Category: archives

  • FEATURES: Eden teaches life lessons

    Institute seeks to provide a unique approach to living with autism. By: Mark Moffa    Ross Adler may hold a job someday. That will be a major accomplishment.    Ross is autistic. Like the more than 500,000 Americans with the developmental disability, he was born with a disorder that does not allow his brain to function properly.…

  • Car wash fiasco unnecessary

    To the editor    The legal saga of a car wash or no car wash continues according to the Beacon.    Chris Jensen responded very eloquently and at length to my query whether the contract or the wastewater plan took precedence.    Unfortunately, I asked if anyone had researched the contract. I should have asked if a judicial…

  • Growth fueling school tax hikes

    Upper Freehold School District to see increase whether or not building referendum passes. By: Mark Moffa    UPPER FREEHOLD — Superintendent Robert Connelly last week said residents in Upper Freehold and Allentown will see a tax increase even if the Upper Freehold Regional School District’s $19.6 million construction referendum is defeated Dec. 11.    Planned additions to…

  • Raiders feeling motivated after rare subpar season

    Three early losses put team in hole By: Rudy Brandl    Last year at this time, the Hillsborough High football team was preparing to play for the Central Jersey Group 4 title. While the Raiders would much rather be participating in the playoff action this weekend, they’re using the disappointment of staying home as motivation for…

  • Andreyko, Hardgrove named Players of the Game

    Led Mustangs to Turkey Day triumph By: John E. Powers    The way Manville High School’s football team moved the ball and defended against it in last Thursday’s 41-0 rout of Bound Brook at Ned Panfile Stadium, those who voted for the game’s Most Valuable Player awards could have gone a number of ways.    One thing…

  • Township needs to updateregulations on vehicles

    To the editor     The residents of More Road have been unable to obtain any relief from the off-road vehicle (ORV) track constructed at 510 Farm Road, either through the court, township officers or the Board of Adjustment.    The police seem to have a policy of not enforcing the township ORV control ordinance (dated 1976).…

  • Mentoring bridges the teacher gap

    By: Nick D’Amore    Two South Brunswick teachers know a close relationship between veteran and novice teachers can help improve education in the classroom and keep teachers in the profession.    Maribeth Edmunds, a former English teacher at South Brunswick High School and currently the administrative assistant to the central office, and April Gonzalez, an English teacher…

  • History set to music

    Students at the Sharon School in Washington learn about several American hereos. By:    WASHINGTON — Two wrongs don’t make a right, but what could two Wrights make? That was the question posed recently to the children at the Sharon School. The answer, of course, was an airplane.    Music is a language that many kids understand.…

  • Local housing sales remain brisk

    Lower interest rates and the region’s strong school system are helping attract buyers. By: Al Wicklund    The real estate market in the area didn’t feel the dramatic drop in home sales reported in other parts of the country following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, according to several real estate professionals.    The National…