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  • Letters

    City protecting waterfront district To the editor:    Recent newspaper articles in The Beacon indicate that the owners of Lambertville Station have turned to the Planning Board in their effort to alter the vision the City of Lambertville has put in place over the last few years to protect and enhance the city’s waterfront district between…

  • Editorial: Federal grant gives city much-needed help

       We don’t often praise politicians. After all, they are elected by us to serve us.    But Sen. Robert Torricelli and Rep. Rush Holt do deserve special thanks for their efforts to secure a $235,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant after flooding from Tropical Storm Floyd wreaked havoc at Lambertville Public School. Water poured through the…

  • Splendid Valley

    The Brandywine Valley in Chester County, Pa., offers culture, outdoor activities and tons of history. By: Mel Bernarde The walks along Longwood’s vast ponds and through its many different gardens are remarkably relaxing. Staff photo by Susan Van Dongen    The Kennett Square area is the nation’s mushroom capital, growing 50 percent of all marketable mushrooms.…

  • Stockton won’t OK park plans until grant arrives

    The borough Park Committee is awaiting $20,000 grant to replace undafe and outdated equipment in the municipal park. By: Paul French Jr.    STOCKTON — Park Committee Member Cory Toomey arrived at the Borough Council work session Aug. 13 with a guest from GameTime, a playground equipment distributor.    Ms. Toomey and the representative, identified only as…

  • Newell needs to be remembered

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: First of two parts. By:    Allentown has the distinction of being "that little town on the way to the shore." In the mid-19th century, William Newell found his way from the shore to Allentown, which became his primary home. At the corner where Route 539 turns to the shore, a…

  • Krause, Medley give Scarlet Knights local flavor

    WW-P, Hun grad hoping for playing time on the football team By: Justin Feil    PISCATAWAY — Aaron Krause and Ishmael Medley are going through adjustment periods differently on the Rutgers University football team.    Krause, a sophomore defensive back out of West Windsor-Plainsboro High, is adjusting to a new coaching staff while Medley, a freshman linebacker…

  • Arena to celebrate Gymnastics Day

    Public invited to join activities at West Windsor gym By: Bob Nuse    The Arena Gymnastics community is hoping to make National Gymnastics Day a special local event this Saturday.    Arena Gym, which is located on Alexander Road in West Windsor, has a full days worth of activities planned for the day, which is being celebrated…

  • We must find way to thwart ‘soft money’

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 21 By: Packet Editorial    It probably isn’t the fault of the state Election Law Enforcement Commission that what was once seen as a small crack in New Jersey’s campaign-finance laws has just been turned into a gaping loophole by the Republican National Committee.    By a 3-0 vote, an obviously reluctant ELEC ruled…

  • David Magyar

       TRENTON — David M. Magyar, 49, died Monday at Capital Health System at Fuld.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime Lawrenceville resident.    Son of the late Frank and Elizabeth Madacsi Magyar, he is survived by a sister, Evelyn Magyar of Lawrenceville; and other relatives.    The funeral and burial will be private.    Arrangements are by…