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  • Holt begins third term in Washington

    Hopewell Township resident defeated Republican DeForest "Buster" Soaries in November. By Jennifer Potash    As United State Representative Rush Holt (D-12) began his third term Jan. 7, he told a roomful of supporters how the vista of Capitol Hill still provides a thrill.    "I’m reminded day by day at what must be called hallowed halls or…

  • Council eyeing townhouse ban

    Ordinance would ban townhouses in Weston, Claremont neighborhoods By:Alec Moore    To build or not to build, that was the question mulled by the Borough Council on Monday.    During its meeting, the council introduced a newly amended zoning ordinance that, if approved, will ultimately curb development by prohibiting the construction of townhouses on the two largest…

  • DISPATCHES: Martin Luther King’s radical message

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Dr. King’s words echo during today’s current state of affairs.    "We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism are incapable of being…

  • Board hears recommendation for renewing cleaning contract

    Committee recommends keeping ServiceMaster for another year By:Sally Goldenberg    The Hillsborough Board of Education’s Facilities Committee recommended Monday that the board extend its contract with the district’s maintenance management company, ARAMARK ServiceMaster.    ServiceMaster currently provides two supervisors for the district’s 65-person custodial staff, as well as cleaning and maintenance supplies and equipment. The company came…

  • Former senator eyes office space in Lambertville

    By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — One week after officials extended their gratitude to former Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli for the aid he gave to the city in recent years, the politician came back to ask the city to lend him a hand.    Mr. Torricelli, who dropped out of the November Senate election amid allegations…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 01/16

    From the Jan. 16 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago     Alex Errickson, a blacksmith employed at the John E. Thropp machine works, Trenton, had the bones of his right wrist broken on Wednesday morning of last week while at work. Mr. Errickson was welding a piece of iron when his helper in…

  • Editorial: Residents get ample warning of pipe repairs

    By: Mae Rhine    We’ve seen it happen so often.    A town lets its residents know something is going to cost them more.    It’s reported in the papers. Notices are sent out. All the bases are covered.    Often, no one shows up for public hearings on the issue.    Then the bill arrives, and all hell breaks…

  • Dorothy L. Turner

    Memorial service Saturday    Dorothy Lippincott Turner, 88, a resident of Pennington since 1963, died Jan. 4 at Mercerville Genesis Eldercare.    Born in Neptune, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Heulings and Helen Devlin Lippincott. She graduated from Neptune High School.    She worked as a secretary in NYC, and at the College of New…

  • Illinois couple continues to search for lost dog

    Husband dresses up in Scooby-Doo costume By:Eve Collins    FLORENCE — The Illinois couple who lost their dog while here on business made another heartfelt, albeit unusual, effort to find her Monday.    Rick Arbizzani donned a dog costume and held a large poster with a photo of their dog in front of the Wawa on Route…