, died Wednesday, May 1, at her residence.    Born in North Brunswick, Ms. Kinsey was a 1949 graduate of North Brunswick High School and received the Governor’s Scholarship upon graduation. She received her bachelor of arts degree in education from Douglas College and was working toward her master’s degree…

  • Manville High grad eagerto begin his military career

    Aaron Smith will graduate from West Point in June By:Alec Moore    In June, Manville High School graduate Aaron Smith will be among roughly 1,000 cadets from across the United States marching into West Point’s Michie Stadium for the commencement exercises at the United States Military Academy.    He leaves the academy as the U.S. military continues…

  • Economic recovery? What economic recovery?

    DISPATCHES By: Hank Kalet    Dow Jones, South Brunswick’s largest company, has announced another round of layoffs.    The company, which publishes The Wall Street Journal and other business periodicals, said April 29 that it plans to cut 1 percent of its work force worldwide — or about 100 employees — and already has laid off 40…

  • Police charge Hamilton Man in 7-11 robberies

    If convicted, Leo Reed faces a possible sentence of 40 years, said Casey DiBlasio, spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosectuor’s Office.    A Hamilton Township man is being held on $750,000 bail after he was charged in connection with a string of robberies that occurred at the 7-Eleven convenience store and Bossio’s Deli between October and…

  • Vikings can’t hold off St. Rose Rally in boys lacrosse

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Tuesday night’s boys’ lacrosse game between St. Rose of Belmar and South Brunswick High was proof that in lacrosse, the flow of the game can change direction as quickly as a skittish wild pony.    South Brunswick watched St. Rose battle back from two deficits and score the eventual winning goal with…

  • Trio picked to crown Mary

    The girls decided among themselves who would carry the crown and who would actually place it on the head of the statue. By: Lea Kahn    Since their first days as kindergarten students at St. Ann School, Lisa Ardunini, Natalia Knochowski and Anne Latham dreamed of being the eighth-grader selected to crown Mary, the Mother of…

  • MHS diamond teams clinch state berths

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl Manville High’s baseball and softball teams clinched berths in the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs with victories over Dayton on Monday afternoon. Both MHS diamond teams completed season sweeps of the Union County school to improve their records to 7-4 with two games remaining before Friday’s qualifying deadline. Eddie Gryzeski…