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  • Lawrence driver extricated from flipped-over vehicle

    Hopewell Township Capt. George Meyer said: "She was hanging upside down, suspended by the shoulder harness and seat belt. The car was on its roof." By John Tredrea    Emergency service volunteers from Hopewell and Pennington boroughs freed a 24-year-old Lawrence woman from a flipped-over car that had struck a guardrail on northbound Princeton Avenue Friday…

  • LETTERS: President plays on fears

    To the editor:     Today President Bush is talking to New Jersey voters — well, those who are registered Republicans, agree to sign a loyalty oath, and don’t wear pro-Kerry T-shirts or pins or ask tough questions. The president picked New Jersey because he believes he can play on our fears regarding terrorism and what…

  • Manville wins two dual meets

    Andreyko, Firak, Wolcott lead way By: Rudy Brandl    Cross country runners usually aren’t born with a killer instinct. It takes lots of conditioning and racing experience for that to develop.    Manville High freshman Adam Wolcott showed a little bit of that in last week’s home dual meet vs. South Hunterdon. Wolcott, out for the sport…

  • Raising scores top district goal

    Annual quality report focuses on special ed programs By:Emily Craighead    Revised calculations of progress on standardized tests required by federal law put two Hillsborough schools a year closer to facing sanctions — but officials already had put addressing the tests at the top of this year’s priorities.    The calculations on the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)…

  • LETTERS: Roger Craig has the record

    To the editor: Roger Craig has my support for the South Brunswick Township Council because I remember the many things he has done for our town as mayor, committee member and school board member.    He supported the effort to bring the open space fund as a separate fund to the voters for their approval and…

  • Candidates discuss the issues in local races

    Council and committee candidates from Bordentown Township, New Hanover and North Hanover are profiled. By: Scott Morgan    This is the third and final part of a series examining candidates in local elections. Next week, the Register-News will recap the names and municipalities of the candidates in the area towns holding elections this year and a…

  • LETTERS: Parent refutes teacher’s story

    To the editor:     I am one of the parents involved in the Back to School incident with Shiba Pillai-Diaz at Crossroads South Middle School on Sept. 30.    From the first day of school, when she told my son "you should ashamed to say anything against our president" and "Thank God, you can’t vote," it…

  • Edition of Oct. 21, 2004

    John E. Stoddard    John E. Stoddard, 72, died at his home in Pennington Sunday.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1954. He worked at Coopers & Lybrand as a management consultant until 1963, then as an investment banker with Blyth Eastman Dillon & Co. in New York, for…

  • Harry A. Christensen

       Harry A. Christensen, 52, died Oct. 8 in Waynesburg, Pa., after finishing a 5K race during his college homecoming weekend.    Born in Ypsilanti, Mich., he lived in Pennington from 1961-1979, moved to Florida and later to Georgia.    A graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School, he attended Waynesburg College and the University of South Florida…