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  • TWELVE MONTHS: Fear and loathing in the water closet

    Nobody can tell me plumbing can’t think for itself, because mine is out to kill me. By: Scott Morgan    Nobody can tell me plumbing can’t think for itself, because mine is out to kill me.    Actually, that’s only half true. The shower is trying to kill me. The toilet’s just trying to drive me insane.…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 10/03

    From the Oct. 3 edition of the Register-News By: School reunion    The Class of 1962 of William MacFarland High School in Bordentown is holding its 40th class reunion on Saturday, Oct. 5. For information call Susan West Ardoin, 298-3592. Trash or treasure    The Trinity United Methodist Church will hold a special sale from 10 a.m.…

  • School district equips itself with defibrillators

    Equipment could save life of students in cardiac arrest By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — All four school buildings in the Bordentown Regional School District are now equipped with defibrillators, which could potentially save the life of a person in cardiac arrest on the athletic field or at school.    Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) are becoming…

  • Letters

    Freeholder wants to clarify position To the editor:    This letter is in response to the science fiction letter written by Jeffrey Marshall in the Sept. 19 edition.    I would like to address Mr. Marshall’s letter by first stating he has had a habit of being less than candid when making statements of which his knowledge…

  • Solebury hires first manager

    Michael A. Cotter to start Nov. 4 By: Carl Reader    SOLEBURY — The township expects to have its first-ever township manager in place Nov. 4.    That’s when Michael A. Cotter takes up his new duties of implementing the policies of the Board of Supervisors, directing the day-to-day operations of township business, directing financial matters and…

  • Locals remember Lambertville

    Memories flood squad building By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — Man is the only animal without an age, the great French writer Marcel Proust said, because he has a memory.    The past emerged from its slumber Sept. 24 at the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad when the city Historical Society sponsored a look back at…

  • POLICE BEAT 10/03

    From the oct. 3 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN CITY    Police said a Mary Street resident reported the theft of a blue bicycle from the side porch of the house at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 22. Police said the bike was unsecured and valued at $100.    Police said Canning Childs III, 33, of Southampton,…

  • Driveway dispute irks customers

    Special needs patrons of salon need unique entranceway By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — A dispute over the right to use a Prince Street driveway to access parking spaces and a handicapped entrance for a Farnsworth Avenue beauty salon has left customers wondering where to park their cars.    Adorn Beauty Salon customers with special needs…

  • North Hanover’s PumpkinFest going strong after decade

    Fete includes haunted house, hayride and antique cars By:Lauren Davis    NORTH HANOVER — For the 10th straight year, the township’s PumpkinFest will draw visitors from as far as Trenton, Cherry Hill and Pennsylvania, with its haunted house, hayride, antique cars and food.    Visitors can partake in the fall festivities Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to…