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  • Local trio takes their last high school shots

    By: Sean Moylan    As local high school squads gear up for their spring seasons, three of the best players ever to play for Northern Burlington and the Bordentown Regional High School varsity basketball teams put the finishing touches on their great careers by playing in multiple all-star games this past week.    This past Saturday the…

  • Community Calendar

    School registration    Friday, April 2 — New Hanover Township School in Wrightstown will have pre-kindergarten and kindergarten registration Friday, April 2 and Tuesday, April 20. Pre-kindergarten students must be 4 and kindergarten students must by 5 on or before Thursday, Sept. 30.    Parents must call 723-2139 and make an appointment to register and children must…

  • ‘Wrong Turn at Lungfish’

    Off-Broadstreet Theatre stages this Garry Marshall comedy, which digs deeper that its author’s sitcom roots. By: Stuart Duncan    Where do they find the names for these shows? Wrong Turn at Lungfish doesn’t have anything to do with that frivolous little sea creature, and certainly doesn’t prepare you for the lovely evening you can expect at…

  • Local school board candidates sound off on issues

    This week features profiles of candidates from Bordentown, Chesterfield and Florence school districts. By: Eve Collins and Scott Morgan    The Register-News sends out questionnaires every year to those running for seats on local boards of education. The purpose of the questionnaires is to give candidates a forum for their platforms and to provide voters with…

  • County orders property revaluations in Hopewell Valley

    Tax Administrator Martin Guhl said it has been over 10 years since a property revaluation has been done in Hopewell Township or in either of the Valley’s two boroughs. By John Tredrea    Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington are three of the five municipalities in Mercer County ordered last week to do property revaluations by…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Kevin Tarsan, 35, of Bound Brook was charged with assaulting five Wal-Mart employees at 10:56 p.m. March 27.    Mr. Tarsan was opening packages in the store and became belligerent when employees confronted him, police said. When the employees told Mr. Tarsan to leave the store, he became aggravated and violent.    Two of the employees were…

  • Police Beat

    BORDENTOWN CITY    Ryan P. Robinson, 26, of Bordentown Township was charged with driving while intoxicated, failure to submit to a breath test, reckless driving, possession of an open container of alcohol, driving while revoked and failure to stop after officers spotted him drive through a stop sign 7:39 p.m. March 26, police said.    According to…

  • Gloria Haas

       Gloria (Alexander) Haas, formerly of Monmouth Junction, died Saturday, March 27, at Cranbury Care Center in Monroe.    Ms. Haas was born in Pittsburgh. She resided in East Brunswick for many years before moving to Monmouth Junction in 1990.    Her son, Steven Haas, died in 1987. She is survived by her husband, Harold Haas, a daughter,…

  • Track team relying on young stars

    Hopewell Valley Spring Track By: Mike Molaro    If there is a common thread among the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys and girls track squads, it’s the fact that underclassmen will play huge roles in the success of their respective teams.    The boys (5-2 last year) have just one returning senior — pole vaulter Greg…