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  • Students portray Ellis Island immigrants

    Event part of social studies project By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — In antique shawls and old-fashioned hats, in uncomfortably warm coats and scarves on an unusually hot spring day, Peter Muschal Elementary School sixth-graders transformed into a huddled mass of immigrants making their way through Ellis Island.    And if the Ellis Island checkpoints were…

  • Write-in candidate waits to see if seat is available

    Russo launched successful write-in campaign By:Vanessa S. Holt    CHESTERFIELD — Township resident Marilyn Russo launched a successful last-minute write-in campaign for the newly created third seat on the Northern Burlington Board of Education, but ongoing legal maneuvers make her future on the board unclear.    "I just really found out last Friday (April 12) that the…

  • 4/25 OBITUARIES, pt. 2

    From the April 25 edition of the Register-News By: Lloyd A. Jones    HAMILTON — Lloyd A. Jones, 35, died April 15 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Manchester, England, he lived in Hamilton 33 years and graduated from Nottingham High School in 1985.    He was a fabricator/welder with A.R.J. Custom Fabrications…

  • Lambertville offers 21st annual Shad Festival

    Trenton Titans to make appearance this weekend. By: Carl Reader    LAMBERTVILLE — Familiar booths and local entertainers will be at the 21st annual Shad Festival this weekend, but a new children’s hockey contest may draw even more families than ever before.    "The newest thing is the Trenton Titans are involved with us this year," said…

  • McGuire teen wins ‘Youth of the Year’ award

    Parker has worked hard improving youth activities on base By:David Koch    NEW HANOVER — Justin Parker is finally reaping what he has sown.    As a member of the McGuire Air Force Base’s youth center, he and his friends have worked hard to reopen a skate park that was closed due to safety reasons.    He also…

  • Meeting set to discuss ways to clean up area watershed

    Gathering to be held April 25 at municipal building By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A long process to clean up the area watershed has begun and local residents are being asked to participate.    A meeting of the Public Advisory Committee for the Area 20 Watershed cleanup will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 tonight (April…

  • School Menus

    Delaware    A la carte items, bagel bag, chef salad and fruit choice available daily. All meals served with choice of white, 2-percent or low-fat chocolate milk.    Monday, April 29 — Pasta with meatballs, garlic bread, tossed salad and fruit choice.    Tuesday, April 30 — Sausage, egg and cheese on muffin, fresh vegetable plate and aquarium…

  • Princeton Video Imaging acquires Israeli firm

    Both specialize in electronic virtual advertisement insertion into televised sports and entertainment events. By: George Frey    Princeton Video Imaging, the Lawrenceville firm that made the yellow first-down line appear on NFL televised games, announced the firm’s acquisition of an Israeli video imaging firm, SciDel Technologies Ltd.    A PVI official said that — despite recent doubts…

  • Drawing Strength

    Joan Wolfberg brings Eleanor Roosevelt to life in her living history presentation at the Richard P. Marasco Center for Performing Arts April 27. By: Susan Van Dongen    When Hillary Clinton revealed that she sometimes had imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt, the public practically laughed her out of the White House.    On the other hand, Joan…