Category: archives

  • Resolve Fulper lawsuit

    Tom Molnar of West Amwell     In a recent front-page article in The Beacon, Mayor William Corboy accused me of not having a plan for the “onerous taxes.”    The fact remains I do have a plan and had one all along. However, the majority on the Township Committee did not want to listen to my…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: From the Oct. 8 edition

       Please send items for this column to [email protected] with the words “Bordentown Jottings” in the subject line.    Bordentown Township Senior Citizen Club meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at the Senior Community Center on Municipal Drive. All township seniors age 55 and over welcome.    Events schedule for October:    Group…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Helping children around the globe

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    Local residents interested in helping needy children throughout the world need only travel to Kendall Park to extend a helping hand across the globe.    Operation Christmas Child, which is part of the international organization Samaritan’s Purse, sends out millions of shoeboxes filled with gifts to the less fortunate in 130…

  • SOUTH HUNTERDON: School to encourage Web site use

    Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — South Hunterdon Regional High School will cease e-mailing the agendas for Board of Education meetings in an effort to direct more people to its Web site with “gentle encouragement.”    The school district had sent agendas out via e-mail to interested persons. The district also had delivered them via…

  • The Voices of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Celebrate 30 Years of Singing God’s Praises
  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local SMART bus gets money from federal government

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    New Jersey will be awarded more than $8 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation, $1 million of which will go to South Brunswick for its SMART bus program, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, announced Tuesday.    ”It’s critical that New Jersey residents have access to safe, reliable and efficient mass…

  • Community Day a day to remember

    Steven J. Groeger, Superintendent, Lawrence Township Recreation Department Community Day has grown from its humble beginnings on a cold, windy day at the end of October in the Municipal Building. Seventeen years later Village Park on the first Sunday of October has become the home of one of Lawrence Township’s most anticipated events. Once again…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Four seek office in Bordentown Township this fall

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Four seek office in Bordentown Township this fall

    Republican Anita DiMattia, Bordentown Township Committee candidate.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A supply and demand problem at township pantry

    Recession causes increase in need, shortage of food By Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Food Pantry is facing both a steep increase in the number of families seeking help and a decrease in the amount of food it has to help families get through the recession.    The shelves at the pantry, while not…