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  • 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. Regular menu    Thursday, Jan. 24 — Apple juice,…

  • Affairs of honor and ethno-history

    BOOK NOTES By: Joan Ruddiman    Some topics, like the American Revolution, never lose favor with readers. Look at the current best seller list. A tome on John Adams has topped the charts for months. "The Founding Brothers" and several takes on Thomas Jefferson are being widely read and discussed.    If history and biographies are to…

  • OBITUARIES 01/24

    From the Jan. 24 edition of the Register-News By: John L. Asay    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — John L. Asay, 85, died Jan. 17 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Columbus, he was a lifelong area resident.    He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater.    He…

  • Functional Art

    A collection of potter Lisa Naple’s earthenware work is on display at Mixed Media Gallery in Dolestown. By: Jodi Thompson    The dishwasher door opens in a cloud of steam as Doylestown artist Lisa Naples pulls out the racks and is greeted by a dance of designs.    She and her family put her art to use…

  • Report to offer traffic solutions for Edinburg

    Four interim proposals are planned. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — With the township’s attention drawn to the Princeton Junction Study Group, the work of its sister Planning Board subcommittee, the Edinburg Study Group, has gone pretty much unnoticed.    But while the Edinburg Study Group’s work has been low-key, subcommittee chairman Steve Jany said much…

  • Voters back Cranbury School expansion

    BREAKING NEWS: Taxpayers will fund $5.9 million of the $7.3 million expansion. The state Department of Education will provide $1.3 million in state aid. By: Casha Caponegro    Cranbury voters overwhelmingly supported a $7.3 million expansion to the Cranbury School Tuesday night.    The referendum, which calls for construction of a new 36,000-square-foot addition that will include…

  • Community roundtables focus on racism

    Princeton Human Services Department sponsors community dialogue. By: Jennifer Potash    Delving into issues of racism in a community can be difficult; encouraging citizens to participate in the discussion even harder.    But a group of local residents accepted the challenge and began a six-week journey last week with a discussion on how racism can affect a…

  • Adele Leopardi

       Adele Agrestini Leopardi, 82, died Sunday, Jan. 20, at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, she was a longtime resident before moving to Lawrence two years ago.    She retired in 1962 after 25 years as a seamstress and had taught religion at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Trenton 30 years. She was…

  • Phyllis Schloss

       Phyllis (Shumer) Schloss, 59, died Sunday, Jan. 20, at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Edison before moving to Monroe nine years ago.    She is survived by her husband, Herb Schloss; two sons, Dr. Matthew Schloss and his wife, Allison, of South Brunswick, and Neil…