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  • Bordentown chef featured in national magazine

    Woman divides her time between New York, Farnsworth Avenue By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — For most of the week, Jody Williams exercises her culinary creativity in a New York City restaurant, creating original menus every day with ingredients ranging from frog legs to artichoke hearts.    As head chef at Tappo, a rustic Italian East…

  • ‘Carnival!’

    The New Jersey Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 40th summer season with this charming show. By: Stuart Duncan    It has been a quarter-century since Paul Gallico died, so undoubtedly there is a full generation of folks who have no idea that he was a writer of great breadth and extraordinary charm. His children’s books include…

  • West Amwell mulls foundation for open space fund

    Township would create nonprofit group to accept contributions of land and money By: Concetta Volpe    WEST AMWELL — The quest to preserve open space, farmland and historic sites in West Amwell is paramount.    This was evident at the Township Committee meeting June 5 when the Open Space Advisory Committee liaison, Mayor Nance Palladino, announced the…

  • Crab harvesting: A detriment to migratory birds?

    Many birds time annual migrations with availability of food supplies By:Michele S. Byers    Far above us, birds migrating along the Atlantic Flyway create nature’s version of the New Jersey Turnpike. Many birds time their annual migrations with the availability of food supplies … sort of like pulling off the Turnpike for fast food!    But what…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    A random license plate check resulted in the arrest of a Point Pleasant, Pa., woman May 29.    Diane Lynn Baldwin, 49, of River Road was stopped at 11:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Lambertville Flea Market after police discovered the registration on the vehicle she was driving expired last year.    While the…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 06/13

    From the June 13 edition of the Register-News By: High school grads    The Bordentown Regional High School Class of 2002 will graduate at 6 p.m., June 19, at Gilder Park Stadium. Off-site parking at the high school with free bus transportation to and from Gilder Park will be provided. Anyone requiring off-site or handicapped parking…

  • Election in Springfield becomes contested race

    Four Democrats receive write-in votes By:Vanessa S. Holt    SPRINGFIELD — The November election for three seats on the Township Council became a contested race this week when three Democratic write-in candidates filed their certificates of acceptance with the Burlington County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday.    They will face three Republican incumbents for three two-year seats in…

  • 4 professors elected to academy

       Four Princeton University professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.    They are: Douglas Arnold, the William Church Osborn Professor of Public Affairs; Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History; Alan Krueger, the Lynn Bendheim Thoman, Class of 1976 professor and Robert Bendheim, Class of 1937 Professor in Economics…

  • Montgomery’s Eagles blaze woodland trails

    Of the 10 miles of existing pathways within the township, more than four have been blazed by the Eagle Scouts. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Mirroring the symbiosis found in nature, local Eagle Scouts and township pathways officials have developed a relationship of mutual benefit — and township residents may be the real winners.    For…