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  • ATTENTION: Early deadline set for Sept. 9 Beacon

       Because of the Labor Day holiday, Sept. 6, the deadline for submission of news copy, letters to the editor, etc., for the Sept. 9 edition of The Beacon is Friday, Sept. 3, at 3 p.m.    All photos being submitted for that edition should be e-mailed as jpegs no later than 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Principal, student share South Africa experience

    HILLSBOROUGH: Principal, student share South Africa experience

    Woods Road Elementary School Principal Jody Howe with children she met in the South Africa Township of Langa.

  • PBSN Singles Dance and Social, Brookside Manor, Feasterville, PA – Friday, September 24
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Veterans feted at ballpark

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The Somerset Patriots stadium was not just for baseball on Sunday, but was host to a large tribute to veterans before the game.    Veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Gulf War, Desert Storm, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Haiti, Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom were all…

  • LAWRENCE: Local teens have an ‘American Idol Experience’

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, The Packet Group    A trip to Disney World is a dream come true for many young persons. For Avery Epstein of Princeton and her friend Taylor Blanton of Lawrenceville, the dream came true, along with an unexpected role in the park’s “American Idol Experience” and a chance to audition for the hit…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: No hike needed for fire protection rates

    Faulty notice has town protesting By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    American Water Co. representatives said bureaucratic jargon is to blame for Hillsborough township officials thinking public fire protection rates would increase 8.1 percent in Hillsborough — though the rates will not increase in town.    The confusion came after a public notice on the company’s request…

  • LAWRENCE: Detox center plan draws neighborhood opposition

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer        LAWRENCE — A proposed detoxification center on Federal City Road has pitted neighbors against the property owner, amid fears of crime and the spector of drug- and alcohol-addicted clients roaming the Federal Hill and the Traditions at Federal Point neighborhoods.    But John Simone, a principal in the Simone Investment Group…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Police to emphasize safety of students

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    To ensure the safety of students returning to school next week, police will once again implement “Operation Safe Schools.”    Officers will be stationed at schools to assist students and parents during the school year’s opening weeks.    ”Our goal is to have a safe and secure start to the school year,”…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Church group connects with children in Haiti

    HILLSBOROUGH: Church group connects with children in Haiti

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Monfort Road resident Alena D’Auria knew the images of post-earthquake Haiti from seeing them on television and on the Internet following the Jan. 20 quake. But spending a week rebuilding houses and parts of an orphanage in Calabasse, a town outside Port-Au-Prince, brought the disaster home, she said.    ”One thing…