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Independent Spirit
The Philadelphia Fringe Festival celebrates noncommercial performance art. By: Daniel Shearer Robert Berry and Joan Menapace will perform Parlor Tricks, an interactive performance piece, at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Robert Berry relishes any chance to unleash his musical alter ego, Johnny One Note. By day, the Doylestown, Pa., resident manages a construction company. After work,…
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It’s back to school Sept. 4
Teachers, administrators busy preparing for first day. By: Beth Kressel Donna Szczesniak’s son is a Hillsborough High School student who can’t believe Sept. 4, the first day back to school, is a full day. "You’ve been off the whole summer," Ms. Szczesniak, a secretary at Triangle School, reports telling her son. "Why should you have…
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A session at The Massage Garden relieves pain
FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster A stiff neck can be a major annoyance. When it’s a bad one your schedule can be effected resulting from lack of mobility. Even slight sensitivity in the cervical vertebrae can be a bother. You find yourself cringing each time you move. You might say that this monkey is a…
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Students and parents adjust to a new district
Brooks Crossing School offers Family Outreach Committee. By: Sharlee DiMenichi Changing schools can be a bewildering experience, but a program at one township elementary school seeks to make the transition less disorienting for parents and students. The Family Outreach Committee, a pilot program at Brooks Crossing, matches new families with those who already live in…
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NBC may charge for facility use
School board proposes usage and service fees for organizations to use Northern Burlington County Regional School facilities. By: Eve Collins MANSFIELD Organizations that want to use facilities in the Northern Burlington County Regional School District now may have to pay usage and service fees recently proposed by the school board. The board has…
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Letters to the Editor
For the Aug. 28 issue. In praise of summer program To the editor: I can’t say enough good things about the Florence Township Summer Youth Recreation Program. The only negative is that it should be longer. My granddaughter attended the program this year and had such a wonderful time. We need more programs like this…
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Our guidelines for coverage of campaigns
EDITORIAL In the spirit of fairness to all candidates, and with an eye toward providing the best service to our readers, the Register-News has a set of ground rules for coverage of local election campaigns. Under the guidelines, the Register-News commits to certain elements of news coverage. We are committed to providing background information on…
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Pastor of Titusville church flouts order to itemize Iraq trip costs
The Rev. Frederick Boyle: "I had no intention of responding to the letter, and still don’t. Not answering the letter is an act of civil disobedience. I went to Iraq as a peace effort. I see no reason to give this information to the government." By John Tredrea The Rev. Frederick Boyle, pastor of the…
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C. Robert Appel
C. Robert Appel, 78, died Monday at Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington. Born in Baltimore, Md., he lived in Baltimore, Md., Dallas, Pa., and 15 years in Levittown, Pa., before moving to Harbourton 32 years ago. Mr. Appel served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a sonar specialist aboard supply ships in the…
