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  • Village Festival nears

    Crosswicks fete is an annual crowd pleaser By:Vanessa S. Holt    CHESTERFIELD — With many village roads torn up for sewer construction, organizers of the Crosswicks Village Festival had been worried that the show might not be able to go on this year.    But village streets are expected to be "back to normal" this month and…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 09/12

    From the Sept. 12 edition of the Register-News By: Clara Barton PTO    Clara Barton Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization’s new parent orientation will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 12, with the meeting beginning at 8 p.m. Back-to-school night is 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 24. Senior workshop    The Clare Estate senior community in Bordentown is…

  • Let’s get rid of wish factor in state budget

    EDITORIAL    A legislative task force in Trenton is finally getting around to an issue that has boggled the minds of many taxpayers for years: How do the people who put together the state budget manage to come up so consistently with revenue projections that bear so little resemblance to reality?    A former acting state treasurer…

  • 46-unit housing plan still facing obstacles

    Water service, soil samples remain issues for Academy Hill Inc. By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — The Planning Board has deemed complete the application of Academy Hill Inc. to build 46 houses at Grant and Southard streets, despite the fact Academy still has not satisfied several key issues that have stalled the application in the past.…

  • District handles enrollment rise

    Steps implemented to limit class sizes By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP –- The Bordentown Regional School District already is feeling the pinch of an expanding student population in its four schools, but district officials said they are prepared to handle the increase until the new high school opens in 2005.    Superintendent John Polomano said improvements…

  • West Amwell gearing up for 7th annual Country Fair

    Entertainment will include live music, games, rides, contests, prizes, displays and demonstrations. By: Concetta Volpe    WEST AMWELL — The township is holding its seventh annual Country Fair from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Hewitt Park.    There will be plenty to do and see for adults and children of all ages, according to Betty Jane…

  • Art Colony to debut in Stockton

    Activities will include a gallery space for local artists, a range of art classes and the studio of well-known impressionist painter Ty Hodanish.    STOCKTON — The historic Linseed Oil Building at Prallsville Mills in Stockton will serve as the location of a new venture titled "The Art Colony at the Mill."    The colony’s activities will…

  • Mansfield to host roundup at complex

    Tires, computers to be collected By:Lauren Davis    MANSFIELD — The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders is supporting the disposal of hazardous materials with a Computer and Tire Roundup in Mansfield on Saturday    The drive will be held at the County Resource Complex from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. County residents are encouraged to bring…

  • ‘Miss Saigon’

    Paper Mill emphasizes the agonizing love story in its production of this Broadway favorite. By: Stuart Duncan Roxanne Taga (left) and Naomi Nalzaro in Miss Saigon at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn.    The international musical Miss Saigon began with a news photograph taken at Ho Chi Minh Airport. It showed a young girl about to…