Category: archives

  • Editorial: The Beacon says good-bye to a good friend

       It is with great sadness The Beacon says good-bye to its reporter and news editor of 15 years, Cynthia Williamson.    Cindy is moving on at the end of this week, and we say good-bye with such regret, yet pleasure in anticipation of her beginning another chapter of her life.    Cindy is not only a well-polished…

  • Castaldo’s squad working out kinks, now at 4-2-1

    Rainouts, choppy schedule are hindrance By:Sean Moylan    There is no doubt that the Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity soccer team is a multi-talented squad.    Yet rainouts, canceled games and a choppy schedule have prevented the Scotties from showing other quality teams what they are capable of doing.    "Personally, I don’t think we’re playing well.…

  • Mississippi man stabbed in Bordentown Township

    Victim listed in stable condition By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A Mississippi man was listed in stable condition Tuesday at Capital Health Systems Fuld Campus in Trenton after being stabbed three times in Bordentown Township.    Joseph Miller, 33, of New Albany was transported by ambulance to the Fuld Campus after he was stabbed three times,…

  • Finding The Artist Within

    ARTFEST 2001 in Langhorne, Pa., this weekend will showcase local artists and bring out the artist in the locals. By: Jodi Thompson    For a small borough of 1,700, Langhorne has its fair share of artists. Include neighboring towns and townships, and the number of creative sorts jumps dramatically.    Nine years ago, Langhorne residents Carol Zetterberg…

  • Man tells students of his Holocaust experiences

    Bordentown Regional students listen and learn By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Frederick Spiegel did not have a normal childhood.    When he was 1, his father died from what might have been a brain tumor. He doesn’t know. This is because it was a time and place when Jewish people like his family were denied medical…

  • Township employees get new contract

    Contract retroactive to January 2000 By:Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — A six-year contract, retroactive to January 2000, was ratified by township employees in Local 1034 of the Communications Workers of America last month after almost two years of negotiations.    Negotiations centered mainly on the wording of the contract, which was approved by a 32-5 vote…

  • Senior Menus

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $3.13. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, Oct. 4 — Chicken noodle soup, Salisbury…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 10/04

    From the Oct. 4 edition of the Register-News By: Car wash    The sixth-graders of Junior Girl Scout Troop 5891 in Columbus will be holding a car wash from 3:30 to 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5, at Paul’s Service Center on Route 206 in Bordentown. All proceeds to benefit the American Red Cross. Roast beef dinner…

  • Letters

    Slow down, drive responsibly To the editor: It’s tough being a pedestrian in the automobile age. Statistics show New Jersey exceeds the national average of accidents and fatalities involving pedestrians. Lambertville is not immune from such misfortune. Last year, there were seven pedestrian-oriented accidents in the community. Luckily, none of these involved school-aged children going…