Category: archives
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University adding more green to the orange and black
Environmentally sustainable initiatives are under way By: Hilary Parker Princeton University’s official colors may be orange and black, but more and more they’re tinged with green by the environmentally sustainable initiatives under way at the Ivy League school. Some of the efforts such as the creation of a sustainability manager position in the Facilities…
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Special committee to referee ball fields lease
Residents near baseball complex and league supporters crowd committee meeting to argue for their positions By:Charlie Olsen Hoping to avoid what Yogi Berra called "déjà vu all over again," township officials are putting together a committee of Little League representatives and residents living near the Willow Road Baseball Complex to help renegotiate the league’s lease…
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Township maintains zoning was legal
Springfield asks judge to reconsider decision By: Cara Latham SPRINGFIELD The Township Council plans to ask a state Superior Court judge to reconsider a ruling that struck down three zoning ordinances requiring developers to construct new houses on 10-acre minimum lots. About 20 township residents gathered outside the municipal building to "keep a watch"…
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Signs designed to slow things down
Township aims to reduce speeding on roads By: Bill Greenwood South Brunswick took a step toward clamping down on speeding when it became the first town in the county to participate in the Slow Down in Our Town program, which urges drivers not to exceed 25 mph when traveling through residential neighborhoods. A new sign…
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South draws nearer to Bishop Ahr
By: Rich Fisher The gap is closing. Relax, we’re not talking about your favorite pants store in the mall. We’re talking about the distance between the gymnastics teams at South Brunswick High and Bishop Ahr. And with a little more balance on the beam, the Vikings could get even closer to the class team of…
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Guest Opinion
Compromise needed on yeshiva issue By: Robert J. Clark The Roosevelt Borough Council has driven, or soon will drive, Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah into the courts to vindicate its rights under state and federal constitutional, statutory and case law. The recent Planning Board proceedings were just warm ups. Despite at least two good faith overtures by…
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Board considers alternate site for middle school
By: Purvi Desai UPPER FREEHOLD Superintendent Robert Smith said on Monday that the Board of Education is looking at a site on Breza Road the same one that a New York company is seeking to build a warehouse on as an alternative to the proposed middle school construction site on Ellisdale Road.…
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Constitutional Convention: best way to get tax reform
Former state Sen. William E. Schulter talked taxes at recent Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters session By John Tredrea Property taxes "are the biggest problem in New Jersey," said former state Sen. William E. Schulter at a Sept. 19 forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Hopewell Valley at Central High School.…
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Response to cartoon justifies publication
To the editor By: The letter in the Sept. 21 issue of the Beacon, in which the writer accuses the Hillsborough Beacon and a cartoonist of becoming "active, if likely unwitting supporters of our enemies," is a perfect example of why the cartoon in question is so necessary. The writer says the cartoon’s references to…
