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  • IRS Reminds New Jersey March Storm Victims Facing May 11 Deadline to File Their Tax Returns

    By Gregg Semanick-New Jersey’s IRS Spokesman MOUNTAINSIDE — Victims of the March storms and flooding in New Jersey may have qualified for tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service.  The President declared Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, Essex, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union counties federal disaster areas qualifying for individual assistance.  As…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Creative entries add to math contest’s fun

    HILLSBOROUGH: Creative entries add to math contest’s fun

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    The winning entry in Hillsborough High School’s annual The Usefulness Of Mathematics as Expressed Through the Arts (TUOMETA) contest — part of the school’s April is Math Month activities — started over a poker game, and was recorded in student Kevin Titus’ basement using a laptop webcam.    ”It’s just a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Town to hike water rates

    Increase expected for next quarterly billing cycle By Davy James, Staff Writer    Water and sewer rates in the township soon will be on the rise, and most residents will see an approximate 9 percent increase in their quarterly utility bill.    At its meeting Tuesday night, the Township Council reluctantly decided to move forward with an…

  • Bloated budget

    Gisbert Manskopf, West Amwell     For many years letters to The Beacon have pointed out the enormous expenses to educate a student at South Hunterdon Regional High School. The arrogance and incompetence of the administration and teachers union at South prevented for years any kind of compromise in reducing the costs at South. Add to…

  • Let’s Move

    Let’s Move

    Mercer County physicians, gyms, hospitals and camps are creating resources for parents who want to help their children lose weight By Michele Alperin A truly frightening picture of the rampant rise in obesity in the United States since 1985 emerges from an obesity map by the Centers for Disease Control. The map traces its growth…

  • Somerset County Federation of Democratic Women Announces Awards Winners

    By Maureen Papke The Somerset County Federation of Democratic Women (SCFDW) is proud to announce the winners of the 2010 Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Service Awards. The mission of the SCFDW is to unite the Democratic women of Somerset County, encourage Democratic women to participate in government at all levels and to support qualified Democratic women nominees…

  • Mothers and Daughters Team Up and Get Down To It

    Mothers and Daughters Team Up and Get Down To It

    Amy Vogel has been involved with HomeFront ever since her twin daughters, Alexandra and Sydney, were in preschool.

  • "Armored Language" – Lecture Presentation by Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Princeton June 5, 2010
  • Hightstown Mayor’s Book Club

    By Bettie Witherspoon A walk to Hightstown Memorial Library has been an event highly anticipated since the inception of the Hightstown Mayor’s Book Club. On Thursday, May 20, 2010, the participants, families and young students will at last have the opportunity to enjoy the array of books and activities available. The friendly, hospitable librarians will…