• Holt reiterates stand on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

    By: centraljersey.com In the Oct. 15 issue, The Princeton Packet mistakenly wrote that I believe the issue of gays in the military "should be left to the discretion of the military." That statement was actually made by my opponent. Instead of taking a definitive stand, he deferred on the issue, saying that a matter of…

  • Birgitta Wolfe

    By: centraljersey.com BORDENTOWN CITY – School days and dear old golden rule days will be on the minds of Bordentown Military Institute alumni as they return to the city for their reunion on Saturday. But more than readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic, they’re actually going to be preoccupied with football and one of their own…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Discontent on Borough Council

    Council members trade jabs following Isabel McGinty’s criticism    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council meeting teetered on the verge of chaos Monday night with elected officials taking verbal jabs at each other and one resident leaving the council chambers with a hail of expletives as tensions rose in the aftermath of the police outsourcing issue.    Mayor…

  • Art auction

    By: centraljersey.com Friday, Oct. 22 – The Robbinsville-Hamilton Rotary Club’s annual Art Auction/Silent Auction will be held at the Nottingham Ballroom, 200 Mercer St., Hamilton Square. The 6:30 p.m. preview and 7:30 p.m. auction will feature art in all media and price ranges. Major credit cards accepted. Ten-dollar admission includes light hors d’oeuvres by food…

  • Wine tasting room opens at Terhune’s

    By: centraljersey.com The long-awaited Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery tasting room is now open for business. Terhune Orchards is one of the few operating farms in the Garden State with a winery and tasting room. The winery offers seven varieties of red and white wine, including an award-winning Vidal Blanc, a bronze medal winner in…

  • Vicki Joy Sullivan

    By: centraljersey.com The New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center is hosting a Children’s American Sign Language Story Hour on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at its headquarters at 2300 Stuyvesant Ave., Trenton. Deaf storyteller Vicki Joy Sullivan of Lawrenceville will sign "Library Lion" by Michelle Knudsen. Students in grades two through four from…

  • School receives grant for math, science

    By: centraljersey.com Constable Elementary School has been awarded a $750 ExxonMobil Educational Alliance Grant. The program annually funds more than 3,000 school programs throughout the United States. This year’s grant submission was written and submitted by Principal Suzanne Born after being invited to apply by Sri Nathan, owner of the Exxon station on the corner…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Restaurant planning events to draw patrons

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Providing quality food at low price is the business mantra at Maestro 206, a new restaurant on Route 206 South, owners said.    ”One of the comments at CoccoLa was that the prices were too high,” Maestro 206 Co-owner Romin Patel said. “We decided to have competitively priced dinners.”    ”We have…

  • Vote for Vella to end "nonsense"

    Meryl Bisberg, Hickory Hill Road    In last week’s Beacon, Mr. DelCore characterized the Hillsborough Township government as open and transparent, but this is not borne out by the events of this past year.    Take for instance, the $1.5 million school budget cuts this past spring. The dollar figure and allocation of the cuts was not…

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