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  • Military decisions add to newlyweds’ challenges

    David and Jennifer Deming have had few moments to share since their wedding By:G. Natasha Zoe    What was scheduled to be a two-month trip to Fort Sill, Okla., for U.S. Army Pfc. David Deming ended up including deployment to Iraq.    Now, after almost 14 months of being married, Pfc. Deming is finally able to return…

  • Impromptu march marks teen’s death

    Kristen Daniel, 15, remembered for helping friends, community By:Beth Kressel    No friend can compare to a friend who’s always there.    This was the quote that Kristen Marie Daniel, 15, printed on the picture frame she fashioned for her friend Kelly Bartolome, 15, on her birthday last year.    On Wednesday evening, countless friends and family members…

  • Community Calendar

    From the August 7 edition of the Register-News Blood Drive    Thursday, Aug. 7 — American Red Cross Blood Drive will take place from 2 to 7 p.m. at Holy Assumption School, 1238 Hornberger Ave., Roebling. For more information or to register, call (609) 499-5660. Author talk    Sunday, Aug. 10 — Pastor Larry Riley, author of…

  • Lachance No. 1 at Hambletonian

    Perrineville resident Mike Lachance wins Hambletonian horse race at The Meadowlands. By: Kyle Moylan    EAST RUTHERFORD – Mike Lachance may not have been the first choice, but he certainly was the best one.    For the second time in as many months, Mr. Lachance lucked into a drive in a $1 million race at The Meadowlands.…

  • Timberlane Middle School fields project under way

    Survey work and the relocation to the Timberlane site of top soil left over from a high school project began last week.    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District — in partnership with the Recreation Foundation of Hopewell Valley, Inc. — has begun work on two multipurpose fields located on the Timberlane Middle School property.    John…

  • New group is friend to feral felines

    Bordentown City group practices the art of "trap, neuter and return" to control population of wild cats. By: Scott Morgan    They are a ubiquitous presence in the city — wild cats huddled in back yards, stray cats ambling near the waterfront, feral cats sliding nimbly from sight.    All of them continually making more cats.    "They…

  • Home-schooling offers academic, religious choices

    But few local parents opting for taking students out of schools By:Beth Kressel    A Barbary ape sat on Jonathan Sparrow-Hood’s head in Gibraltar on a field trip taken in the spring of 2002.    On a stop to Rome during that same cruise, Jonathan, 11, climbed to the top of St. Paul’s Basilica where only a…

  • BBC makeover show invades Bordentown garden

    Bordentown City resident’s garden revamped by BBC’s "Ground Force" makeover show. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — Serene, the orange goldfish glided, glinting in the occasional sun patch that pocked the arching shadow of the black walnut tree.    With the stately mien of this arboreal skyscraper, Pat Petruzzi motioned toward the column of flowers standing…

  • Post Forum: Safe Corridors

    Should the "Safe Corridors" programs include Route 1 in South Brunswick? Should the "Safe Corridors" programs include Route 1 in South Brunswick?