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  • No evil event can take away our sense of hope

    Anger, fear can be tempered by positivity and looking toward the future By:        Emotions will be running high and sometimes hot on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 disaster.    The numbness and sadness we felt during the first 24 hours of tragedy have eventually given way to other feelings.    A tremendous amount of anger…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 09/05

    From the Sept. 5 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago     The Wilmington Steamboat Company is making rapid progress with the dredging of the Delaware between this city and Trenton and several large boulders have been taken out of places where they endangered all the boats that passed the spot.    The material which…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 09/05

    From the Sept. 5 edition of the Register-News By: Wake up, local residents! To the editor:     Residents of Bordentown Township: Wake up! Let’s listen to what Conectiv has to say. It’s easy to follow narrow-minded opinions.    Conectiv wants to clean up a contaminated site that has been sitting idle for 30 years. Listen to…

  • In Memory of Those Lost

    Plans get underway for a Sept. 11 memorial in Lower Makefield, Pa. Healing Through Music By: Daniel Shearer In Philadelphia, the resident companies of the Kimmel Center will collaborate on a free concert Sept. 11 at noon. The Philadelphia Orchestra will be featured and dance company PHILADANCO (above) will also perform.    Nearly one year ago,…

  • Bordentown City family to spend 11 months in Senegal

    Richard Shain to teach, conduct research in west African nation By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — Ten-year-old twins Abbie and Samantha Shain will go back to school on a plane, not a bus, this year, as they head to Senegal with their father, Rick Shain, a professor of African history who recently was awarded a…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 09/05

    From the Sept. 5 edition of the Register-News By: Special worship    Holy Cross Lutheran Church will hold a special worship service to honor the firefighters and EMTs of Derby Fire House, 10:15 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 8 at the church, 280 Crosswicks Road, Route 528 East, Bordentown Township. All are welcome. For information call 298-2880. Hungarian…

  • Township gears up for 150th anniversary

    Sept. 21 is slated as the special day By:Lauren Davis    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — On Sept. 21, a birthday cake at the Bordentown Township Community Day celebration will be ablaze with candles —150 to be exact.    Birthday cake, a time capsule and recognition of former township dignitaries will be some of the main events when residents…

  • Princeton teachers vote to strike

    Board seeks court injunction; Negotiating session scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday; Superintendent says schools will open to students Thursday with substitutes if necessary. By: Jeff Milgram    Teachers went out on strike Wednesday for the first time in the history of the Princeton Regional School District.    The members of the Princeton Regional Education Association approved the…

  • Driver faces charges in fatal car accident

    Man charged with death by auto, reckless driving and driving while intoxicated.    Mark Gilbey, 31, of Castleton Road was charged Friday with death by auto, reckless driving and driving while intoxicated in connection with the Aug. 25 accident in Princeton Township that killed a passenger in his car.    Simon Reynolds, 26, of Lowescroft, England, was…