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  • Officials wait ‘toxic mold’ test results at local school

    Stachybotrys atra mold discovered April 24 By:David Koch    FLORENCE — School officials on Tuesday relocated students from basement classes at the Roebling School again while they await the results of tests to determine if a recent cleanup of a so-called "toxic mold" at the school was successful.    The move came in response to concerns voiced…

  • Letters

    Pageant huge success in New Hope To the editor:    Once again, the New Hope community got together for an evening of fun and laughter at the second annual "Queen/King For A Day" pageant.    As the evening drew to a close, a number of New Hope’s longtime residents came up to me and said, "This is…

  • Footprints: Plenty to grumble about in city in 1889

    By:Iris Naylor    If ever there was a perfect time for The Beacon to launch a column by "The Grumbler," it was in 1889, for in 1889 every citizen could find something to grumble about.    January it was the snow and rain, coming as it did after a winter so mild that flowers bloomed in December,…

  • Submit Wedding Announcement

    Submit Your Wedding Announcement We are happy to post your wedding announcement in your community newspaper. Your community newspaper covers the geographic area where you have worked, gone to school or resided. Please clearly state the information in the announcement, explaining your connection to the area. You may complete the announcement form (see wedding and…

  • Roving Titans mascots highlight of Shad Festival

    21st annual event held Saturday and Sunday. By:Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — The sun came out just one of the two days of the 21st annual Shad Festival this past weekend, but both days a star came out.    From the Trenton Titans, two tiny luminaries lit up the festivities. They were the team’s two mascots, Clash…

  • Defeated budget kept intact

    School budget originally deafeated by two votes in April By:Vanessa S. Holt    SPRINGFIELD — The Township Council voted 4-0 to keep the defeated local school budget intact at a special meeting with the school board April 24.    Township voters defeated the proposed $3.5 million budget by two votes, 138-136, April 16.    Superintendent Helena Kosoff told…

  • Students’ Earth Day activities transform school landscape

    Clara Barton kids welcome spring with new flower beds By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — In less than an hour, fifth- and sixth-graders at Clara Barton Elementary School transformed empty flower beds into a radiant bouquet of spring flowers last week with help from several teachers and high school students.    Marigolds stood out like tiny…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 05/02

    From the May 2 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago    During the sermon at Florence Heights last Sunday night, a number of the rude seats gave way, tumbling the occupants to the ground and slightly injuring not a few. It is reported that malicious persons had tampered with the stakes on which the…

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