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  • Hopewell Valley to observe 9/11’s second anniversary

    The program is being organized by the Hands Across Hopewell Valley Committee, under the auspices of the Hopewell Valley Recreation Department.    A local community candlelight ceremony will be held Thursday, Sept. 11, in commemoration of the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America.    The program is being organized by the Hands Across Hopewell Valley…

  • READING CORNER

    By: Arlene S. Bice    Editor’s Note: Arlene Bice is the owner of the By The Book shop on Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown City. An avid reader and book collector, she presents a column four times a year in the Register-News that includes some of her favorite reading selections.    With all the ads in the newspapers…

  • Rose Alpaugh

    By:    MANVILLE — Rose (Melnyk) Alpaugh died Aug. 27, at Somerset Medical Center. She was 81.    Born in Pennsylvania, she has been a resident of Manville for the past 60 years.    Mrs. Alpaugh worked in manufacturing for Johns-Manville Corporation for over 25 years and was a member of the Johns Manville Quarter Century Club.    She…

  • 10 weeks and 10 years to fair

    By: Betty Jane Hunt    WEST AMWELL — The theme of the 2003 West Amwell Township Country Fair to be held Sept. 13 is the 1950s.    In order to prepare everyone and make them more astute about this period of history, we have 10 trivia questions each week before the fair, covering events from each of…

  • Life in a Cigar Factory

    Emmy-winning actor Jimmy Smits discusses his role in McCarter Theatre’s season-opening production. By: Matt Smith TIME OFF PHOTO: FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI "There’s something about the play that intrigues me," says Jimmy Smits. "It’s great because of all these rich characters, but that guy, this lector character… there’s something that you can add to it as an…

  • Sept. 4, 6:27 p.m.: Knick news

    Will Antonio McDyess play this year? By: Hank Kalet    This could be some good news for Knick fans, if it actually pans out. Antonio McDyess could be ready to suit up and play power forward for the team, giving them a real inside presence on both ends of the court.    This assumes, of course, that…

  • EPA outlines plan to cap, contain mill toxins

    Environmental Protection Agency finalizes clean-up plans for former Roebling Steel Mill site. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — The federal Environmental Protection Agency last week presented its final-phase cleanup plan to cap contaminated soil and to dredge and contain toxic sediment and ground water at the former Roebling Steel Mill site.    On Aug. 28, a panel…

  • Sandahl calls for tax, budget impact statements

    CAMPAIGN CORNER    David Sandahl, the Democratic candidate for the Hopewell Township Committee, has called on the Hopewell Township Committee (HTC) to evaluate tax and budget impacts before voting on resolutions and ordinances. Proposed budget impact statements would show current and long-range costs for each proposed measure in the Township budget. A similar analysis would be…

  • Township plots Lawrence Town Hall renovation

    Rehabilitation expected to begin in fall of 2004. By: Lea Kahn    Having moved the Police Department and municipal courts out of their crowded quarters and into a new facility, township officials are now turning their attention to renovating the 36,000-square-foot Municipal Building.    Municipal Manager William Guhl met this week with architects from Clarke Caton &…