• CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor’s Takter takes Hambletonian

    CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor’s Takter takes Hambletonian

    By Ken Weingartner, Special Writer    When Jimmy Takter won the $437,000 Merrie Annabelle Stakes with his 2-year-old filly trotter Thatsnotmyname on Aug. 7 at the Meadowlands Racetrack, he might have felt like he finally captured his great white whale.    Several races later, he reeled in an even bigger fish.    That is because Takter’s Muscle Massive…

  • PHS graduate comes home as Tigers assistant

    Hoeland, Levy enjoying return to area By: Bob Nuse – Sports Editor Chris Hoeland enjoyed a successful tennis playing career while at Washington University in St. Louis. Once he was finished, he needed to make a decision as far as what sort of career path to take. As it turned out, that decision led him…

  • Death notice

    Mildred Drysten By: centraljersey.com Mildred Drysten, 91, a former resident of the Griggstown section of Franklin Township, died July 13 in Denver, Colo. A funeral service were held Aug. 14 at the Griggstown Reform Church, 1065 Canal Road, Princeton. Interment of her ashes will take place following the service at the Griggstown Cemetery. Arrangements were…

  • Community calendar

    By: centraljersey.com Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in the Hillsborough Beacon, drop a note to Hillsborough Beacon Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542. All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to…

  • Best energy option is natural gas

    S.L. Meisel of Princeton     By my definition, a genius is someone who recognizes an opportunity and exploits it effectively, when others don’t even see the opportunity. President Obama has an opportunity to be a genius. The vehicle could be natural gas.    In the United States, we have ample quantities of natural gas. It is…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: ‘Greener’ parking lot improvement plan unveiled

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — A “greener” modified design for improving the Memorial Park parking lot was unveiled to the Planning Board on Monday by the borough engineer, who said a contract for the project could be ready to be awarded by next month.    The plans for the downtown parking lot stirred controversy…

  • Asian Food Markets & Nishimoto Trading Co. present ‘A Taste of Japan n A Summer Food Festival’

    Asian Food Markets & Nishimoto Trading Co. present ‘A Taste of Japan n A Summer Food Festival’

    : A young boy checks out the Good Good Eat crunchy snacks during a food tasting at a branch of The Asian Food Markets. The supermarket, in partnership with Nishimoto Trading Co., will offer “A Taste of Japan n A Summer Food Festival” in North Plainfield

  • Letters to the editor

    Response needed By: centraljersey.com I was disappointed, although not surprised, by your lead article last week ("Turnpike Trees Axed by Deficit"). The decision to take these trees away from Chesterfield, Bordentown, and Mansfield is yet another example of Trenton’s ongoing indifference, and outright hostility, toward suburban and rural communities. What’s even more disconcerting is that…

  • Cryan regular has first career title in singles action

    By: Justin Feil – Assistant Sports Editor Emma Levy has made it a point to play in the James E. Cryan Memorial Tournament every summer that she can. The Princeton Junction resident’s success in the tournament started when she was 12. She paired with her father, Len, to win the B mixed doubles championship in…

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