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  • 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.…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 03/07

    From the March 7 edition of the Register-News By: Oyster supper    The all-you-can-eat oyster supper sponsored by Bordentown First Presbyterian Church will be held 1 to 7 p.m., March 9 at the church, 420 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown. For ticket prices and more information call 298-1250. Flea market    The Florence Township Yacht Club is holding a…

  • POLICE BEAT 03/07

    From the March 7 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Ronnie L. Gundy, 31, of Trenton was charged with shoplifting at 4:08 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Shop Rite on Route 206.    The store security officer said he saw Mr. Gundy take items off the shelf and place them under his shirt.    The security…

  • OBITUARIES 03/07

    From the March 7 edition of the Register-News By: Olga E. Woolston    FLORENCE — Olga E. Bresciani Woolston, 78, died Feb. 26 at Rancocas Hospital, Willingboro.    Born in Philadelphia, she was a longtime Florence resident.    Mrs. Woolston was a homemaker and member of St. Clare’s Roman Catholic Church, its Altar and Rosary Society and Holy…

  • Footprints: Many Lambertville buildings had names

    By: Iris Naylor    The Ancient Order of Hibernians, one of Lambertville’s many fraternal organizations at the turn of the century, moved its headquarters in 1904 from the Solliday building at Bridge and Union streets to the Twomey building on Bridge Street.    Lambertville had names for many of its buildings. Some had several different names in…

  • ‘Guys and Dolls’

    Playful Theatre Productions offers this tricky early 1950s musical at Mercer County Community College. By: Stuart Duncan    It has long been noted that Guys and Dolls, more than any other musical produced in the early 1950s, epitomized the new stature of the American musical comedy as a form of dramatic art. The transition was gradual…

  • LETTERS: Vote ‘yes’ for Back Timberlane

    Readers will find additional "yes’ letters in the March 7, 2002 edition of the HVN What headline would you like? To the editor:    Fast forward to Wednesday, March 13th: "Back Timberlane Referendum defeated."    After two years of debates, discussions, information and misinformation, the Back Timberlane project was defeated. It was defeated because the vocal minority…

  • School Menus

    Delaware    A la carte items, bagel bag, chef salad and fruit choice available daily. All meals served with choice of milk.    Monday, March 11 — Tacos with beef, cheese and rice, lettuce, salsa and fruit choice.    Tuesday, March 12 — Hot dog on bun, potato smiles, baked beans, fruit juice and Jell-O.    Wednesday, March 13…