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  • Customers mad over first batch of sewer bills

    One resident put a port-a-potty on his front lawn to protest the increase in his sewer bill. By: Lea Kahn    "Unfair sewer tax," proclaimed the hand-lettered sign attached to the door of the port-a-potty on the front lawn of a Main Street residence this weekend.    The port-a-potty and the sign protested Lawrence Township’s new sewer…

  • Salary raises OK’d for Stockton employees

    By: Carl Reader    STOCKTON — The Borough Council took a look at proposed salary figures for its members and its employees at its Feb. 25 meeting and decided the numbers and decimal points were in the right places.    Mayor and council approved their own salaries. Mayor Gigi Celli will receive an 8 percent increase from…

  • Rose Griffiths

       STONYBROOK, Pa. — Rose Tulamello Griffiths, 76, died Sunday, March 3, at home.    Born in Trenton, she was an original homeowner in Levittown.    She retired from Nabisco Co.    Daughter of the late Angelo and Theresa Tulamello, grandmother of the late Virginia and sister of the late Norma Chiarello, she is survived by her husband of…

  • Letters

    Past boards took care of aging facility To the editor:    As a past West Amwell School and South Hunterdon Regional School Board member, I am writing regarding the South Hunterdon bond referendum.    First, I fully endorse and support the bond referendum for some of the following reasons. The science rooms are inadequate and outdated from…

  • Senior Menus

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $3.13. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, March 7 — Cream of broccoli soup,…

  • Writer disagrees with church plan

    LEDGER FORUM    I am compelled to write yet another letter regarding the Westerly Church application for approval of their application to build a church in our backyard. In my last letter I did not take into consideration the fact that you supported this application in your editorial. I take serious exception to your avowed support.…

  • ‘The American Dream’ and ‘The Zoo Story’

    Theatre Intime joins in the Albee parade with two of the playwright’s early works. By: Stuart Duncan    Edward Albee is all over. The 73-year-old playwright has two new works in New York and a play more than three decades old just closing at McCarter Theatre in Princeton. Albee’s earliest plays, many would argue his best,…

  • Mansfield family praised for its compassion

    Sprigs symbolize praying for loved one By:Scott Morgan    MANSFIELD — It was a Thursday evening when George Tiesmeyer knocked on Tim and Kathy Bassett’s door.    He had come to them a stranger, not even a neighbor, with a $50 bill and a desperate hope for a miracle.    A few weeks before, on different Thursday, Mr.…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 03/07

    From the March 7 edition of the Register-News By: Player thanks his coach     I would like to say thank you to my basketball coach, Maureen D’Angelo,who is retiring from coaching after 13 years for the Bordentown Area Basketball League.    She will be missed. She is a great coach and my aunt, too! Anthony A.…