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  • Bruce switches lines for South All-Stars

    HHS graduate aids 3-0 win By: John E. Powers        PISCATAWAY — When Hillsborough High School lineman Matt Bruce was selected to participate in the annual North-South All-Star Football Classic at Rutgers Stadium, he thought he was going as an offensive lineman.    Then, fate arrived and Bruce found he was headed for the other side…

  • Obituaries

    James Johnson, Thomas Davis, Emilia Papa, Frances Yurasek, Arthur Panella, Helen Carson, Richard Janulewicz, Yolanda Pampanini, Dominic Pizzuti From the July 17 edition of the Register-News James E. Johnson    BORDENTOWN — James E. "Dorsey" Johnson died July 5 at his home. He was 80 years old.    Born in Supply, Va., son of the late Fred…

  • Unemployed seeking help in job search

    South Brunswick Library offering helpful databases. By: Brooke Olster    With the staggering economy, residents of South Brunswick are fortunate to have somewhere to turn to for help finding a job if they find themselves unemployed. The South Brunswick Public Library offers a variety of free services to the public.    "A lot of people have come…

  • Stockton School checked for mold

    The service, provided by a Princeton area man and his dog, is provided free to schools. By: Linda Seida    Stockton Elementary was the first school to take advantage of a free mold-detection service offered to educators in the tri-state area.    Oreo, a 1-year-old Labrador mix who has been trained and certified to detect mold, recently…

  • Georgia man charged with lewdness

    Police charge man after reports of lewdness at office building and movie theater By:Alec Moore    A Georgia man was taken into custody by police July 10 after he allegedly exposed himself to a woman.    Ronald Ross, 24, of Marietta, Ga., was charged with lewdness, criminal trespassing and harassment after entering several women’s restrooms and approaching…

  • Door-to-door effort aimed at keeping crime rate low

    Bordentown City police reach out with crime prevention effort By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — One door at a time, Sgt. Ken Moretz reignited his department’s campaign to get the city’s residents to pay attention to crime prevention again.    After a decade of relative quiet, the Bordentown City Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit is —…

  • Lawrence included in ‘Safe Corridor’ plan

    McGreevey signs bill while next to new designated road. By: Lea Kahn    Standing in the shadow of the state Division of Motor Vehicles’ Bakers Basin inspection station, Gov. James E. McGreevey signed into law a bill that designates selected highways as "Safe Corridors" Tuesday afternoon.    Under the new law, the commissioner of transportation can designate…

  • Frances Yurasek

    By:    MANVILLE — Frances (Suhaka) Yurasek died Friday, July 11, at her daughter’s home in Chesterfield. She was 80.    Born in Manville, she was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mrs. Yurasek was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of Sacred Heart R.C. Church in Manville.    Her husband, Michael J. Yurasek, died in 1992.    Survivors include,…

  • Fence measure approved

    Mansfield will allow fences in certain easements By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD – Residents will soon be able to put fences in buffer, landscape and shade tree easements, under a new ordinance approved 3-1 by the Township Committee last week.    Few residents turned out for a public hearing on the issue, despite its popularityat past meetings.…