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  • New Egypt track squad looking for depth

    With only 17 members, team will concentrate on quality over quantity. By: Kyle Moylan    Knowing his team will not get the opportunity to win many track meets this season, New Egypt Coach Joseph Jerabek has decided to let his kids have fun and compete in all of them.    "The kids we have are doing well,"…

  • ‘Water farms’ could ensureongoing water supply for region

    GUEST COLUMN By:Sal Vuocolo    In an average year 280 million gallons of water fall on Tom Niederer’s 229-acre tree farm. Of this, 45 million gallons seep into the underground aquifers for the benefit of Mr. Niederer and his Hopewell Township neighbors who depend on wells for their water.    Most of the other water runs across…

  • Women ready for anti-violence march

    By: Brian Shappell    The Domestic Violence Committee of the South Brunswick Commission on Women wants to send the message that violence of all kinds should not be tolerated.    The committee will be holding its annual Humanity March and Anti-Violence Celebration at 8:45 a.m. Saturday starting at the Municipal Center. Committee chairwoman Mayor Debra Johnson said…

  • SNAPSHOT: Holi day

    Township resident Nikhil Sharma, 9, applies colors to the head of a fellow Hindu during Shri RadhaKrisna Temple’s first Holi Celebration, which was held Saturday at the National Guard Armory on Eggerts Crossing Road. Holi is ain important rite of spring in India. The social element in Holi is unification. It is supposed to purge…

  • A new look at old Allentown and Upper Freehold

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Randy Gabrielan’s book has been hard to keep on shelves.    Randy Gabrielan has compiled/authored 29 books for Arcadia Press’ "Images in America" series. He’s done a couple on neighborhoods in New York City, one on his childhood home of Jersey City, his current home of Middletown and other eastern Monmouth…

  • Aldo Elfo

       HILLSBOROUGH — Aldo E. Elfo died Thursday, March 28, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 79.    Born in New York, he lived at the family farm in Hillsborough since 1924.    Mr. Elfo was employed as a mechanic for Hercules, Inc. in Sayreville.for 36 years, retiring in 1984. He was a former part-time special police…

  • Cheated by a mild winter? Try these dishes

    IN THE KITCHEN by Faith Bahadurian:  A memorable combination of roast chicken and porcini mushroom risotto, first made for me a decade ago by a friend who has since moved to California where the recipes originated in the kitchens of Chez Panisse. Illustration by Judy Martin      I was cheated by winter. Just as I didn’t…

  • ‘Stardust’

    Off-Broadstreet Theatre offers a magical evening highlighting the lyrics of Mitchell Parish. By: Stuart Duncan Jennifer Groom (left), Joyce LaBriola (center) and Marla Endick appear in Stardust, at Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell through May 11.    It’s hard to believe the next show at Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell will be its 150th production. That is 15…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 04/04

    From the April 4 edition of the Register-News By: Bordentown comedy    The New Bordentown Players present "Plaza Suite" April, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, and 29. Friday and Saturday performances are 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees are 2 p.m., at the Crosswicks Community House, Main Street, Crosswicks. Tickets are available at the door, $10…