Category: archives
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Rent rules postponed
Township Council plans to have a revised version of the proposal in April. By: Joseph Harvie The Township Council failed to take action Tuesday on a proposed ordinance that would have required inspections of apartments each time there is a change in occupancy, planning to bring back a revised version in April. The proposed ordinance…
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Obituaries for the week of March 30
Jan J. de Jong Jan J. de Jong died Monday He was 50. Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, he came to the U.S. in 1975 and resided in New Jersey since 1980. A research economist, he was the assistant director of the Labor Market and Demographic Research Division of the New Jersey Department of Labor.…
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Council mulls 10 percent spending increase
Officials vow to make cuts. By: Melissa Edmond In what’s become an annual tradition, the municipal budget introduced at a special meeting Tuesday includes a whopping increase in taxes this year, a 30 percent increase. But officials were quick to vow to make cuts and reductions to reduce the increase. Borough Council members introduced…
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SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES
Editor’s note: To help voters get to know the candidates for the school board, the Hillsborough Beacon has asked each to submit answers to three questions. This week, we are publishing the candidates’ background information; next week, we ask what they would seek to try and do if elected and what their best idea for…
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RoboRaiders ready to march on Atlanta
The Hillsborough High School robotics team took the second-highest award at last weekend’s Boston regional competition, qualifying to compete in the nationals. By: Donna Lukiw As the competitive high school robotics season winds down, Hillsborough High School students are disassembling tables and packing up supplies from their workstation in a warehouse on Route 206. But…
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West Coast Groove
The Greyboy Allstars are back with their original sound. By:Josh Appelbaum Eight years apart has made the Greyboy Allstars grow fonder of their earlier days, in the mid-’90s, when they first incited audiences to dance to their hybrid jazz sound. The Allstars were formed in 1993 by San Diego, Calif.-based producer D.J. Greyboy and jazz…
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Settlement in La shooting
Township agrees to pay family of shooting victim $115,000 as federal judge dismisses case against police chief. By: Marisa Maldonado A federal judge last week dismissed a civil lawsuit against Police Chief Raymond Hayducka as part of a settlement agreement between the township and the family of a Kendall Park man who he killed in…
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Hopewell Valley High salutes new Hall of Fame inductees
Nine individuals, one team honored. By: Tim Falls Many of the athletes inducted into the Hopewell Valley Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday night were not thinking about their own accomplishments. Even with all their accolades, many of those being honored were thinking of their former teammates. That’s why the Hopewell Valley…
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Ready to play
Cardinal boys lacrosse team competes to the final whistle. By: Tim Falls Lawrence high school boys lacrosse coach Anthony Ammirata wants four quarters of competition from his players. That means no matter how far ahead or how far behind the Cardinals are in the score, the new coach wants his team to play like it…
