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  • Public may offer wish list for canal parkland

    Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission to have hearing on 10-year plan By: Linda Seida    The Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission hasn’t even started its public hearings yet, but already suggestions for its new 10-year plan are flowing in from citizens who love the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park.    Some of the ideas for improvements…

  • Manville plans for new rescue vehicles

    A new rescue truck and a new ambulance are being lined up for the Manville First Aid and Rescue Squad, but residents shouldn’t expect to see the new vehicles cruising through town anytime soon. By:Alec Moore    A new rescue truck and a new ambulance are being lined up for the Manville First Aid and Rescue…

  • Old Rocks Church has live nativity pageant

    Three wise men, Mary, Joseph and an angel The Three Wise Men kneel in front of the manger with Lauren Hartpence as Mary, Adam Hoagland as Joseph and Bryanna Hartpence as an angel in the live nativity pageant at Old Rocks Church in West Amwell Dec. 1.

  • Roebling salon carries 95-year history

    Owner Terri Hunsicker is a preserver of history By:Michael Maugeri    ROEBLING — Terri Hunsicker is more than a salon owner who offers hair cutting, perms, coloring, manicures and waxing.    In many ways, she is a preserver of history, keeping a Roebling business a place to get a haircut since 1907.    Yesterday, Ms. Hunsicker celebrated her…

  • County may preserve Plumsted horse farm

    TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer By:    The annual Holiday Tree Lighting will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. at the Oakford Lake Park Gazebo. Santa Claus will make a special guest appearance for the children.    Preserving More Land: The Ocean County Board of Freeholders announced at its workshop meeting on Nov. 26…

  • Imogene McGavisk-Graziano

    By:    TINTON FALLS — Imogene "Genie" McGavisk-Graziano died Nov. 26 at Community Medical Center in Dover Township. She was 72.    She was born in Newport and lived in Hillsborough most of her life and summered in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island before moving to Tinton Falls last year.    She was the former wife of…

  • POLICE BEAT 12/05

    From the Dec. 5 edition of the Register-News By: FLORENCE    Police said Andrew S. Vail, 20, of Pottstown, Pa., was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana after a motor vehicle stop at 9:33 p.m. Nov. 28 on Cedar Lane.    Police said Mr. Vail was pulled over for failing to maintain his…

  • Margaret Shandor

    By:    MANVILLE — Margaret Helen Shandor died Nov. 23, in Bridgewater. She was 81.    She was born in Manville and lived in the borough her entire life.    Miss Shandor was a graduate of Bound Brook High School.    She was employed at Johns-Manville Corp. from 1940 until her 1983 retirement, first in the factory and later…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    Two persons were arrested on outstanding warrants.    Nov. 26, Freddy Arriagga, 32, of West New York, N.J., came to the police station to get a release for a van towed by police.    He was arrested on an outstanding warrant for a traffic summons for $100 issued by Jersey City Municipal Court.    He posted bail…