Category: archives

  • Letter provides a little Phillips property history

    LEDGER FORUM    The John Feaster Phillips homestead, proposed site of the Westerly Church, retains an aura of nostalgia. John, a direct descendant of colonial pioneer Theophilus Phillips, was "the largest and best agriculturist in Mercer County." Sadly, he lost his fortune in the nationwide panic of 1893. He died two years later.    His farm and…

  • ‘Italian for Beginners’

    This Danish dessert might be more appealing if it didn’t try so hard to be natural.   [R] By: Bob Brown The characters in Lone Scherfig’s Italian for Beginners come together to learn the language of amore, and develop feelings for each other in the process.    Think Danish: pastry, sleek furniture, dogma. It’s hard to imagine a…

  • Lions Club cancels annual fish fry

    By: Lea Kahn    The Lawrence Lions Club’s annual fish fry has been canceled and will not be rescheduled, according to club president Diane Woodside.    A scheduling mix-up led to the decision to cancel the fund-raising event, which was slated for Friday at The Slackwood Fire Co. firehouse, Mrs. Woodside said. The fire company has leased…

  • City’s request for utility chage is postponed

    Action resuming the request held off until May 8 By:David Koch    The state has postponed action on Bordentown City’s request to change its water utility into a more powerful authority, saying it wants to allow the Bordentown Sewerage Authority time to consider buying the utility instead.    The state Local Finance Board agreed March 13 to…

  • Look ahead whenconsidering budgets

    To the editor    As a 19-year resident of Hillsborough, I’ve read many letters in the Beacon about our schools. The people who write them (and some individuals have written numerous letters) continuously raise several issues relating to taxes, teacher salaries, property values, redistricting, etc. Recently, the tone of many letters seems angrier.    We hear doomsday…

  • Local man charges NBAstar’s dog attacked him

    By:Alec Moore    A Hillsborough man has filed suit against former NBA basketball player Jayson Williams over an incident the man said occurred last March at Mr. Williams’ estate in Flemington.    According to the lawsuit, filed on Friday by Hillsborough resident Michael Colantuono in Somerset County state Superior Court in Somerville, Mr. Colantuono suffered an injury…

  • Lawsuit could keep candidate off board

    By: Nick D’Amore    One of the four candidates for school board will not be able to serve on the board if she wins election unless a lawsuit she has filed against the district is settled or dropped.    Joan Puchalski, a resident of the Reserve development in Monmouth Junction, is suing the board to overturn a…

  • PHASE THREE

    In a New York state of mind down in New Orleans By: Arnold Bornstein    Just about everybody told us New Orleans is a great place to visit and how much they loved it. We got back a week ago from our first trip there and while we had a very good time, we didn’t love…

  • Passover: A story of freedom

    By: Nick D’Amore    Parents and teachers at Congregation B’nai Tikvah on Finnegans Lane have different ways of explaining Passover and its themes of freedom, traditions and history.    Passover begins sundown Wednesday and is the feast of unleavened bread, during which all "hametz" (all leavened products) must be removed from the home. The holiday celebrates the…