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  • Council permits mayor to sign 20-year lease with NJ Transit

    Lease expected to be signed by the end of the week By:Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — The Township Council passed a resolution last week authorizing the mayor to sign a 20-year lease with NJ Transit, which plans to build a light rail station at the site of the former Roebling Steel Mill.    Mayor Michael Muchowski…

  • Entrepreneurs turn to venture capital

    ‘You have a different kind of insight into a company. Sometimes the numbers don’t tell the entire story.’ By: David Campbell    Area techies are moving from running firms to funding them, according to attorney David Sorin of the firm Hale and Dorr in Princeton.    Mr. Sorin, whose practice focuses on emerging growth and high-tech businesses…

  • SBHS girls had solid winter track season

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    There wasn’t much cause for the winter blues around the South Brunswick High School track this past season. Along with other area teams, the Lady Vikings took advantage of unusually mild weather to work on their skills. They ended up with another solid year in the books, and emerged as one…

  • New Hope dubbed ‘The Little Apple’

    The borough will get a $316,000 Transportation Enhancement Act grant from the state for a new canal walk. By: Carl Reader    NEW HOPE — Borough Council member Geraldine Delevich put a shine on the "Little Apple" at Tuesday night’s meeting.    Reading from an account in the Philadelphia Inquirer of how New Hope now is being…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 03/14

    From the March 14 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago    Since the Burlington and Camden jails have been quarantined, justices of the peace of both counties found their business curtailed. Another feature of the small box embargo is that arrangements for the trials of indicted parties had to be postponed until the blockade…

  • U.S. has limits on stem cell research

    The issue of regenerating cells has proven sticky for legislators because stem cells often are taken from human embryos. By: George Frey    Today, there is no way to cure some tissues damaged in the body, so scientists hope that they will someday be able to regenerate different specific cells through stem cell procedures.    As early…

  • Leonard Karr

       Leonard Karr died Sunday, March 10, at Scottsdale Health Care Center in Scottsdale, Ariz.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he moved to Monroe in 1985.    Prior to his retirement, Mr. Karr was an Architectural Draftsman for Williamsburg Steel in Brooklyn, N.Y.    A World War II Army veteran, he was a congregant of The Jewish Congregation of…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 03/14

    From the March 14 edition of the Register-News By: She must be true to herself To the editor:     I would like to a poem I read years ago. I pull it out from time to time and I believe it says it all. It’s called "The Gal in the Glass."    When you get what…

  • Recognize social workers in March

    Letter to the editor To the editor: March is National Professional Social Work Month and as such, is a time to celebrate and recognize the efforts of social workers in our state and community. Over 15 million people use social work services every year. As recent events have shown, life can change suddenly and social…