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  • EXPLORING WEST AMWELL’S FARMLAND

    EXPLORING WEST AMWELL’S FARMLAND

    Most of township is farmland By Betty Jane Hunt, Special Writer    This is an introduction to a series of articles, which will appear in The Beacon, about the diverse use of agricultural land in West Amwell Township.     Of the 14,016 acres that make up the land area in West Amwell, 7,650 acres were farmland…

  • John Patten

    By: centraljersey.com It’s said it doesn’t always matter if you win or lose, but it does matter how you play the game – and for the members of the Hillsborough Jr. Raiders Division II team Nebraska Huskers, playing the game in memory of a beloved teacher matters most. The team is sporting pink shoelaces in…

  • Rich Fisher

    By: centraljersey.com It’s pretty easy to figure out who the field hockey team to beat is in the Mercer County Tournament. If you’re going by won-loss record, at least. Hopewell Valley enters today’s (Thursday’s) regular-season finale at Lawrence as the county’s only undefeated team at 12-0. But that’s something the Bulldogs don’t even want to…

  • Justin Feil

    By: centraljersey.com Lindsey Treptow got a surprise present on her 17th birthday Friday. The senior and her Bordentown Regional High School field hockey team were able to practice on the school’s new multi-use turf field for the first time. "I didn’t even know we were going to be practicing on it," Treptow said. "When I…

  • Birgitta Wolfe

    By: centraljersey.com BORDENTOWN CITY – School days and dear old golden rule days will be on the minds of Bordentown Military Institute alumni as they return to the city for their reunion on Saturday. But more than readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic, they’re actually going to be preoccupied with football and one of their own…

  • Halloween parade set

    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – The Monroe Township Mothers Club and Monroe Township Recreation Department will hold the annual Halloween parade for township residents at the Monroe Township Community Center rink Saturday, Oct. 23. Parade lineup and registration will be at 10:30 am. Judging will be at 10:45 a.m. Anyone arriving after 10:45 a.m. will not…

  • EXPLORING WEST AMWELL’S FARMLAND

    EXPLORING WEST AMWELL’S FARMLAND

    Betty Jane Hunt at home on her West Amwell Township farm. Photo by Cathy Urbanski.

  • Consider flex township hours

    Debra Johnson, candidate for mayor    Without question, a successful government is one that listens to and communicate with the citizens it serves.    Citizens should be welcomed to the township meeting and should be given insight into how government is run.    During my administration, the department heads as well as the township manager were required to…

  • Global movement fights climate change

    By: centraljersey.com Bill McKibben, author of 1989’s "The End of Nature," the first book about global warming written for a general audience, says 350 is the world’s most important number. What’s the significance? Three hundred fifty parts per million is what many scientists and climate experts believe is the highest safe concentration for carbon dioxide…