• MANVILLE: District readies to sort through resumes for board administrator

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    It’s about a month before current Manville School Business Administrator Richard Reilly retires from his position, and the search for the next business administrator is already underway. Other staff openings ready to be filled    With just two vacancies to fill before summer is over, all open positions should be filled…

  • CRANBURY RETROSPECTIVE

       10 Years Ago – 1999     • Patrolman Edward L. Kahler III was appointed to the position of sergeant and was sworn in by Mayor Wayne Wittman. Sgt. Kahler is in his 14th year on the Cranbury police force. Chief Harry Kleinkauf stated that he “is an excellent officer and there is not doubt in my…

  • CRANBURY: Therapy through horses

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Perched high above the ground while saddled to a horse might be a fun afternoon for the average person, but for any number of disabled adults and children who frequent Cranbury’s Silver Dollar Stables, a trot across the stable has become a journey to renewed hope.    Giving these…

  • PENNINGTON: Mercer Freeholders honor Meytrott

    PENNINGTON: Mercer Freeholders honor Meytrott

    Lauded for over 40 years of public service PENNINGTON— The Mercer County Board of Freeholders presented Pennington resident William B. Meytrott with a proclamation honoring his over 40 years of public service during a recent freeholder meeting held in Pennington Borough.    The proclamation for Mr. Meytrott noted his part-time work as a Pennington Borough police…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Couple’s Web site helps prevent embarassing attire choices

    By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer    When a poorly planned outfit choice could jeopardize your professional career, it would presumably prove worthwhile to carefully organize and manage your wardrobe.    Matthew and Andrea Wolkofsky, of Wakeman Circle, recognize that one’s physical appearance and the exterior image that is projected are vital to success, both socially and in…

  • Monmouth County SPCA 16th Annual Dog Walk & Pet Fair

    Monmouth County SPCA 16th Annual Dog Walk & Pet Fair

    Ashanti and “Toto” from The Wiz – Photo by Robert J. Saferstein

  • Community calendar

       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…

  • MONROE: Keeping them busy at summer camp

    MONROE: Keeping them busy at summer camp

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — It was a sight usually unseen on a muggy summer day — hundreds of costume-clad children shredding and tossing ribbons of toilet paper across the Mill Lake School gymnasium Tuesday afternoon to the tune of “This is Halloween.”    To an outside observer, it was madness, but to the…

  • ROOSEVELT: No death penalty sought in Silverstein case

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The prosecution will not seek the death penalty in the case against a Gettysburg College senior accused of killing a Roosevelt woman in his off- campus apartment.    Kevin Schaeffer, 21, of Oley, Pa., has pleaded not guilty to charges he strangled and stabbed Emily Silverstein, 19, in the early morning…

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