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  • Eagle Fire Co. honors its own

    By: Sue Kramer    NEW HOPE — The New Hope Eagle Fire Company held its annual banquet Saturday night in its newly decorated ballroom located in the firehouse on Sugan Road.    Chief Thomas Markey called the evening, which included dinner and dancing, a success.    Highlights of the evening included the presentation of service pins and special…

  • 03/06 OBITUARIES, pt. 2

    From the March 6 edition of the Register-News. By: George T. Carmichael    PLUMSTED — George T. Carmichael, died Feb. 24 at home.    He retired from the Roller Bearing Company of America, West Trenton, in 1995 from the maintenance/electrical mechanical department after 47 years of service.    He was an active member of the Plumsted Presbyterian Church…

  • Kidney donor’s wedding made possible by team of nurses

    Roebling resident gave organ to Home Depot co-worker. By:Vanessa S. Holt    ROEBLING — As Susan Patricelli and Terry Douglass shared a dance to the song "Wind Beneath My Wings," her wedding guests could barely hold back their tears.    On Feb. 23, she took vows to spend her life with her new husband, James Patricelli, but…

  • Editorial-March 6

    Get your fair share of earned income tax credit. By: Mae Rhine    West Amwell is determined to help low-income residents get their fair share.    There are some township residents who might be eligible to get money from the state’s earned income tax credit, and the township is set on finding them.    Township and state officials…

  • Chit-Chat

    A local trio scoots away on a trip abroad. By: Merle Citron    When Elaine Daniels of New Hope and Bette Baer and Harriet Schwartz of Lambertville plan a trip to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand for three weeks, it doesn’t matter what’s happening around the world.    Although many of their friends tried to talk them out…

  • POLICE BEAT 03/06

    From the March 6 edition of the Register-News. By: BORDENTOWN CITY    Barbara Trebotica, 48, of Bordentown Township was charged with drunken driving, drug possession and other charges after she hit a parked car on Farnsworth Avenue at 8:51 p.m. on Feb. 21, police said.    Officers responding to the accident on the 500 block of Farnsworth…

  • ‘The Dining Room’

    The South Street Players take on the humor and pathos in A.R. Gurney’s lovely work. By: Stuart Duncan    What I Do, I Do did for the marriage bed, The Dining Room does for the family dinner table. Playwright A.R Gurney (probably best known for Love Letters) shows us a handsome dining room, complete with a…

  • Woman charged with false terror attack report

       LAMBERTVILLE — A Solebury Township woman has been charged with filing a false police report after fabricating a story about terrorists plotting to poison a Pennsylvania water supply, police said.    Mary Jackson Powell, 54, of Walton Drive, along with a friend, visited a local restaurant for dinner around 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23. Ms. Powell,…

  • LBA HIghlights

    By: Karen Scheetz    The Lambertville Basketball Association finished its regular season this past week with all of the teams gearing up for the playoffs.    The playoffs will be held over the next two weeks. Third- and fourth-grade boys E.J. Lelie 29 Café Europa 13    E.J. Lelie picked up a win Saturday, Feb. 22, over Café…