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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: State may defer pensions

    Towns would be able to delay half their payments By Davy James, Staff Writer    A bill recently introduced in both houses of the state Legislature would allow townships, cities and counties to defer 50 percent of their contribution into the state’s pension system for another year.    The bill, sponsored by Sen. Sandra Cunningham, D-Hudson, a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Hometown helpers

    Volunteers give pantry its neighborly feel By Davy James, Staff Writer    While the South Brunswick Food Pantry continues its struggle to provide a happy holiday season for the less fortunate in the area, it has come to rely on volunteers as an important cog in helping it meet the needs of the community.    With the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Van Dyke purchase on track

    188-acre farm to be preserved By Davy James, Staff Writer    The Township Council passed a bond ordinance at its meeting Tuesday to designate money to complete the purchase of the Pulda/Van Dyke farm.    The ordinance provides $2.5 million from the township’s Open Space Trust Fund toward the purchase, which is expected to cost $7.5 million.…

  • Pass adoptee birthright bill

    Mirah Riben, Monmouth Junction To the editor: Adopted people are denied equal rights in New Jersey by no “choice” of their own. Adult adoptees are discriminated against and denied the simple right to know their own birth certificates — a right all others take for granted.    The time has more than come. The “red herring”…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Don’t let spinal strain put you on your back
  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Plan for village gets board OK

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Planning Board voted unanimously 7-0 Tuesday to grant final site plan approval to Bordentown Waterfront Community LLC to develop the area of a former shipyard into a transit village.    The motion also allows the developers to replace one proposed 36-unit apartment building with a 62-unit, age-…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the Dec. 17 edition

    Peg Dotson Tel: 499-3807     Fax: 499-3807     E-mail: [email protected]    A Christmas trip is being planned by the Florence Township Chapter of Deborah for Sunday, Dec. 20, to the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, Pa. Ticket price is $72 which includes all expenses; bus, luncheon, and show. The bus will leave from the Florence…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: New school program prompts male mentorships

    By Geoffrey Wertime, The Packet Group    ROBBINSVILLE — A new push for school volunteerism among men has resulted in 100 signing up and more involvement eyed for 2010.    Tony Rosica, 40, of Robbinsville-Edinburgh Road, is a member of Robbinsville’s K-8 Parent Teacher Association and chairman of the new Father and Male Mentor Committee. His work…

  • ATTENTION: Early deadlines set for Dec. 24, 31 editions

    Please follow guidelines Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Because of the Christmas Day holiday, which we will observe on Dec. 25, the deadline for submission of news copy, letters to the editor, etc., for the Dec. 24 edition of The Beacon is Dec. 18 at 2 p.m.    All news releases and letters to the editor should…