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  • A ‘slick’ production

    Florence to present ‘Grease’ as its spring musical By: Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — This Friday and Saturday are the last time a high school play will take to the stage in the old auditorium, and the cast and crew of "Grease" are determined to make this a memorable one.    Florence Township Memorial High School…

  • Louis Polnasek

       HILLSBOROUGH — Louis E. Polnasek died March 21 at home. He was 69.    Born in Alden Station, Pa., he lived in Manville before moving to Hillsborough 30 years ago.    Mr. Polnasek worked for Johns-Manville from 1956 to 1971. He then worked for Twin County Grocers of Edison for 27 years retiring in 1999. He was…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…