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  • Local DWI crackdown runs through Monday

    By: centraljersey.com Law enforcement officers from Lambertville are cracking down on drunken drivers as part of the summer 2010 "Over the Limit, Under Arrest" campaign. Through Monday (Sept. 6), local and state law enforcement officers will conduct sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols, looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated. A concentrated national effort,…

  • Recycle Shed to be open today

    By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – The Recycle Shed will be open today, Friday, from noon to 3 p.m. Bring unwanted E-waste – all computer components, televisions, fax machines, electric cords (all types including computer, gaming, strands of lights, extension, etc.), printer cartridges, cell phones and mercury containing thermometers to 100 Dey Road. White goods – washers,…

  • Book notes

    A woman to whom we are all endebted By: Joan Ruddiman – Special Writer Rebecca Skloot’s first book took the publishing world by storm. Within days of its release, rave reviews propelled "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (Crown Publishers, 2010) into the top echelons of Best Book lists. The book is fascinating, but so,…

  • PARENTING PEARLS: On building a successful blended family

    By Mae Sakharov    Early in July, I had the opportunity to spend time with my niece and nephew in Nova Scotia. This would seem a perfectly ordinary event had this not been our first visit in almost a decade.    Distance and the early death of their father, my brother Roy, from a horrible disease, multiple…

  • NEW MEXICAN ARTIST PARTICIPATES IN NEW HOPE ART FESTIVAL WITH NEWFOUND RESPECT FOR HIS DELAWARE VALLEY ROOTS

    NEW MEXICAN ARTIST PARTICIPATES IN NEW HOPE ART FESTIVAL WITH NEWFOUND RESPECT FOR HIS DELAWARE VALLEY ROOTS

    By Joshua Lance Santa Fe, NM (Sepember 2, 2010)—Transplanted New Mexican painter/muralist Joshua Lance has waited four years for this moment, an invitation to participate in the 17th annual New Hope Arts & Crafts Festival on Sept. 25 & 26 in downtown New Hope, PA. As soon as this ambitious New Jersey-native painter read his…

  • From students to teachers

    SBHS grads get different view of classroom By: Davy James – Staff Writer When South Brunswick’s schools open their doors for the 2010-11 school year on Tuesday, a handful of returning staff members will resume careers in a district they have called home since they were young students themselves. These district staff members said they…

  • Community calendar

    By: centraljersey.com Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in the Hillsborough Beacon, drop a note to Hillsborough Beacon Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542. All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to…

  • Senior corner

    By: centraljersey.com Hillsborough Senior Citizens Chapter A meets the first Thursday of each month at 12:30 p.m. in the municipal building. We are open to new members. At our last meeting, we welcomed eight new members, six of whom are guys and our president cheered since most of our members are ladies. Doors open at…

  • Religious services

    By: centraljersey.com – Centenary U.M. – There is one worship service at 9 a.m. by the river on Lewis Island at the end of Lambert Lane and Coryell Street. Coffee fellowship will follow at the church at 10 a.m., followed by a free pancake brunch at 11 a.m. All are invited. On Sept. 12, fall…