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  • Police review includes merger plan for Manville and Raritan

    Police chief says plan won’t provide residents safety By:Alec Moore    The Manville and Raritan police departments could be merging into a single police agency, an act that could reduce the ranks of both departments.    The decision to merge or not, however, ultimately rests in the hand of the governing bodies of each community. Police chief…

  • District salutes unbeaten HMS teams

    Girls team goes 20-0, while boys enjoy perfect 21-0 record By:Sally Goldenberg    Four Hillsborough Middle School athletic teams were honored at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting for holding undefeated records during the 2002-03 school year.    The girls’ basketball team finished the season with a 20-0 record and won conference and tournament titles, Athletic Director…

  • Military women will lead Memorial Day parade

    Township looking for veterans to participate. By: Lea Kahn    Like the U.S. Marines, the township Recreation Department is looking for a few good women. Only this time, they are wanted for the annual Memorial Day parade.    Women in the Military is the theme of this year’s parade, said Steven Groeger, township superintendent of recreation. The…

  • Percolating Forces

    New Jersey State Teen Arts will sponsor a composing workshop for high school musicians at Westminster Choir College in Princeton March 22. By: Ilene Dube    There are cosmic forces out there waiting to attach themselves to willing human beings. Some people are more sensitive to it than others, capitalizing on it as inspiration for art,…

  • Bordentown City woman looks back on 103 years

    Anna Burr visited by family members across the country. By:Eve Collins    When Anna Burr was born, women couldn’t vote, the Wright brothers were still on the ground, and World War I was in no one’s vocabulary.    The Bordentown City native celebrated her birthday last week at the Medford Leas retirement community. She turned 103 years…

  • It’s Only Love

    Peace, harmony and understanding are all part of a tribute to the Fab Four at nine separate locations throughout New Jersey March 22. By: Hank Kalet The Grip Weeds, clockwise from left: Kurt Reil, Rick Reil, Dennis Ambrose and Kristin Pinell.    The Grip Weeds are Beatle fans.    The influence is obvious in their sound, which…

  • NBC’s Walton girls at home on any playing field.

    Sisters played vital role in victory. By:Sean Moylan    ELIZABETH–Picture the perfect basketball player. One who can shoot, pass, rebound, run the floor and play defense. A player who gets better, not worse, during crunch time of a tough game. A player whose temperament is so good that she can get viciously elbowed on the head…

  • 03/20 OBITUARIES, pt. 1

    From the March 20 edition of the Register-News. By: Helen M. Snyder    BORDENTOWN CITY — Helen M. Snyder, died March 11 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Kulpmont, Pa., she resided much of her life in this area.    She had been employed by NJ Bell Telephone Company, a Kenworth Truck Dealership…