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  • Bordentown’s Elks lodge hosts Eagle Scout ceremony

    Over 25 Scouts get special award By:Michael Maugeri    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — An Eagle Scout wearing shorts on an unseasonably warm February day attracted a small, amused crowd outside Bordentown Elks Lodge No. 2085.    "He knew it was gonna be a beautiful day today, so he got prepared," said his mother, playing on the words of…

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  • County club honors bravery of officers

    Four receive highest valor award By:Vanessa S. Holt    Four local police officers have received the Burlington County 200 Club’s highest valor award for facing down a deranged gunman who went on a shooting rampage last fall that ended at a crowded farmers market.    The Burlington County 200 Club held its annual awards banquet Friday at…

  • Something to Laugh About

    The County Theater kicks off its Spring Cinematheque series in Doylestown, Pa. By: Daniel Shearer Above, Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka.    One of the most famous advertising lines in the history of cinema relied on the perception of actress Greta Garbo as "the tragic Swede."    Signaling a radical stylistic shift, two words on…

  • Diversity program educates local students

    John Hydock School gets a visit from educational consultants By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — Educational consultant Sandy Ewell says classrooms are becoming a melting pot of ethnic diversity as growing numbers of children from different cultures move into suburban districts.    No one knows this better than teachers, including those at John Hydock Elementary School in Mansfield.…

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  • POLICE BEAT 02/28

    From the Feb. 28 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    The front door of a Groveville Road residence had been kicked in and the house had been burglarized on Jan. 30, police said.    The victim told Patrolman Richard Brettell she left the home at 7:45 a.m., and that when her mother arrived at 11:40…

  • Youth group raises funds for the hungry

    Kids did not eat for 30 hours By:David Koch    NORTH HANOVER — Members of the New Egypt Church of the Nazarene’s youth group did last weekend what millions of people around the world do every day.    They went hungry.    A total of 14 members of the church’s youth group did not eat for 30 hours…

  • Guest column: South referendum scaled back for voters

    By: Dr. Cheryl Simone    In a few weeks — March 12 — the communities of Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell will have the opportunity to vote on a second bond referendum for South Hunterdon Regional High School.    I would like to apprise the community in this column of the details of the referendum and offer…