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  • PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE

    School district, St. James Church,new MU-3 zone are topics By: Marianne Hooker    At its Dec. 12 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board heard a presentation on the Long Range Facilities Plan of the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education.    The board also granted minor subdivision approval to St. James Church, which plans to purchase a small…

  • Appellate court allows 19 ballots in disputed election

    The ballots will be counted 10 a.m. Friday.    An appellate court today ruled that 19 absentee ballots originally thrown out by a lower court shall be counted in the Township Council election.    The ballots will be counted 10 a.m. Friday at the Mercer County Board of Elections office in Trenton.    The ruling by the Appellate…

  • Girls take early command in division

    RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team posted a huge early victory on the road last week at Hunterdon Central. Hillsborough improved to 2-0 in Delaware Division play with a 46-37 triumph over one of the league’s contenders. The Lady Raiders have the early edge in the Delaware with rivals Central…

  • Chit-Chat: Butcher no longer carving bad jokes!

    By: Merle Citron    Well, lo and behold who should appear — no, not Kriss Kringle and his reindeer — but Jack Ennis, butcher extraordinaire, who emerged from behind the meat counter at Clemens when he heard my dulcet tones.    It was good to see Jack looking so well. I do miss those days at Ennis’…

  • Help us make the new year better for one and all

    EDITORIAL    Monday will mark the final day of 2001. We’d like to be among the first to say, "Thank God. Here’s to a happier, more prosperous 2002."    This past year seemed to be going along pretty well until Sept. 11, when hijacked airplanes change the way we live and think. Hearing several weeks later that…

  • Manville boys win home hoops opener

    Maychrich, Jimenez lead comeback By: Shawn Tyrrell    A team will take victories any way it can get them.    For the Manville High boys’ basketball team, that was the theme after last Thursday night’s 59-45 win over visiting Roselle Park. It wasn’t the best game the Mustangs could play, yet it also wasn’t the worst and…

  • Zoning change allows Bristol-Myers to build new 75-foot structure

    To erect the building, Bristol-Myers Squibb (B-MS) also will need township approval of proposed revisions to its General Development Plan (GDP). Township Planning Board hearings on the GDP are expected to begin soon By: John Tredrea    An L-shaped building, just under 75 feet tall, can be built on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s 430-acre office-research facility under a…

  • Investigation into committeeman will continue

    As Bill Kastning leaves his seat Jan. 2, a year-long investigation with no discernible end churns on. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — All ends do not bring endings.    As Committeeman Bill Kastning leaves his seat Jan. 2, a year-long investigation with no discernible end churns on.    The investigation stemmed from an accusation made by resident…

  • OBITUARIES 12/27

    From the Dec. 27 edition of the Register-News By: Frank H. Dugan    BORDENTOWN CITY — Frank Hughes Dugan, 59, died Dec. 18 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Camden, he lived in the Bordentown area for 25 years.    He retired in 1991 from the state Department of Human Services.    He was…