• HILLSBOROUGH: An extra kick in their steps

    HILLSBOROUGH: An extra kick in their steps

    Dancers step quickly while practicing a routine at Lynn’s Academy of Irish Dance. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for Oct. 1

       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 [email protected] before…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School kids spell the darndest things

    HILLSBOROUGH: School kids spell the darndest things

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer Radio announcer collects anecdotes for spelling bee program    Sunnymead Elementary School third-graders have stories about arranging guinea pig romances, helping a 21-year-old brother spray their dad’s hair with an entire can of hairspray and hitting siblings in the head.    WPLJ-FM (95.5 FM) radio announcer Brad Blanks visited Sunnymead School’s five…

  • New Heartwarming Thanksgiving Children’s Book

    New Heartwarming Thanksgiving Children’s Book

    By: Darcie Mae New holiday book now available. (A quote from the book is on the Mother Mouse Thanksgiving page on the authors website.) Press Release: Children’s Book: Full Color Mother Mouse Tells Mice Kids A Thanksgiving Story By: Darcie Mae 8 ½ x 11in. 55 pages $11.99 ISBN# 978-1-936046-30-0 Mirror Publishing: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Author’s Website: This…

  • Paper was insensitive in September 11 coverage

    Brian Michaels, River Road    I understand that the Hillsborough Beacon is a local paper with a mission of reporting local stories and events and is not focused on world events.    Given this I was still dismayed at your choice of content over the past two weeks. Your paper did not include a single article about…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Football holds on for first win

    Girls soccer team starting to build momentum By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     With Hopewell deep in its territory and threatening to take the lead, the Robbinsville High School football team desperately needed a great defensive stand in its home opener this past Saturday.     It got three.     Robbinsville used two sacks and two…

  • Vikes fight back vs. adversity

    Team rallies after injury to Walters By Ken Weingartner, Sports Writer    After filling a hole, the South Brunswick High girls’ soccer team was able to dig out of one.    The Vikings entered this season with high hopes based on last year’s 13-7 record and second-place finish in the Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division, but opened…

  • Republicans maintained township’s quality of life

    Thomas Kinst, New Center Road    On election day, Nov. 3, I hope that you will join me to vote to re-elect Bob Wagner and Carl Suraci for Township Committee. They have managed the township keeping taxpayers and residents as the focus, and have earned another term based on their performance.    They have managed the government…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teen among first to give blood under new rules

       Recent legislation lowering the age requirement to donate blood in New Jersey has given more teenagers the opportunity to make a difference by lowering the minimum age to 16 — and Hillsborough’s Steven Rhodes Jr. was among the first to take advantage of the new rules.    ”I was interested in donating blood because I want…

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