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  • 10/24 OBITUARIES, pt. 1

    From the Oct. 24 edition of the Register-News By: Lee Parker    NORTH HANOVER — Lee Parker, 60, of Wrightstown, died Oct. 16 at home.    Born in Mount Holly, he was a lifelong area resident.    Mr. Parker was a self-employed farmer and auctioneer. He was a member of the New Egypt Elks, Southbranch Sportsmen Club and…

  • Candidates for local governing bodies outline goals

    Voters go to the polls Nov. 5 By:vanessa S. Holt    Editor’s Note: Each year, the Register-News sends out candidate profile questionnaires to those running for seats on their local government boards. This week, the Register-News features profiles from candidates in Bordentown, Mansfield and North Hanover townships. BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP     Republicans Bruce Hill and Jerry Boyer…

  • Voices in the Dark

    Passage Theatre Company presents Robin Hirsch’s Mosaic, the six-part story of a life spent in the shadow of the Holocaust. By: Matt Smith    In the months and years preceding the invasion of Poland, which set off World War II, Germany’s Jewish population was methodically suffocated by the tightening grasp of a madman with a plan…

  • North Hanover School District plans sixth elementary school

    School should be opened in 2004 By:Trace A. Kramer    NORTH HANOVER — Plans are in the works to build a $16 million elementary school, being referred to as the North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School.    The money will come from the approximately $25 million the district has allotted for its five-year facilities plan.    School officials…

  • Editorial: Get children to express feeling about talk of war

    Children need help in processing such turmoil By:        Will we or won’t we? As a nation, we are in a constant state of anxiety as to whether we will wage war on Iraq.    After various terrorist attacks, a futile search in Afghanistan for a diabolical mastermind and a continually shaky economy, the prospect of…

  • Students aim to make troops happy by sending holiday gift packs

    Bags will be distributed to troops this winter By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — Students at Clara Barton Elementary School are tracing outlines of reindeer, snowflakes, and evergreens this month instead of the pumpkins, witch hats and autumn leaves one would expect to see during October.    The halls are decorated for Halloween, but after school,…

  • Letters

    South proud of test scores To the editor:    I would like to take this opportunity to share with the public of Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell Township the good news about South Hunterdon Regional High School’s 2001-02 annual testing report and the results were presented at the board meeting Oct. 17.    Our state testing results…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    Richard Schweitzer, 51, of Lambertville was charged with drunken driving Oct. 11.    Police said they received a call Mr. Schweitzer was driving on the wrong side of the highway at Route 179 and Bridge Street.    The report came from a driver who called Hunterdon County Communications from his cell phone, police said. The driver…

  • Agreement dims lights at advertising firm

    Resolution does not call for curfew on outdoor lighting By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe    WEST AMWELL — Oxford Communications has agreed to reduce the brightness of some of its outdoor parking lot lights that bother nearby residents, but the decision on what time to turn the lights off has been left to the advertising firm.    However,…