Category: archives

  • Police Beat

    From the June 26 Register-News BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Officers were called to Woodston Construction on Old Amboy Road on June 17 to investigate a report of theft of items from a 1996 white Acura Integra that occurred between 7:30 p.m. June 16 and 5:45 p.m. June 17, said police.    The victim is an employee of the…

  • Waiting (patiently) in line for wizards and witches

    A first-hand account of "Harry Potter weekend" at a chain bookstore By: Eve Collins    The manager at the Oxford Valley branch of Barnes and Noble called two months in advance to ask if I could work "Harry Potter weekend." I’m a seasonal employee at the store, and call me crazy, but I couldn’t say no…

  • Two shows for fireworks over holiday weekend

    Sparks fly July 3, then township fires on July 4. By: Lea Kahn    Township residents will have two chances to see fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend, beginning July 3 when the Mercer County Hispanic Association sets off its sparklers in the field at the U.S. Army National Guard armory on Eggert Crossing Road.…

  • Andrew Bell’s diary

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    The following account of the Monmouth Campaign from a British soldier’s perspective details the events in our local area during their march through New Jersey.     June 23 — Gen. Clinton with Lord Cornwallis’ Column, consisting of 1st & 2d Battalions Grenadiers and 1st & 2d Light Infantry with Hessian Grenadiers 2 Battalions…

  • EARLY DEADLINE FOR JULY 3 EDITION!

    Questions? Call 609-466-1190 By Ruth Luse    Because of the July 4 holiday next week, the deadline for submission of news copy for the July 3 edition of the HVN is Monday, June 30, at 10 a.m.    All photos being submitted for that edition should be in this office no later than 3 p.m. on Friday,…

  • Alampi, Graham team to win Met Golf title

    Veteran golfers make perfect pair By: Justin Feil    It’s a good thing the Metropolitan Golf Association doesn’t present a trophy for its Partners Better Ball Tournament.    If it did, it might be difficult for Dave Alampi and Alan Graham to decide who gets it after they won their third Met title in seven years with…

  • DPW building opening delayed

    Weather causing work delays By:Alec Moore    The opening date for the borough’s new Department of Public Works administration building has been pushed back until later this summer.    The new single-level, 1,800-square-foot building, built at a cost of approximately $525,000, was originally slated to open July 1; however, the recent slew of heavy rains and damp…

  • ‘Capturing the Friedmans’

    Like all documentaries, this one — about an ‘ordinary’ family from Great Neck — is a fiction based on facts.   [Not rated] By: Bob Brown    Your family is sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings when the police burst in. They haul Dad and your brother away, right there live on the evening news.…

  • Ex-employee slams tax office, borough

    By:Alec Moore    A former borough employee has raised harsh allegations about the way business is conducted in Borough Hall and the way employees who work there are treated.    Michelle Ajamian, who resigned from her position as tax assessment/search officer with the borough earlier this month, alleged in a letter sent to Borough Administrator Gary Garwacke…