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  • Florence awaits $270K in funds for senior center

    Funds await vote by House of Representatives By:Lauren Davis    FLORENCE —Plans for a proposed $500,000 senior citizen center at the intersection of Sterling and Broad streets took another step forward last week.    U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., announced that $270,000 in federal funds for a proposed senior center in Florence have been approved by a…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE

    Zoners approve use variance for Watershed Association. By: Marianne Hooker    At its Oct. 2 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a use variance for the SB-MWA-Millstone Watershed Association (SB-MWA) property at 31 Titus Mill Road.    The approval will allow SB-MWA to build a gravel parking lot and change the access to its…

  • BUSINESS UPDATE

    From the edition of Oct. 17, 2002    Mercer Street Friends Home Health Care has announced the promotion of professional nurse Sandra Beyrouty of Pennington.    Mercer Street Friends uses a professional clinical career ladder to award pay increases for nurses, recognize professional status and commend personal commitment. Advancement on the career ladder is based on an…

  • POLICE BEAT 10/17

    From the Oct. 17 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    On Oct. 1, police were called to the Pilot Travel Center where they found damage had been done to a Transcard prepaid card machine.    Police said someone had broken the machine’s lock and took money from the machine.    Police said they were unable to…

  • City to review garbage pickup law

    By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — Councilman Steven Stegman told a joke at the Oct. 8 City Council meeting that illustrated a point about garbage pickup.    "A woman was late, and the truck was leaving, and she was chasing the truck," Mr. Stegman related. "She had this bag of garbage. She yelled to the (garbage) guy,…

  • Obituaries

    Margaret Muller    FLEMINGTON — Margaret M. Muller, 89, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, at Hunterdon Care Center, Raritan Township.    Born in Flemington, she was a lifelong resident.    She was a telephone operator with United Telephone Co. of New Jersey, Flemington, many years and retired from Suburban Propane Co., Bound Brook.    She was a member of St.…

  • Fun autumn festivities include annual parade

    Corn mazes, Halloween parties abound By:Lauren Davis    As pumpkins appear on doorsteps and leaves burst into fiery shades, autumn arrives in all its glory.    In the next few weeks, the community will celebrate the coming of fall, beginning with hayrides and corn mazes and concluding with a witches’ ball, alternative Halloween celebrations and a community…

  • Conference educates heads of federally impacted schools

    Sarruda, Carson work to find solutions By:Lauren Davis    The annual budget is a major concern of any school district superintendent’s job. State aid and tax revenue must considered; the values of various programs and materials must be weighed and some difficult decisions made.    Two local superintendents have an additional factor to consider: students from military…

  • 10/17 OBITUARIES, pt. 1

    From the oct. 17 edition of the Register-News By: Kyong Kang Maeweather    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Kyong Kang Maeweather, 56, died Oct. 8 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in South Korea, she lived in Bordentown.    She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, George and Mi Kang of Bordentown Township; a daughter,…