Category: archives

  • Police Beat

    From the July 3 edition of the Register-News BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Harold Rumph, 18, of Trenton was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, possession of the drug Ecstasy and possession of marijuana at 8:30 p.m. on June 27, police said.    Officers stopped Mr. Rumph in his car…

  • Museum exhibit offers the art of quilting

       The Cranbury Museum’s latest exhibit focuses on quilts. By: Matt Kirdahy    When women got together about 100 years ago to sew, they probably didn’t know that this everyday task — designing and making a quilt — would produce a treasured piece of American history.    Back then, quilting was a way to occupy time, much like…

  • The Midas Shutter

    Photographer Stephen Spinder aims his lens at Hungarian culture. By: Mary Jasch "Easter Morning, Mira," 1999 (above), taken in Transylvania and "Blue Fog," 2000 (below), shot in Budapest by Stephen Spinder.    Stephen Spinder — photographer, dancer, businessman, seeker of dreams — is a study in contrasts. As with his photographs, shadow and light play on…

  • Waiters’ race to kick off party downtown

    Celebration next Thursday to take place in Palmer Square. By: Jennifer Potash    To foster a united downtown community and for an excuse to throw a party, Palmer Square will resurrect the traditional summer Waiters’ Race next Thursday evening.    First planned as a Bastille Day event, the date was shifted from July 14 to July 10…

  • PDS standout ‘Revelle’-ing in Sunshine Bowl

    Panther senior will walk on at Brown By: Justin Feil    In the 10 days of preparing for the Sunshine Bowl football team, Justin Revelle found plenty of differences between the Mercer County all-star team he was selected to and the Princeton Day School team for which he played four fall seasons.    "The first thing is…

  • Lessons from the Wood

    Family Life Center of Bible Baptist Church in Hamilton will host a three-day, wooden boat-building workshop July 17-19 as part of Family Boat-Building Week. By: Susan Van Dongen    Boy Scout troop leader Eric Sortore wants to encourage his charges to "unplug" video games, DVDs, MP3s and TV. He hopes teaching boys to put electronics down…

  • Weighing the pros and cons of farmland preservation

    Farmers, officials discuss the program and how it works By: Scott Morgan    "Many years ago," said an anonymous Springfield farmer, he entered his 200 acres of land into contract with the state of New Jersey under the Farmland Preservation program because he wanted "to have money in the bank."    And he said he has regretted…

  • Kindergarten teacher taught valuable lessons

    To the editor    Thank you, Miss Dingee.    My family moved to Hillsborough in 1982. With all the hopes and excitement of a new home, new town and for our youngest daughter Allison her first day in kindergarten.    It was Miss Dingee’s class at Triangle school. Miss Dingee worked magic with her children. Her dedication, kindness,…

  • School’s out!

    Enjoying the summer! Amy McKelvey, 11, of Lambertville carefully places stones and beads into the cement of the garden stone she is making during the end of school party at the Lambertville Public Library June 24.