Category: archives

  • She’ll kill food herself before she’ll let Dad buy it

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By:Minx McCloud    This is it! Next Christmas, Jim and I will go out into the fields of Connecticut with a sledgehammer and slaughter our own Christmas dinner. I’ll go to great lengths to get a decent prime rib of beef, but going to the butcher shop with Dad is no longer one…

  • MALTZ TAKES OVER AS MAYOR

    Abate sworn in for 10th term on committeeThe Millstone Township Committee started the year in traditional fashion, gathering at noon New Year’s Day for its annual reorganization meeting. By: Jillian Ruddiman    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee started the year in traditional fashion, gathering at noon New Year’s Day for its annual reorganization meeting.    Committeemen Charles…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 5, 2001

    Sebastian deGrazia, Roger P. Turney, Edward A. Ring, O. Anderson Petty III, Idelette C. Baker, Gifford Scull, Eureka Young, Frank R. Keeler, Mary H. Lehr. Sebastian deGrazia Biography won Pulitzer Prize    Sebastian deGrazia of Princeton Borough died Sunday at The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 83.    He was a professor of political philosophy at…

  • Lawmakers’ latest bid to grab power simply audacious

    THE MANVILLE NEWS EDITORIAL — Jan. 4, 2001 By:The Packet Group    First, the issue was posting the names of convicted sex offenders on the Internet. Then, it was parental notification of minors who seek abortions. Now, it’s the wholesale dismantling of judicial oversight that certain New Jersey legislators are aiming to achieve through passage of…

  • Footprints: Raising money for steam engine rough going

    By: Iris Naylor    As every fire company knows, there is the time when a new engine is declared necessary, and there is the time when the new engine is housed, and the time in between is a desperate struggle to raise the money.    The Aquetong Engine Company, No. 1, of Lambertville found it easy to…

  • Editorial: Sit a spell and talk with us

       As the new year begins, The Beacon would like to take this opportunity to invite the community to chat with us at least once during the next 12 months.    We want to know what you want to read about in the paper and on our Web site.    Next month, we plan to begin monthly chat…

  • HoVal places sixth at wrestling tourney

    Hopewell Valley WrestlingThe Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling team had a light schedule over the winter vacation, but did take part in the Truman Tournament on Thursday and Friday. By: Matt Nalbone    The Bulldogs came in sixth place, even though they had people competing in only seven out of the 13 possible weight classes…

  • The Way It Was

    Back Hook crossroads of developing country By: Sue Kramer     First in an occasional series about Lambertville and the "way it was."     LAMBERTVILLE — John and Barbara Hencheck will be celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary in June.    Their first apartment, in 1971, was over Sneddon’s Chocolate Shop on Bridge Street, and a simple move…

  • Nodo Trattoria

    Formerly T.J.’s Trattoria, this downtown Princeton eatery now sports a new chef and an Italian cuisine with leaner portions. The restaurant is now a contender with Witherspoon Street’s other savvy restaurants. By: Antoinette Buckley Nodo Trattoria 25 Witherspoon Street, Princeton (609) 688-9300 Food: Very Good Service: Very Good Cuisine: Italian Ambiance: Intimate with a steady…