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  • Towns must cut South budget

    John Sunkiskis of Lambertville     In last week’s Beacon, I read the editorial, “Public should make known what to cut.”    I do agree those who rejected the proposed budget for South need to make their concerns and suggestions known to the mayors and town councils of the three sending districts.    However, I strongly disagree with…

  • Police Beat: From the May 1 edition

    FLORENCE      Jay Ball, 52, of Trenton, was charged on an outstanding contempt of court warrant at 12:51 a.m. Sunday. Police said he was seen riding a small bike in the area of the light rail station in Roebling and was initially thought to be a juvenile in violation of curfew. Upon investigating, police…

  • Board of Education seeks public input

    Bordentown Regional School District will hold a public input session at 7 p.m. May 13 at Bordentown Regional High School.      The Board of Education will hold the community/staff input session to gather information to be used to set criteria for the background, training and experience necessary for the new Superintendent of Schools. Consultants Edward…

  • ‘Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay’

    ‘Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay’

    Harold (John Cho, left) and Kumar (Kal Penn) get locked up in their new adventure.

  • Write-in candidates could fill two open board seats

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP—Bordentown Regional School District is playing the waiting game with the county Board of Elections to find out if the people who received write-in votes cast in the April 15 school election will fill two open seats.     According to Bordentown Regional School District Superintendent Diane DeGiacomo, a number…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Understanding postpartum depression

    To combat postpartum depression, new moms need plenty of rest and should try to stop ‘doing it all.’ By Sonja B. Gray, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System       For many women, having a baby is one of the happiest and most exciting times in their lives. Yet even the happiest new moms may experience feelings…

  • ‘Flawless’

    ‘Flawless’

    Demi Moore in Flawless.

  • ‘Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay’

    ‘Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay’

    These guys make for good company as they make their way across America, experiencing close encounters of the weird kind and pausing frequently to party. By Elise Nakhnikian    WHEN Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn), those goofy post-racial potheads, first ambled into theaters in 2004, they must have been a little startled by the…

  • ‘Flawless’

    ‘Flawless’

    Michael Caine (left) and Demi Moore in Flawless.