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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of Jan. 5

    Property rights is program’s agenda    Wednesday, Jan. 11 — Lecturer John Anthony will present a program on Sustainability and Agenda 21 as it affects property rights and commodities. Program is at Harlingen Reformed Church, Route 206 at Dutchtown Road, Belle Mead, 7 to 9 p.m. Call Susan at 908-745-8024 for info. Israeli dancing is fun,…

  • JAMESBURG: Frank Hayes given posthumous award
  • MONROE: Fire district study nearing completion

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — The Monroe Township Fire Study Advisory Committee released a report on its progress after its most recent meeting Dec. 19.    According to the report, the committee has been studying a plethora of facts and data and plans to begin reviewing its consolidation options next month.    The township is exploring…

  • Diocese of Metuchen hosts talk about the Marginalized

    By Erin Friedlander PISCATAWAY – The Diocese of Metuchen will host an evening program January 26 designed to help Catholics better understand their biblical foundations and to explore Catholic beliefs, as revealed through Scripture. The topic is What the Bible Says About the Marginalized. Rev. Abraham Orapankal, Parochial Vicar at St. Bartholomew Parish, East Brunswick, will…

  • Beacon review of 2011: The year that was

    Part II Ruth Luse    Editor’s note: In the following account is a review of events that took place during the second six months of 2011, as reported in The Beacon.    — JULY — A plan to purchase and save the landmark Bucks County Playhouse that was sidelined by a crowded field of potential buyers was…

  • WEST AMWELL: Fisher is township leader for this year

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — George Fisher was elected mayor of West Amwell Township for 2012 at the Township Committee’s annual reorganization meeting Monday.    Mayor Fisher (a Republican) won a seat on the Township Committee in the November 2009 election. He defeated Democrat Ron Shapella in that election. In January 2010, he…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Rise accepts $50,000 donation from Church and Dwight

    HIGHTSTOWN: Rise accepts $50,000 donation from Church and Dwight

    Pictured are, from left: Julia Badulescu, Cristina Ciobanu, Anna Vasquez, Leslie Koppel, the executive director of Rise, and Tara Cesaro, the senior administrator from Church and Dwight. (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • CRANBURY: Township welcomes Goetz, elects Cook as mayor

    CRANBURY: Township welcomes Goetz, elects Cook as mayor

    Committeewoman Susan Goetz is sworn in by Kathleen Cunnignham, township clerk, at the Cranbury reorganization meeting Wednesday. She is joined by her daughter, Allison Dinoia-Newcombe. Staff photo by David Kilby.

  • CRANBURY: Local mother looks for bone marrow match