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  • Princeton Plasma Physics Lab hosts science series

    Saturday lectures aimed primarily at high school students    PLAINSBORO — The popular Science-on-Saturday lecture series begins Saturday, Jan. 27, at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).    This is the 23rd year for the series, which includes seven lectures for 2007, with topics ranging from the science and application of GPS and…

  • AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: Band features Cranbury students

    Local musicians to showcase talents By: Lorraine Sedor    The Princeton High School studio band will be swinging at the high school, 151 Moore St., in cafeteria tonight, Jan. 26, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is $5 and refreshments will be available.    The award-winning band will entertain its audience with recent hits and classic…

  • EDITORIAL: Tax cuts will give boost to state economy

    Will the current budget balance with a possible $105 million cut in revenue?    Gov. Jon Corzine plans to do something to help thousands of the state’s poorest taxpayers — that is, if the state’s budget can handle it.    State Treasurer Bradley Abelow told The Associated Press earlier this month that the governor is considering cutting…

  • Teen violinist isn’t just fiddling around

    Montgomery resident occupies first chair in Philadelphia Youth Orchestra By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Nick Bleisch has been playing the violin for more than eight years. While that is a worthy accomplishment in and of itself, there is much more to this young man’s involvement with music.    In just a few short years, Nick, who…

  • Gail Stern remembered with a tribute to her legacy

    Honoring the late executive director of the Historical Society of Princeton By: Ross Kenneth Urken    Historical insight is as important to the understanding of the future as it is to that of the past. This truth struck an immediate note when the Historical Society of Princeton (HSP) was seeking a way to honor the memory…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    By: Compiled by Mary Stulack     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 Mary Stulack, Calendar, 307 Omni Drive, Hillsborough, 08844.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (359-3930)…

  • Voters should get say on mergers

    New proposal would keep final consolidation decision local By: Bill Greenwood    Local mayors say that any decisions on municipal mergers should be left to local voters, though they also suggest that consolidation is unlikely to provide the kind of tax savings that advocates suggest.    Mayors Tony LaMantia, of Jamesburg, Richard Pucci, of Monroe and David…

  • Letters

    An unequal sacrifice To the editor:     The Iraq war is unique. It was a preemptive war, begun under false pretenses promoted by our neoconservative leaders either by design or by faulty intelligence.    They not only were inept in planning for the post-military period resulting in the current chaos and civil war but also arrogantly…

  • County Freeholders foot bill for YMCA’s pool

    Grant to help make area Y’s dream come true By: Joseph Harvie    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — "Aquatics is what the Y does best," Tom Libassi, executive director of the South Brunswick Family YMCA, said Monday.    And, the Culver Road facility will soon have the ability to do what Y’s do best, Mr. Libassi said.    The Middlesex…