Day: March 8, 2001

Hillsborough residents tuning their radios to 1610 AM won’t hear the latest hits, but they may be able to avoid a few collisions. By: Laura Toto    The station is used to supply information to the public during emergencies and traffic situations, including road closings, dangerous conditions and school closings.    "What prompted the radio station was…

From the March 8 edition of the Register-News By: FLORENCE    Undercover officers made a purchase of marijuana on Oct. 24 from Charles Rasmussen, 21, of Florence, in the area of West Third and Iron streets, according to police.    Police said they were unable to locate Mr. Rasmussen after warrants were issued for his arrest, but…

Hillsborough resident David Robinson, 45, knew as a child he was fascinated by snowstorms and other weather related events. By: Laura Toto    "I started keeping weather records as part of a fourth-grade science lesson," he said. "I still keep records."    Though he never thought of his fascination turning out to be a career, he followed…

Letter to the editor To the editor:    The committee for redistricting is proposing to convert the Dayton/Deans Elementary School into two separate pre-school/kindergarten schools. The proposal would move the kindergarten class from Indian Fields to Dayton school and the kindergarten class from the new elementary school to Deans. The students currently attending Dayton/Deans would be…

   The Maggi Hill Band will perform classic rock and roll for the second annual Soccer Ball on March 16, from 7:30 to midnight at the Union Fire Company and Rescue Squad building on Route 29 in Titusville.    This fund-raiser for the Hopewell Valley Soccer Club is open to all members of the community and will…

       Maybe if the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity basketball team were to play Toms River South again, Toms River South would miss a couple of 3-pointers and NBC would walk out with a NJSIAA Group III South Jersey championship. By:Sean Moylan    Unfortunately, that’s not what happened at a gym in Woodstown…

WRESTLING: The Viking junior won his second straight Regional title, this time in the 135-pound weight class. By: Ken Weingartner    RARITAN — Kyle Nasdeo understood why he was seeded third in the 135-pound weight class at the Region 5 wrestling tournament. That didn’t mean he had to like it.    Seeded upon criteria, the South Brunswick…

Budget proposals already reflect increased home values    Many residents will remember the precipitous drop in housing values that occurred when central New Jersey was hit by recession in 1992.    û û Homes that had sold for $200,000 in 1987 fell to $180,000, townhouse and condominiums selling for $150,000 a few years before sat on the…

Quarterfinal win at Perth Amboy Tech ends drought By: Shawn Tyrrell        MIDDLESEX — All good things must come to an end.    For the Manville High boys’ basketball team, the season ended on a down note as MHS was bounced from the semifinals of the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs by an impressive Middlesex team.…