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  • Township honors Malkofamily for service

    By:Alec Moore    The Township Committee paid homage to the Malko family of Belle Mead at last week’s Township Committee meeting for their courage and selfless devotion to America’s war effort during World War II.    "America always has its generation of heroes and my generation certainly owes your generation a debt of gratitude for what we…

  • ‘Four Dogs and a Bone’

    Director Michael Driscoll moves to 12 Miles West Theatre Company in Montclair to stage this Hollywood revenge piece. By: Stuart Duncan    Playwright John Patrick Shanley has been riding the carousel of fame for some time, reaching for the golden ring but rarely grasping it. His biggest hit has been Moonstruck, which bounced off Broadway to…

  • Pennsylvania manheld for ATV theft

    By: John Tredrea    A Pennsylvania man, who was pulled over by Hopewell Township police because one of his pickup truck’s taillights was not working properly, is being held in the Mercer County Correction Center for allegedly stealing an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) from a dealership in the Poconos area of Pennsylvania.    Having failed to post 10…

  • Families concerned over bridge project

    Loss of land, trees and property value feared by local residents By:Vanessa S. Holt    CHESTERFIELD — Two Sykesville Road families are concerned that they will lose land, trees and property value if the state Department of Transportation realigns portions of the road near their homes as part of a bridge replacement project that has been…

  • Peace concert to host cellist and singer

       Internationally acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz and Toshi Reagon, the soulful singer/songwriter, will headline the annual Concert for Peace Sunday, Feb. 10, 4 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road.    Matt Haimovitz appears world-wide in recital and as soloist with many of the great symphony orchestras including those of Boston, Chicago,…

  • Aid numbers concern school district

    Plumsted asks governor’s office to speed process for providing aid figures. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — School board officials Monday night expressed concern over an anticipated delay in Gov. James McGreevey’s release of the state budget proposal, including school aid figures for the next fiscal year.    While the governor’s budget report customarily is due no…

  • Mansfield Township boy, 13, saves 4-year-old sister from fire

    Ryan Malloy considered hero to community, family By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — Bonnie Friedman and her family lost their single-story home on Petticoat Bridge Road in a tragic fire in December, but thanks to her 13-year-old son, Ryan Malloy, she didn’t lose her 4-year-old daughter, Madison.    When a fire started in the early hours of Dec.…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 01/31

    From the Jan. 31 edition of the Register-News By: Dedication ceremony    A dedication ceremony for the school monument erected in memory of the educators who brought education to the black youth of Bordentown will be held at noon, Feb. 2 at the Clara Barton School gymnasium. The event is free and open to the public.…

  • Keep all who serve close in our hearts

    McGuire is a place for good-byes, joyful reunions By:    Having McGuire Air Force Base in our coverage area creates mixed emotions.    It’s heart-wrenching when families, friends and loved ones are forced to say good-bye to those they love who are in the military. For many people, the base can be a symbol of loss, the…