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  • Student wins national essay contest

    Millstone Township Middle School eighth-grader Erin Lynn was recognized at the Board of Education meeting June 19 for being the national essay contest winner of the Fleet Reserve Essay Contest. By:    MILLSTONE — Millstone Township Middle School eighth-grader Erin Lynn was recognized at the Board of Education meeting June 19 for being the national essay…

  • Crash kills Pennsylvania woman

       SPRINGFIELD — One woman was killed and another injured in a two-car accident on Route 206 on Monday afternoon, said state police. By:Vanessa S., Holt    State police spokesman Sgt. Al DellaFave said a vehicle driven by Lynne B. Silverman, 77 of Langhorne, Pa., was traveling north on Route 206 and attempted to make a left…

  • Dempster appointed to committee

       NORTH HANOVER — For someone whose involvement in local politics has always been as an audience member, Albert Dempster will now get to sit on his municipality’s Township Committee. By:David Koch    Mr. Dempster was sworn in by the North Hanover Township Committee June 21 to replace former committee member Brian Johnson, who resigned last month…

  • Jean Weckenman

       SOMERVILLE — Jean A. Weckenman died Sunday, June 17, at Bridgeway Care Center in Bridgewater. She was 86.    Born in New York City, she had lived in Manville for 30 years before moving to Somerville in 1956.    Mrs. Weckenman was employed by Baker & Taylor in Somerville for 15 years and retired in 1982. She…

  • Manville High Spring Sports Awards

    Perone, Gilmore named top athletes By: Rudy Brandl The spring campaign has become the most productive and successful of Manville High’s three athletic seasons in recent years. The 2001 season continued that tradition. Manville’s softball and track teams have notched winning records the last few years and the baseball squad has become relatively consistent in…

  • Florence man stabbed, dies

       FLORENCE — A Mexican citizen living in Florence was charged with murder this week after allegedly stabbing a 19-year-old housemate to death early Saturday morning.    Teodoro Manriquez-Ramos, 23, was charged with the killing and was lodged in Burlington County Jail in lieu of $350,000 bail. By:Vanessa S. Holt    Florence Township police and emergency medical units…

  • School taxes amountto extortion money

    To the editor    I wanted to comment on the recent letters in the Beacon about teacher salaries in Hillsborough.    I am absolutely shocked at the magnitude of the salaries some of our teachers have been making here in Hillsborough. Actually, gasping is more an accurate term.    I have lived in Hillsborough for 22 years and…

  • Legislators meet residents

    The township’s new state legislative representatives are "no strangers" to Millstone. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — The township’s new state legislative representatives are "no strangers" to Millstone.    That is how Mayor Evan Maltz introduced state Sen. John O. Bennett and Assemblyman Michael Arnone, two Republicans who represent the 12th District, at the June 20…

  • Dino throws no-no

    Using mostly a slider and fastball, D.J. Dino pitched a no-hitter as East Windsor PAL blanked visiting West Windsor, 8-0, on June 20. By: Neil Hay    Using mostly a slider and fastball, D.J. Dino pitched a no-hitter as East Windsor PAL blanked visiting West Windsor, 8-0, on June 20.    Dino used those two pitches –…