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  • LAWRENCE: Cat licensing fees going up $3

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    It’s going to cost a little bit more to license kitty — $3 more, to be exact — under an ordinance that increases the annual license fee for cats.    The ordinance, which was introduced by Township Council earlier this month, raises the license fee for a cat that has been…

  • LAWRENCE: Former Trenton mayor aide faces charges

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Paul Sigmund IV, who briefly served as chief of staff for Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, has been charged with several motor vehicle offenses after he was involved in a fender bender in the parking lot outside of the Halo Farm store on Spruce Street Aug. 9, said police Lt. Charles…

  • MANVILLE: Children are cared for in ‘Homey’ setting

    Hillsborough’s Choudry has built A Bright Start By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer   Planning for your child’s future needs a good foundation and start. A Bright Start is one of the places your child can get the start that they need.    A Bright Start Child Development Center was started by Hillsborough resident Ume Choudhry…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Share your memories of 9-11 tragedy

       The Hillsborough Beacon invites readers to share their experiences, personal stories and photos of the 9-11 terror attacks. We will publish a series of readership reflections in September in honor of the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives 10 years ago in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Please send your memories, reflections and photographs…

  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

    MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

    Joao (Joao Arrais) as a boy in ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

  • pr associate

    pr associate

    CROWN TROPHY OF MERCERVILLE EARNS SECOND SALES AND MARKETING AWARD

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Woman faces marijuana charge

       Township police charged Linda Baker, 55, of Farm Road on Aug. 5 with growing marijuana on her property.    Police said they received information, checked it out and found and seized numerous plants.    After being charged with second-degree manufacturing marijuana, she was released on her recognizance. A court date is pending.

  • Guided Tour at Duke Farms Features “Jersey Grown” S.A.V.E.TM Sunflower Field

    Guided Tour at Duke Farms Features “Jersey Grown” S.A.V.E.TM Sunflower Field

    A guided sunflower field tour is being offered Sunday, August 21 to promote New Jersey Audubon’s S.A.V.E.TM sunflower birdseed program

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Cops charge teen with burglaries

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    A township teen is facing juvenile delinquency charges and may be involved in two residential burglaries as well as breaking into several vehicles, according to police.    Patrolman Sean Roberts was investigating a burglary into a Stonehenge home Aug. 6 when he developed information that led him to a male…