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  • Community Calendar

    From the July 24 edition of the Register-News T’ai Chi    Wednesday, July 30 — T’ai Chi classes for intermediate students will begin on July 30, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chesterfield Firehouse on Route 528, taught by Viktoria Vercelleto. The cost is $27. Space is limited. Call Roseann at 298-6959 for details. Blood…

  • Dispatches: So, who are the ‘revisionist historians’?

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: The Bush adminstration has an obsession with history. It just doesn’t have a real good grasp on the subject. By: Hank Kalet    The Bush administration has an obsession with history.    It just doesn’t have a real good grasp on the subject.    President George W. Bush has taken to calling critics of…

  • Trying to build a better EMS

    Florence Fire Department strives for self-improvement. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — From a woman in Burlington came a simple note of gratitude: "Thank you — God bless you." A woman in Florence said she saw no room for improvement. An anonymous writer inked but two words: "very impressive."    Page after page, the accolades stacked in…

  • Police Blotter

       Two 5-gallon gas cans filled with gas and valued at $75 were taken from a storage shed at the Department of Public Works on William Street.    The burglary was reported at 7:31 a.m. July 14 by a worker who had just arrived and noticed that the lock had been pried off the storage shed. The…

  • Airport plan raises neighbor’s suspicions

    Proposed repair and sales business criticized by citizen group founder By:Alec Moore    Two Manville residents are not happy about an airport development application being reviewed by the Hillsborough Planning Board.    At the July 14 Borough Council meeting, Peter and Sally Saharko, founders of a grassroots government watchdog group called TIGER (Truth in Government Expected by…

  • ETS building plan shelved until Aug. 4

    Lawrence board runs out of time to consider application. By: Lea Kahn    The Educational Testing Service unveiled its proposed expansion plans before the Lawrence Planning Board on Monday night, but the testing giant will have to wait until next month to find out whether the planners approve.    About 30 people crowded into the Lower Level…

  • Lawrence Station Road construction extended

    Closing may be prolonged up to one month. By: Lea Kahn    A section of Lawrence Station Road, which has been closed since early June, likely won’t be reopened for at least another couple of weeks, according to Mercer County officials.    It could take up to a month before that section of Lawrence Station Road —…

  • Hopewell Township residents irked about officials’ decision to grant sewer service

    Township Committee’s decision to allow shopping center developer to tie into the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority’s sewer lines drew jeers from a crowd of about 30 residents who said they’d been waiting in vain for years to get sewer connections in nearby neighborhoods. By Brooke Olster    The Hopewell Township Committee’s decision to allow a shopping center…

  • Editorial: Split vote may spell trouble for high court

    EDITORIAL: The most disturbing feature of the Supreme Court random drug testing ruling is the 4-3 vote that divided the justices.    The most disturbing feature of the recent state Supreme Court ruling upholding random drug testing at Hunterdon Central High School may not be the precedent it set. Instead, it may be the 4-3 vote…