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  • Kardosh gives injured Viking gymnasts a lift

    By: Rich Fisher    A usual scenario in sports has a senior-dominated team racked with injuries, which gives the young players their chance to gain experience.    That situation is working in reverse for the South Brunswick High gymnastics team, and Kate Kardosh is taking advantage of the situation.    Entering the season, first-year coach Jen Petri-Charmello was…

  • Off-duty Plumsted officers see new pay plan

    New guidelines call for officers to be paid through township payroll. By: Scott Morgan Off-duty officers see new pay plan Scott MorganStaff Writer PLUMSTED — The Township Committee adopted new guidelines Monday requiring off-duty police officers be paid through the township’s payroll. In the past, off-duty police officers throughout the state were often paid by…

  • Township should wave the flag

    EDITORIAL: Why not honor vets with park names and flags on holidays?    Hillsborough’s long-standing policy of not honoring veterans or placing flags on Route 206 needs to be re-evaluated, especially in light of the current circumstances.    While most communities dress up their main thoroughfares for Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Veterans Day, Hillsborough…

  • Local archers take aim during Senior Olympics

    The three locals were among the 10,000 athletes who competed in 18 sports at the 2001 National Senior Games held in Baton Rouge, La.[ Related Story: Archery Club hits the mark: Wa-Xo-Be offers a 21-acre place to take your bow. ] By: Brian Shappell     Local archers Frank Kozielec Jr., Douglas Joyce and Andy Roslewicz…

  • Horse Play: Lachance wins fifth Jug

    Millstone resident ties record for most victories in prestigious event. By: Ken Weingartner    Michel Lachance knows many harness drivers who would give just about anything to win the Little Brown Jug.    So even after winning a record-tying fifth Jug last week, Mr. Lachance remained extremely appreciative of the accomplishment.    "I’ve been very fortunate to land…

  • Archery Club hits the markWa-Xo-Be offers a 21-acre place to take your bow.

    Area archers know that tucked away in the woods at the end of a driveway off Major Road is perhaps one of the township’s best kept secrets — the Wa-Xo-Be Archery Club.[ Related Story: Local archers take aim during Senior Olympics. ] By: Brian Shappell    The Wa-Xo-Be Archery Club is sprawled out on a 21-acre…

  • Threat to blow up bank brings charges

    The Amboy National Bank’s refusal to cash a check allegedly led to terrorist threat by Montgomery man. By:Alec Moore    A Montgomery man was arrested Monday after he allegedly threatened to blow up the Amboy National Bank on New Amwell Road in Hillsborough.    Police charged Erik Berman, 33, with making terroristic threats, a third-degree indictable crime…

  • Cliques controllinglocal boards

    To the editor    How many readers remember those elitist cliques in high school? Or those elitist fraternities and sororities in your college? Especially those elitist cliques that were composed of "better-than-you" snobs. Snobs who felt their rightful place was on top of Mount Olympus with the gods.    The Beacon’s Sept. 13 issue has numerous articles…

  • Students’ penny drive to help New York City relief effort

    By: Nick D’Amore    Crossroads School students are doing their part to help the disaster relief efforts in New York City with an innovative fund-raiser that is both educational and fun.    Principal James Warfel organized a penny drive, dubbed the Penny Challenge, but it has a twist.    The goal is to be the team with the…