• PRINCETON: Storm recovery still a work in progress

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Cleanup continued this week of the downed trees, flooded basements and downed power lines throughout the area that were a result of last weekend’s severe rainstorm.    Thousands of Princeton area residents lost power in the storm, but only scattered power outages remained by midday Thursday. By that time, PSE&G had…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Join the conversation: Check out our Facebook

       Staff Writer Eileen Oldfield will provide live reporting on the Board of Education’s March 22 meeting, where the board will adopt the proposed 2010-2011 school budget, and the March 26 public hearing on the Hillsborough Beacon’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hillsborough-Beacon/260787673285.    Get up-the-minute information on the public hearing and Board of Education votes on changes to…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: State cuts to hit home

    Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe school boards eye program changes, ponder layoffs By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    State aid cuts announced this week have school district officials scrambling to scale back their spending plans.    Officials in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe said they were hoping to avoid cuts to educational programs, but everything would be on the…

  • Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Presents our "Uniquely Girls" events

    By Fatima Latif Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey presents our “Uniquely Girls” monthly series.  All non-registered girls ages K-12th grade are welcome to join the fun. Current Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a non-member.    This month’s theme is “Fun with Fitness”.  Girls will take part in fun activities that are guaranteed to get their…

  • Letters Policy

        The Register-News welcomes letters of interest to our readers. Letters should be typed and signed, and should include the writer’s address and daytime phone number. It is our policy to print the municipality of the letter-writer only; the phone number is strictly for confirmation purposes. Deadline for letters to the editor is 5 p.m.…

  • EDITORIAL: Election coverage guidelines place reader needs first

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    With the filing of nominating petitions March 1, the 2010 school board election campaign season officially began.    It will end on election day, April 20.    This year it involves four seats.    — Three belong to Hopewell Township: two three-year terms and a one-year unexpired term.    — The fourth seat, a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Aid cuts beyond district’s ‘doomsday’ expectations

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Though the district had prepared for what Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer called a “doomsday scenario,” it was not prepared for the massive 20 percent cut in state aid after Gov. Chris Christie announced his proposed state budget that includes a cut of more than $800 million in aid to all schools.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Middle schoolers win at science Olympiad

    HILLSBOROUGH: Middle schoolers win at science Olympiad

    Hillsborough Middle School students (left and right) Harsh Agarwal and Anshu Murdeshwar fly their plane in the finals of the New Jersey Science Olympiad, held on Tuesday. Photo by Terry Geerdts/A Pretty Pixel

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police to watch pushy drivers

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    A new police traffic enforcement program seeks to reduce accidents on six roads considered secondary routes for drivers looking to avoid the highway traffic on Route 206.    The Hillsborough Township Police Department has received a grant from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety to participate in “Obey the…

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