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  • 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…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Police Beat

       Jaime Hernandez-Juarez, 44, of Jamesburg, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct. Police said they saw him sleeping on a bench in the center of town at 1:03 a.m. and found he was “highly intoxicated.” * * *    Michael Szarawarski, 56, of Manalapan, was charged Aug. 5 with contempt of court. Police said they stopped him…

  • Death notice

    Mildred Drysten By: centraljersey.com Mildred Drysten, 91, a former resident of the Griggstown section of Franklin Township, died July 13 in Denver, Colo. A funeral service were held Aug. 14 at the Griggstown Reform Church, 1065 Canal Road, Princeton. Interment of her ashes will take place following the service at the Griggstown Cemetery. Arrangements were…

  • Down on the farm

    By: centraljersey.com Howell Living History Farm will celebrate the coming harvest season on Aug. 21 by unearthing a special crop of potatoes that will be donated to the Greater Mercer Food Cooperative. The potatoes were planted April 24 by Howell Farm visitors, volunteers and interns. Visitors of all ages can join the harvest crew any…

  • PHS graduate comes home as Tigers assistant

    Hoeland, Levy enjoying return to area By: Bob Nuse – Sports Editor Chris Hoeland enjoyed a successful tennis playing career while at Washington University in St. Louis. Once he was finished, he needed to make a decision as far as what sort of career path to take. As it turned out, that decision led him…

  • Library happenings

    By: centraljersey.com HILLSBOROUGH: – Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the municipal complex, South Branch Road and Beekman Lane, 369-2200. Library hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Registration is required…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor’s Takter takes Hambletonian

    CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor’s Takter takes Hambletonian

    By Ken Weingartner, Special Writer    When Jimmy Takter won the $437,000 Merrie Annabelle Stakes with his 2-year-old filly trotter Thatsnotmyname on Aug. 7 at the Meadowlands Racetrack, he might have felt like he finally captured his great white whale.    Several races later, he reeled in an even bigger fish.    That is because Takter’s Muscle Massive…

  • NJ State Librarian Norma Blake elected ASCLA vice president/president-elect
  • Retail center gets S. Brunswick OK

    Business update By: Davy James – The Packet Group The South Brunswick Township Planning Board has granted for a retail center and pharmacy to be built at the intersection of Route 27 and Finnegans Lane by developer Riya Finnegans LLC. The approval of the application, on Aug. 4, ends years of legal wrangling between the…