• AROUND CRANBURY: Get ready for the summer Arts Camp

    By Lorraine Sedor, Columnist     Summer is just around the corner; it’s time to finalize plans to fill your kids’ days!    The Cranbury Arts Council has a number of interesting, educational and affordable day camps held right here in town. The easiest way to learn more about the camp is to log on to www.cranburytownship.org.…

  • Cruising in Hopewell Borough

    Cruising in Hopewell Borough

    Phil McAuliffe Brian Geldziler and Lisa Caiafa of Somerset look at a ’67 Lotus 7 replica.

  • PLUMSTED: Woman, 81, dies after two-vehicle crash

       PLUMSTED — A senior citizen died as the result of a two-car collision last week on Evergreen Road near New Egypt High School.    Township police said Edna Kimble, 81, of Wrightstown, was attempting to make a left turn onto Evergreen Road from the high school entrance on May 5 when she failed to observe a…

  • ATTENTION: Early deadline for May 28 edition

    Questions? Call Ruth Luse at 609-924-3244, ext. 187    Because of the Memorial Day holiday, May 25, the deadline for submission of news copy, letters to the editor, etc., for that week’s edition of The Beacon is Friday, May 22, at noon.    All photos being submitted for that edition should be e-mailed as jpegs no later…

  • LAWRENCE: Rec Baseball and Softball results

       In a very close matchup, Doherty Painting topped Bossio’s Deli, 2-1, in the National Division of the Lawrence Little League on Saturday. Peter Cino threw five innings keeping the team within striking distance for the whole game, while Bossio’s Raffie Balestrieri’s strong pitching held Doherty to two hits and one walk over six innings. In…

  • 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 Manville News, send a note to Manville News 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…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Residents get an inside look at police work

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    While most people have probably forgotten the Steve Guttenberg film “Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol,” the idea of giving residents a first-hand look at the inner workings of daily police work still is going strong in South Brunswick.    The South Brunswick Police Department recently wrapped up its 2009 Citizens…

  • Shrager’s the best!

    Eileen and Dave Roskos, Hopewell Township     Last week our best teachers were honored at a dinner we had hoped to attend but missed due to other commitments. Adam Shrager was one of the honorees and deservedly so. Beyond the amazing success rate of his students in the national AP Statistics test (and the college…

  • PRINCETON: Students picket same-sex marriage opponents

    By Angela Wu, Special Writer    PRINCETON — Waving umbrellas and posters, around 30 Princeton students danced and cheered in front of the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) Nassau Street offices Wednesday to voice disapproval of the group’s opposition to same-sex marriage.    NOM, which was founded in 2007 by Princeton politics professor Robert George and Maggie Gallagher…

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