Category: archives

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Floods top Millstone mayor’s concerns

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Millstone Borough is starting off the new year with a focus on the one natural disaster that plagues so many of its neighbors — consistent flooding.    ”We have flooded three times in the last 20 years,” Millstone Mayor Ray Heck said.    In the coming year, Mayor Heck said, he hopes…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar

       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 (609-924-3244) or e-mailed to [email protected] before…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Giordano murder results in indictment

    DiGirolamo remains free after posting $1 million bond By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    TRENTON – The Millstone man accused of killing and dismembering his Hightstown mistress, Amy Giordano, has been indicted.    A Mercer County grand jury on Jan. 9 returned an indictment charging 34-year-old Rosario DiGirolamo with the murder of Ms. Giordano between June 7…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Greenbrook students get a taste of science

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Greenbrook students get a taste of science

    Staff photo by John Keating. Fourth-grade teacher Sarah Lianso helps Austin Kassabian, Usha Modukuru and Anna Gaines with the work.

  • MONROE: Training School works to help its residents

    MONROE: Training School works to help its residents

    Staff photo by John Keating. The facility’s hospital.

  • MONROE: Training School works to help its residents

    MONROE: Training School works to help its residents

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — Many enter the system as rebellious boys, but the hopes of the state and representatives at the New Jersey Training School for Boys in Monroe is that when their residents walk out the front gates, they leave as men.    Where the average resident only serves 18 months for…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Jansson lives to play hard

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    HAMILTON – A strange but refreshing moment occurred Monday night in the Hamilton West High School gymnasium.    With the Hornets girls basketball team beating South Brunswick by 21 points early in the fourth quarter, the Vikings Katie Jansson was on the floor kicking her legs, gritting her teeth, swinging her…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       A West Camplain Road resident reported a burglary to his residence at 8:06 p.m. Jan. 5, with patrols confirming entry from a window at the home.    The resident reported a laptop computer and a ring, valued at $1,500 total, missing from the residence. Police reported entering the laptop into the National Crime Information Center database.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School board updates project wish list

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    A grant application prompted the Board of Education to amend its long-range facilities plan during Monday’s meeting, with the board hoping to proceed with the projects as quickly as possible should it receive the funds.    The board unanimously approved the amendments, which Facilities Chairman Frank Blandino said allows the district’s…