Category: archives

  • Back2Back DVD being offered by Pierce

    DVD chronicles the Flashes’ 2003-2004 seasons By: Sean Moylan    Janet Pierce’s fantastic action-packed photographs of the two-time defending Group I championship Florence Flashes football team have graced the pages of The Register-News more than a few times over the past two years or so. Remarkably she was doing professional quality work from the moment she…

  • Chesterfield awaits decision on COAH

    Judge John Sweeney will determine whether Chesterfield will have to increase number of affordable housing units By: Scott Morgan    The answer to Chesterfield’s affordable housing question could come as early as next week, when a state Superior Court judge is expected to deliver his decision about the number of affordable units the township will be…

  • Anthony Metner III

       MANVILLE — Anthony Francis Metner III died Nov. 20 at home. He was 45.    Born in Plainfield, he lived in North Plainfield before moving to Manville five years ago.    Mr. Metner was a self-employed roofer.    He was a member of the Watchung Hills B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge No. 2252.    Surviving are his parents, Anthony F. Metner…

  • Police Beat for the week of Dec. 1

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Police charged a Trenton woman with hindering her own apprehension after a routine traffic stop on Route 206 near Heiser Avenue, shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday.    According to police, officers stopped 28-year-old Lisa Green for having a cracked window. Police said Ms. Green couldn’t provide a driver’s license, gave officers a false name…

  • HHS gymnasts completed greatest season

    Team tied or broke all school records By: Rudy Brandl        There’s no doubt this year’s Hillsborough High gymnastics team was the finest in school history. The 2005 Raiders have the numbers to prove it.    Forget the fact that they didn’t win a sectional title and finished fifth in the NJSIAA Championships team finals. Only…

  • Town Center secures new corporate tenant

    Sharbell Development Corp. finalizes deal to bring American Heart Association to Washington (Dec. 1) By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — As commercial prospects for Town Center continue to pour in, Sharbell Development Corp. has finalized a deal to bring the American Heart Association to Washington.    The AHA is the second major business to settle in Town…

  • A grand reopening

    Fresh Ponds Chapel, South Brunswick’s oldest church, was open again Sunday after 22 months of work and $86,000 in renovations. By: Chinenye Okparanta    After 22 months and thousands of dollars in renovations, South Brunswick’s oldest church opened its doors Sunday to a crowd of excited parishioners.    The event also marked the 165th anniversary of Fresh…

  • Dunne returns to lead Dawgs

    Hopewell Valley boys swimming By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys swimming team lost quite a bit to graduation last June. And with a very difficult early-season schedule ahead, things might get tough for the young Bulldogs.    But coach Laura Gordon is confident that by the end of the season, the…

  • To cover Hopewell Borough, Pennington would have to increase its police staff

    "We couldn’t cover Hopewell Borough with the staff we have now," Pennington police Director William Meytrott said Wednesday By John Tredrea    If Hopewell Township police stopped covering Hopewell Borough, one place the borough could turn would be Pennington Borough, which has its own police department.    The two boroughs are about four miles apart. The township…