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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Backgrounds shape thinking of four candidates

    They are asked, "What life experience shaped you?" By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    People are shaped by their past — personally, professionally, socially.    In the fourth question to the four Township Committee candidates, the Beacon asked, “What has been the most impressionable experience you have had — personally, in business, in public life — that…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Public transit sought for warehouse area

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — With the new tenants moving into the warehouse district lately, the Township Council wants NJ Transit to bring bus service to the West Manor Way area to provide employers with the hourly workers they need.    The discussion at the Oct. 13 Township Council meeting came two days after…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Group home discussion continues

    By Amber Cox. Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Some 20 residents attended Monday’s Township Committee meeting to continue the discussion about the possibility of a group home purchasing a house in the residential Independence Drive neighborhood.    The discussion began Oct. 11 when Community Options, Inc., headquartered in Princeton, and SERV, headquartered in Ewing, expressed interest…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Second Winterguard unit to be formed

       The Hillsborough Winterguard will expand with a second group for the upcoming season.    The 18-strong 2011 Winterguard concluded its season as Scholastic A silver medalists in the MAIN Championships at South Brunswick.    The second Winterguard would compete in the Scholastic Novice class and is suited for less-experienced guard students or students who have other commitments,…

  • ALLENTOWN: Borough mayoral, council races on ballot Nov. 8

    ALLENTOWN: Borough mayoral, council races on ballot Nov. 8

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — The borough’s mayoral and council races boils down to a choice between a Republican ticket with 40 years of collective experience running the municipal government, and a trio of challengers who say it’s time for change.    Voters will be electing a mayor to a four-year term and two…

  • Improve Your Home’s Energy Efficiency and Qualify for Tax Credit with Upgrades from NJ Home Remodeling Contractor Somerville Aluminum

    Improve Your Home’s Energy Efficiency and Qualify for Tax Credit with Upgrades from NJ Home Remodeling Contractor Somerville Aluminum

    By Jodi Mayo Alessandri FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Improve Your Home’s Energy Efficiency and Qualify for Tax Credit with Upgrades from NJ Home Remodeling Contractor Somerville Aluminum NJ Home Remodeler Somerville Aluminum is proud to offer special incentives on energy-efficient products for homeowners to take advantage of tax credit expiring December 31, 2011 SOMERVILLE, NJ, October…

  • New Jersey Center for Media Arts Announces the Opening of a New A & R Division.
  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Take Shelter’

    MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Take Shelter’

    Curtis doesn’t know whether his dreams and waking visions are a sign of the schizophrenia that overtook his mother or visions of a coming apocalypse that only he can see. By Elise Nakhnikian    Like the recurring nightmares that torment its main character, Curtis (Michael Shannon), “Take Shelter” is frustratingly slow-moving at times, but it…

  • MANVILLE: Councilman ponders Democrats’ slogan

    To the editor:    Restore the pride? I’m not sure I get what the Democrats mean on their campaign signs. Surely it can’t be their “self-interests pride,” could it?    Manville is small-town American and proud of it. I chose to stay living in Manville and hope to retire here while some of my family and friends…