Category: archives

  • Chit-Chat: Couple sprouting surprises for neighbors!

    By: Merle Citron    Good neighbors strike again, and they do it with flowers!    "It’s all the work of my neighbors, Nick and Jen Brady," Barbara Fordyce told me.    Barbara lives on South Union Street with her husband, Bob Dahl, and their two sons, Ben and Julian.    Barbara explained, "Last week I noticed something rather strange…

  • Mansfield school board candidates unveil platforms

    Voters to go to polls April 16 By:David Koch    The Register-News recently sent out questionnaires to those running for seats on their local boards of education.    The purpose of the questionnaires was to give candidates a forum for their platforms and to provide voters with information.    The following are profiles from the Mansfield Township School…

  • Voting irregularities occur when steps not followed

    Voters must remember to push "cast vote" button after making selections, or the vote will not be recorded. By: Carl Reader    FLEMINGTON — On every level, whenever there’s an election, complaints about voting irregularities are common.    A few weeks ago, when the South Hunterdon High School bond referendum was defeated by just six votes, there…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 04/04

    From the April 4 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago    The past winter has been one of decidedly unpleasant weather and is proving most unhealthful everywhere. The frequent warm spells lead to carelessness in clothing and colds and throat, bronchial and lung troubles have been the constant results of untimely exposure. It has…

  • Reporter’s Notebook: Government too complex to work properly

    By: Carl Reader    Newt Gingrich isn’t normally a guy who would make me pause in my channel surfing, but one day last week he did just that.    As I was cruising through the mind-jumbling bumblehead land of channels on my TV, I happened upon him and Ralph Nader on the same stage during a PBS…

  • One staff person would be added under South budget

    There are no staff cuts, officials said. By: Carl Reader    WEST AMWELL — The cast of characters on the front line at South Hunterdon High School — the teachers — will remain much the same for the coming year as it’s been for the past year.    "There are no staff cuts," said Business Manager Stephanie…

  • Sarah Speis

       Sarah "Sootsie" (Grossman) Speis, 87, died Tuesday, April 2, at Monroe Village Health Care Facility in Monroe.    Born in New Brunswick, she resided in North Brunswick before moving to Monroe four years ago.    She was a member of Poile Zedek Synagogue in New Brunswick of which her late father, Jacob Grossman, was one of the…

  • Stockton wants $20,000 for playground equipment

    Voters also will decide whether the district can spend $418,608 enxt year. By: Mae Rhine    STOCKTON — Voters in the state’s smallest K-6 school district will decide April 16 on a $418,608 budget and a separate question seeking the OK to spend $20,000 on new playground equipment.    The proposed budget is up from $415,277 this…

  • 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 8 — Waffle sticks, ham slice, orange juice and applesauce.    Tuesday, April 9 — Chicken fryz, mashed potatoes, roll and butter, hot vegetable and fruit choice.    Wednesday,…