• School budgets: Wednesday is decision day

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Lamberville, Stockton and West Amwell Township voters will make decisions Wednesday (April 27) about local school district budgets.    Polls in Stockton and West Amwell will be open from 3-9 p.m., while polls in Lambertville will open earlier, at 7 a.m., because of the special city referendum on trash collection (see…

  • Alliance: Families should go outside between April 28 and 30

       Surveys show that children spend more than 30 hours per week connected to electronic devices, but less than an hour a month in nature, according to the Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance.    The Alliance and a dozen or so other area organizations have organized a three-day event intended to get youngsters and adults outdoors and active.…

  • Not forgotten!

    Jill Myers, president, Lambertville Area Education Foundation board of trustees     On behalf of the board of trustees of the Lambertville Area Education Foundation, I would like to sincerely thank the following local business and volunteers who were inadvertently left off of our list in last week’s letter to the editor: The Chocolate Box, the…

  • Regionalization study: Vote yes

    Dave Beaumont West Amwell Township     If you are a regular reader of The Beacon, hopefully you’re already familiar with the ballot question in the upcoming school election on Wednesday April 27, asking voters to approve funding a feasibility study to explore dissolving four local school districts in order to create a new single Pre…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – YMCA hosts ‘healthy’ event

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – YMCA hosts ‘healthy’ event

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    About 162 people participated in the South Brunswick Family YMCA’s 10th Annual Healthy Kid’s Day Saturday at the facility on Culver Road.    ”(The event) encourages parents to engage in healthy activities with their kids,” Ronnie Banks said.Organizations, such as the Boys Scouts, and the American Red Cross joined businesses, such…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       On April 7, Sgt. Robert Brown went to the Lambertville boat launch to check out a report about a person operating a boat while consuming alcohol. When he arrived, the boat was coming to shore. It was occupied by one person, the operator. An open bottle of Budweiser beer was seen on the floor of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Charter school proposal draws massive crowd

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Charter school proposal draws massive crowd

    Many people who came to the meeting had to watch the proceedings on televisions in the lobby.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Charter school proposal draws massive crowd

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Charter school proposal draws massive crowd

    Staff photo by Mary Brienza More than 300 people crowd into the municipal building on Route 522 April 14 for a Zoning Board meeting regarding a proposed charter school on Perrine Road.

  • HARRY J. HOGAN, 82

    Harry J. Hogan,82, of Lower Makefield Township, PA died Monday April 11, 2011 at Chandler Hall Hospice in Newtown, PA. Born in Philadelphia, PA, son of the late Daniel C. and Margaret Hogan, he has resided in Lower Makefield for the past 44 years. Mr. Hogan was the retired Chairman of Hogan Security Group, Hogan…

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