• After 10 years, a new building rises at Ground Zero
  • Boroughs ask DEP to look again at effluent standards

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Pennington Borough, Hopewell Borough and the Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority (SBRSA) have asked the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to reconsider the imposition of stricter effluent standards on the treatment plants that serve the two boroughs.    Both plants are operated by the SBRSA, as is another, larger plant…

  • Not ‘housekeeping’

    Donna deCastro Lambertville     Woodcrest condo officials wrote to The Beacon last week: “Please do not be disturbed by the Borge/Worthington letter of Aug. 18 (Tree removal at Woodcrest). The hyperbole meant to excite local residents is mostly exaggeration, distortion and fiction.”    I read the Borge/Worthington letter that was published in The Beacon earlier and…

  • NJDEP offers some tips for post-Irene trash problems

       TRENTON — With the large volume of trash generated in areas affected by the recent flooding from Hurricane Irene, the state Department of Environmental Protection offered residents the following tips for disposing of spoiled food and addressing other cleanup-related problems.    • Place food waste, disposable diapers and other wet waste into double plastic bags for better…

  • MEETINGS: September

       Monroe Cultural Arts Commission, 7 p.m., conference room, Municipal Building, 1 Municipal Plaza..    Monroe Historic Preservation Commission, 7 p.m., Senior Center meeting room, Municipal Building, 1 Municipal Plaza.    Cranbury Township Committee agenda meeting, 7 p.m., Municipal Building, 23A N. Main St.    Cranbury Board of Health, 7 p.m., second-floor conference room, Municipal Building, 23A N. Main…

  • MONROE: Nalitt’s legacy is township library

    MONROE: Nalitt’s legacy is township library

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — After spending 24 years guiding Monroe through its greatest development years alongside Mayor Richard Pucci, Monroe Councilman Irwin Nalitt will be stepping down from the Township Council at the end of the year.    Mr. Nalitt, 93, has been on the council for 24 years. Before joining the council he…

  • THINGS TO DO, September, 2011

       Cranbury Day: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., sponsored by Cranbury Business and Professional Association; applications being accepted; contact Christine Thompson at 609-954-3020 or [email protected] or Joanne Meehan at 609-655-2172 or [email protected] for an application and additional information.    Flea market: 8 a.m.-2 p.m., St. David’s Episcopal Church, 90 S. Main St., Cranbury, a Cranbury Day fundraiser; needed are…

  • JAMESBURG: Jamesburg to host fall festival

       Jamesburg will be hosting its annual Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 23 from noon to 5 p.m. The location of the event will be the same as year’s past along West Railroad Avenue.    For the past decade, the Jamesburg Fall Festival, once named “Tonkery Day” after Jamesburg’s past mayor, Joseph Tonkery, has been in existence…

  • Auxiliary school eager to move into Valley Road

    Gala Rokhinson, Director, Princeton SchoolPlus To the editor: I am extremely impressed with the Valley Road School as a place for nonprofit organizations. Spacious rooms with large windows are the perfect backdrop to the academic environment we at Princeton SchoolPlus are trying to create.    We are very interested in renting the available rooms in this…

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