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  • District hopes in-housetests boost state scores

    Teachers can use quarterly assessments to find where students need extra help By:Sally Goldenberg    After reviewing results of the school district’s in-house quarterly assessment tests, teachers will be able to focus their lessons on the academic needs of the students in their classrooms.    Although Manville recently scored its first quarterly assessment of the year, and…

  • Pieces are in placefor redevelopment

    Editorial    It’s almost like watching kids pour out the building blocks getting ready to play.    We’re referring to the discussion at the Manville Planning Board about the future of the Rustic Mall and the simultaneous State of the State address by Gov. James E. McGreevey on Jan. 14.    And the building blocks somebody’s getting ready…

  • 2003 dog licenses are due

    FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster    Why do dogs need a license? Sure, Scooby-Doo may take a spin at palming the wheel of the Mystery Mobile. And it may be true that I send my pet out on an errand to fill the tank of my van now and then. But if your pup does not…

  • ‘Jefferson and Adams’

    Actors’ NET offers a glimpse into the lives of two of the country’s founding fathers. By: Stuart Duncan    Jefferson and Adams is a brilliantly literate work that may teach you more about American history than any course yet devised by professors.    Culled principally from letters between the two men plus Adams’ writings to his wife,…

  • Canal lock to be restored for $1 million

    Once lock 11 is restored, mule-drawn boats will be able to pass through it. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — A $1 million restoration project at the Delaware Canal State Park in the borough is on track to begin this summer, according to Susan Taylor, executive director of Friends of the Delaware Canal.    The project…

  • Referendum date changed by school board

    March 11 referendum now set for Sept. 30. By:Vanessa S. Holt    CHESTERFIELD — The $15.1 million bond referendum for a new elementary school originally scheduled for March 11 will be rescheduled for Sept. 30, school officials said Wednesday.    Tuesday night the school board unanimously voted to rescind a resolution that was passed in November 2002…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 01/23

    From the Jan. 23 edition of the Register-News By: Resident grateful for kind pharmacist To the editor:     I am writing this letter to publicly thank Edward Tootell, resident pharmacist, at Boyd’s Pharmacy in Homestead, Mansfield Township.    In this day and age of poor customer service, Mr. Tootell is uniquely customer focused.    Friends of mine,…

  • Hunting pact amended

    West Amwell shortens hunting contract on 105 acres of municipally owned land to allow space for a recreation area if a grant is approved. By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe    WEST AMWELL — Every two years, the township allows locally authorized sporting clubs the opportunity to hunt on 105 acres of municipally owned farmland.    But this year’s…

  • With Jackson out, Florence boys’ basketball team coasts

    Jackson’s ankle still ailing. By:Sean Moylan    The Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity basketball team, a team which has won two Group I State titles in the last three years, had the ultimate match-up scheduled versus Cedric Jackson and the Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity basketball team at NBC this past…