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  • CRANBURY: Brainerd Lake Dam project to begin in 1 year

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    CRANBURY – Hurricane Irene hit while the township was making plans for a new and improved dam for Brainerd Lake, but it was hard news for residents when they learned that even the plans for the improved dam would not have prevented flooding in a storm like Irene.Township Engineer Bill Tanner…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Christie wants to cut education’s ‘red tape’

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Christie wants to cut education’s ‘red tape’

    Tim Larsen Governor Chris Christie speaks during a roundtable discussion on Education Reform at Hopewell Valley Central High School.(Governor’s Office/Tim Larsen)

  • NEW HOPE: Solebury School appeals quarry permit OK

       NEW HOPE — Citing the failure of the Department of Environmental Protection to require that New Hope Crushed Stone and Lime “prevent harm to public health and safety, as well as the environment from its stone quarry mining operations,” Solebury School has filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board of the department’s recent…

  • MONROE: In Washington, Mayor Pucci talks FEMA and jobs

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE – Senator Bob Menendez invited Monroe Mayor Richard Pucci to Washington, D.C. to join him as a guest during President Barack Obama’s job creation speech Sept. 8.    Each senator had one guest to invite and Sen. Menendez asked Mayor Pucci.    ”Obviously it was a great honor for me to go,”…

  • Local Children Smile for Safety
  • Where were you Sept. 11, 2001?

    Your comments welcome!    On Sept. 11, 2011, the nation paused to remember the horror of Sept. 11, 2001. In observance of the 10th anniversary of the events that took place that day, The Beacon welcomes readers to share their experiences surrounding 9/11, including personal stories and photos.    We are publishing a series of readership reflections…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, September 16, 2011

    Monroe    Sept. 4 at 8:43 a.m., James, E. Sullivan, 49, of North Main Street, High Bridge, was charged with theft after police responded to a report of a person trying to take a metal shelf from outside a house.    The shelving was outside a house in the area of Applegate Avenue and Forest Park Terrace…

  • CRANBURY: Local painter dies at 88

    CRANBURY: Local painter dies at 88

    ’Farm Falinas Valley, 1999’ by George Stave

  • CRANBURY: Cranbury has its day

    CRANBURY: Cranbury has its day

    Noah after getting dunked