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  • Peace camp helped melt cultural barriers

    By:G. Natasha Zoe    Face and hair dripping orange paint, screaming with delight, darting in and out of the trees and around playground equipment, firing water balls and water guns at each other, Noah Kindfield celebrated his birthday with his American friends late this year after a four-week trip to Italy for a peace camp.    The…

  • Society remembers patriot Paine

    Bordentown City woman forms Thomas Paine Society to commemorate historically significant area author. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — Ten years after Thomas Paine died on American soil, a well-meaning friend named William Cobbett lost his remains in an attempt to bury him in England. To this day, no one knows where lies the man…

  • Farmland Preservation Program turns 20

    State program marks two decades of protecting farmland. By: Eve Collins    With 110,000 acres preserved on 918 farms, and plans to preserve 20,000 acres per year in the future, the state Farmland Preservation Program celebrated its 20th anniversary last month.    The State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC), which administers the farmland preservation effort, held its inaugural…

  • Hopeful officials to seektax on auction sales

    Buoyed by new hotel tax law, Manville hopes to collect fees on auto sales By:Alec Moore    A resolution slated to go before the Borough Council on Monday could result in significant tax relief for the borough, if state legislators are willing to endorse the council’s recommendation outlined in the resolution.    The resolution in question, proposed…

  • Good neighbors a key element

    FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster    My keys are usually in my bag when not in use or in my hand. It’s a rule. From hand to bag, never set down anywhere.    That way they don’t get lost. Because you know what a pain it is to lose your keys. Not exactly at the top of…

  • Eagle Scout rank earned through community project

    Bordentown Township resident achieves Boy Scouts’ highest rank. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — When Ryan Fisher told his parents he wanted to join the Boy Scouts, they never thought he would make it all the way up to the highest rank of Eagle Scout.    "I didn’t even know about the ranks and the time…

  • Obituaries

    Dorothy Harvey, Barbara Campbell, Anita Shapiro, Joseph Stowe, Joseph Tague, Carol Aronson, James Ingling From the August 7 edition of the Register-News Dorothy Harvey    CROSSWICKS — Dorothy Harvey, 85, died July 29 at Capital Health System Fuld Campus in Trenton.    Born in Crosswicks, she was a lifelong resident. She was a retired domestic.    Daughter of…

  • Dispatches: Lamenting the lost art of compromise

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Local and national politicians refuse to meet halfway. By: Hank Kalet    Someone once told me that politics is the art of compromise.    It is the legacy we were handed down by the Founding Fathers in the form of the U.S. Constitution, which came about only after significant compromise on the part…

  • Business, house fireskeep local officials busy

    By:Beth Kressel    A Good Samaritan takes many forms.    Last week, Borough Administrator Gary Garwacke assumed the role by reporting one of two small fires that occurred on consecutive days last week in Manville. No one was injured in either incident.    Mr. Garwacke saw a white plastic fence on fire by the Garden Center of the…