• HILLSBOROUGH: College students earn accolades

        Heather Good of Hillsborough was named to the dean’s list at Rider University in Lawrenceville for both the fall and spring semesters of her freshman year with a GPA of 3.80.     Heather, a 2011 graduate of Hillsborough High School, is majoring in biochemistry. She is a member of the Division I women’s swimming…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Cheerleaders selling T-shirts

        Hillsborough High School cheerleaders are selling “homecoming” T-shirts for the homecoming game on Friday, Oct. 26, against North Hunterdon Lions.     Proceeds from the sale of the shirts will be shared with go4theGoalFoundation. See any high school cheerleader to order a shirt or contact Shelley Brownlie at [email protected]. Orders must be received by Sunday, Oct.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School health contract figures are clarified

        Percentage increase for the change in health benefits plans voted by the township Board of Education on Sept. 24 and reported in the Sept. 28 Beacon were not quite correct.     If the school stayed in the “state health plan,” it would have seen an increase of 15 percent on Jan. 1, said member…

  • ALLENTOWN: Borough awarded $55k sidewalk repair grant

       ALLENTOWN — The state has awarded the borough a $55,000 grant that provides most of the funds needed for fixing and replacing sidewalks on North and South Main Street, borough officials said last week.    The Borough Council passed a resolution Sept. 27 accepting the grant and giving its engineer the go-ahead to move the project…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Mayor and BOE show ‘solidarity’ on school expansion referndum

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Unlike two years ago when the $39.6 million referendum to build a new school failed, municipal and school officials are apparently now on the same page in their support for the latest plan to address K-8 overcrowding.    At its Sept. 24 Board of Education meeting, school board members…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Signs point to election confusion?

    ROBBINSVILLE: Signs point to election confusion?

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — School board elections will be held in November this year for the first time and that’s apparently led to voter confusion and some grousing about alleged political meddling in what’s traditionally low-key nonpartisan races.    Keith Kochberg, the only one of five school board incumbents in a contested race,…

  • Join county efforts to combat hunger

    John P. Curley, Monmouth Co. Board of Chosen Freeholders More than 80,000 people in Monmouth County need emergency food assistance. Many people face hunger every day.    To bring attention to the local issue of hunger, the Monmouth County Hall of Records in Freehold Borough was draped in orange bunting during September. The effort was part…

  • MCCC Celebrates Expansion of Trenton Campus with Dedication and Open House

    MCCC Celebrates Expansion of Trenton Campus with Dedication and Open House

    From left: MCCC student Angelica Ayala, Trenton campus Provost Monica Weaver, MCCC Board Chair Mark Matzen, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes and MCCC President Patricia Donohue.

  • MILLSTONE: Kids vote for ‘Dolphin Tale’

       MILLSTONE — Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) will host its second annual Family Movie Day featuring the film, “Dolphin Tale,” on Oct. 14 at the Millstone Township Performing Arts Center.    MTFEE is a nonprofit organization devoted to funding grants for items for students in the Millstone Township School District.    Pre-movie kids’ activities including…

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