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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Sixth-graders deliver patriotic music for veterans

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Sixth-graders deliver patriotic music for veterans

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – Ellen Kirk, director of vocal music at Bordentown Regional Middle School, organized a concert in January honoring America the beautiful. The mini-musical on Jan. 25 was titled "AMERICANS WE" and featured the singing of sixth graders studying general music.  "I have felt that today’s students do not have…

  • Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey to Hold Volunteer Recruitment Event/ Open-House February 18

    Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey to Hold Volunteer Recruitment Event/ Open-House February 18

    By Nancy Zimmerman Help guide, inspire and motivate girls on their personal leadership journey Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey (GSHNJ) is seeking bright, energetic volunteers with positive, can-do attitudes and relationship building and collaborating skills who are looking for a worthwhile opportunity to help girls from ages from 5-17 to learn and practice leadership…

  • Celebration of French Masterworks

    Celebration of French Masterworks

    Princeton Pro Musica Chorus

  • LAMBERTVILLE: The Majoras case: Body found Wednesday afternoon

    LAMBERTVILLE: The Majoras case: Body found Wednesday afternoon

    Update is expected this afternoon By Ruth Luse and Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group    LAMBERTVILLE — After The Beacon’s press time Wednesday, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III and Lambertville Police Director Bruce Cocuzza told area residents and members of the news media that, “at 4:50 this afternoon, a female body was recovered…

  • WEST AMWELL: Recyclable proposal under consideration

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — At its Jan. 23 meeting, the Township Committee continued to weigh the matter of putting Dumpsters for recyclables at the township’s public works complex.    ”The committee is still considering the idea,” said township Clerk Lora Olsen. If Dumpsters are brought in, residents could drop their recyclables there.…

  • SENIOR MENUS

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance. The value of each meal is $5.10. 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…

  • Mill Ballet students perform at festival

    Mill Ballet students perform at festival

    Hyung Gi Yu, Roxey Ballet artist.

  • STOCKTON: Area man spearheads limbs for Laos effort

    STOCKTON: Area man spearheads limbs for Laos effort

    Kenneth Hayes holds a demilitarized cluster bomb that had been cleared from the Lao jungles near Sepon in Laos.

  • BUT I DIGRESS: Saving the world one suffering artist at a time

    By Sally Stang, Special Writer    To supplement my income, I have become a professional arts counselor (nailing up online degree), a much-needed adviser to artists of all sorts. And why not? Wherever you turn in this area, there are artists plying their art wares. Hordes of painters, herds of sculptors, clusters of potters, bumping elbow-to-elbow…