• Kim Carrafiello is enjoying success in the current real estate market

    BACK TO BUSINESS News of Greater Media Newspapers’ advertisers Kim Carrafiello is no stranger to real estate, having her father — a real estate broker and independent contractor for more than 35 years — as her teacher. She grew up learning about building, upgrading, and of course, ultimately the art of selling homes and properties.…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Franchised auto retailers throughout New Jersey are partnering with the Valerie Fund to raise money for thousands of children who have cancer and blood disorders. The New Jersey Auto Retailers Unite campaign will highlight the work auto retailers do in communities across the state. Freehold Ford, Mercedes-Benz of Freehold, Volkswagen of Freehold, Ray Catena of…

  • PRINCETON: Developer chosen to install solar energy system for Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority

    PRINCETON: Developer chosen to install solar energy system for Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A solar energy developer was chosen to install a solar system to provide electricity to the Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority at a closed municipal landfill on River Road. The tripartite arrangement will see the town collect annual rent, priced on a descending scale starting at $24,501 in 2016…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Gahrmann earns spot in national motocross championships

    HILLSBOROUGH: Gahrmann earns spot in national motocross championships

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Hillsborough’s Matthew Gahrmann is living his dream. The 21-year-old dirt bike racer is racing this week in the largest amateur motocross race in the world, the 34th annual Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at country music star Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. Mr. Gahrmann was…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students write opinion letters on matters dear to them 

    Before school let out, the Beacon received several letters from Hillsborough Middle School students exercising their writing and thinking skills in making and substantiating an argument on a topic important to them. We condense some of them here, and will print a second batch next week. * * *  Homework should not be given in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Racing commission hearing called ‘theater of the absurd’ 

    To the editor:  The Racing Commission held a meeting on off-track betting that had the elements of the Theatre of the Absurd. The application to site an OTB facility is not presently completed and therefore was not available for public reading. The meeting was well attended by citizens who therefore do not know the…

  • PRINCETON: Man, family OK after canoe capsizes in canal

    PRINCETON: Man, family OK after canoe capsizes in canal

    By Lea Kahn. Staff Writer A 42-year-old man whose canoe overturned, dumping himself and his family in the Delaware & Raritan Canal Saturday afternoon, was found unharmed about a mile away in the canal, according to the Princeton Police Department. Police were called at 5:06 p.m. Saturday for a report of an overturned canoe in…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Town tells state it does not want signals at Pennington Circle

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — Residents don’t want the two new traffic lights — called metering signals — that New Jersey Department of Transportation is planning to install on Route 31; one just north of the Pennington circle, the other just south of the circle. The Township Committee put the wishes of…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Committee votes to bar PennEast from township lands

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — PennEast Pipeline Company has been barred from accessing any and all public lands owned by Hopewell Township. Township officials approved a resolution Monday prohibiting the company from surveying public property within the municipality. The intent of the action is to prevent the PennEast from winning federal and…

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