Category: archives
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Charges against cop being dropped
By: Vic Monaco – Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN – The local veteran police officer charged with handcuffing a woman without cause in a pizzeria here will have the charges against him dropped. And Patrolman Ronald Aponte has retired "in good standing." That was the word, respectively, Thursday from the Mercer County prosecutor’s office and Borough Administrator…
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Just a thought
By: centraljersey.com "Property is not theft, but a good deal of theft becomes property." – Richard H. Tawney, English educator.
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Bucks audubon update
By: centraljersey.com – Castles in the Fields, June 26, 6:30-9 p.m. Castles in the Fields is the society’s annual premier event held at a local location (see website). This year’s celebration party marks the 11th anniversary of the annual Barns of Distinction Tour on July 10. This party under the stars will feature gourmet fare…
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The legacy of Cousteau lives on
By: Michele Byers The explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been disastrous for the environment, but as the oil continues to pour out, it is striking a deeper chord. Even hundreds of miles from the oil slick (for now), we are reminded of the vulnerability of New Jersey’s…
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Dow Jones launches big solar project
By: Davy James – Staff Writer Under a sky that was appropriately bright and sunny for the occasion, Dow Jones held a ceremonial ribbon cutting on Monday for a massive solar energy project on its Route 1 campus. The project calls for 13,000 solar panels to be installed throughout parking areas on the 2,000-acre campus…
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Early deadline for July 8 edition
By: centraljersey.com Because of the July 4 holiday, which The Beacon will observe July 5, the deadline for submission of news copy, letters to the editor, etc., for the July 8 edition is July 2 at 1 p.m. All photos being submitted for that edition should be e-mailed as jpegs and with caption information no…
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Florence-roebling news
By: centraljersey.com Florence Township Chapter of Deborah will hold their meeting tonight, June 24, 7:30 p.m., at the Sterling House. We will be having a Fall Bus Trip to Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre on Oct. 31 to see "Church Basement Ladies." The cost is $72. Call Carol at 499-1927 for reservations. There will be a…
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Playoff win for JCDA
By: centraljersey.com Dan Dauer, Fernando Cooper, Joey Heiner and Alex Tucker had multiple hit games while Cooper and Heiner perpitched well as JCDA took a 7-0 win over Terhune Orchards in the Lawrence LL Atlantic Division playoffs. Max Crouthamel and Nabil Hachicha had hits for Terhune. In a consolation game, Alex Ratzman went 3-for-3 and…
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Monday, May 17, 2010
By: John Heim, M.D. – Special to The Packet It’s just after 5 a.m. A peanut butter Clif Bar serves as my breakfast, washed down with a cup of water from the camp tap. How safe is the water to drink? I will find out in the hours and days to come. I arrived yesterday…
