• SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Softball team improving skills for 2011 season

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Softball team improving skills for 2011 season

    Staff photo by Maria Riegel Sophomore Cristina Tenreiro paractices her technique for the 2011 softball season.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of March 31

    ‘Raider Idol’ show at high school    Friday, April 1 — Hillsborough High School Choir presents a “Raider Idol” in the auditorium of the high school, 466 Raider Blvd., at 7 p.m. Twenty voices will vie for the title of top singer. Admission: $5. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance by calling…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Budget would spend on technology, instruction

    Administrators explain details of spending plan By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Savings from health-care concessions from the schools’ staff will come back to the district in ways that should help improve students’ classroom performance, maintains Superintendent Jorden Schiff.    Dr. Schiff and other administrators detailed projected revenue and expenses in a press conference Tuesday. Voters must…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: High school grad starts own theater non-profit

    Troupe’s first play is this weekend in New York City    Hillsborough native Vanessa Lancellotti is on her way to making her dreams come true — by delivering a Punch.    Ms. Lancellotti formed Punch Theater last December after graduating from Muhlenberg College in May 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in theater and English. The group consists…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Township eyes 5-cent tax rate hike

    By Amber Cox    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The average homeowner would pay an additional $151 in municipal taxes if the proposed 2011-12 township budget becomes final.    The Township Committee plans to meet today, Thursday, at 7 p.m. to introduce the budget, which would not receive final approval vote until after the April 27 referendum on exceeding…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter for week of March 31

       A Durling Way resident reported on March 6 that his apartment had been burglarized sometime since March 4, and $2,160 worth of electronics and clothing had been stolen. The detective bureau is continuing the investigation.     * * *    Marji Dainty, 43, of Princeton was charged with driving while intoxicated and careless driving at 6:12…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Didn’t HEA sacrifice to control the budget?

    To the editor: For some years, most everyone here in Hillsborough has been concerned with the burden of property taxes. I think it’s fair to say that there is an expectation that public officials are doing everything possible to control costs. With that in mind, several articles in the March 24 edition of the Beacon…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Revaluation confuses tax calculations

       The obvious question when talking about the school budget is: What will I pay?    The answer depends on the value of your property, and that’s the number in flux, following the township-wide revaluation of property.    It’s fair to say that everybody’s assessment rose, but some ’increased by more than others. (Which could be the topic…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Survivor Sundae contest nears end

    Store gives $1 for each ice cream treat designed by kids    With their sweet teeth this weekend, Hillsborough High sophomores voted the freshmen off the ice cream Survivor Sundae island.    With today as the deadline, the question has dwindled to whether the junior class Jolt Sundae will be able to overtake the senior class entry.…

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