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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 11/01

    From the Nov. 1 edition of the Register-News By: Police thank many for their support To the editor:     The Chesterfield and Mansfield Township police departments would like to extend a heartfelt "thank you" for all the support we received during and after the shooting incident that occurred on Oct. 12 in both our towns.…

  • Clerks angry over extended election hours

    The new law requires polling places to be open at 6 a.m. and remain open until the regular time of 8 p.m. By: Mae Rhine    "Stupid." "Ridiculous."    That’s how local municipal clerks are describing the new election law requiring all polling places to be open an hour earlier.    "This whole thing snuck through so fast,"…

  • Guerrilla Painting

    Lumberville, Pa., resident Robert Beck documents life in oil. By: Jodi Thompson    Hurricane Dennis was whipping Rehobeth Beach, Del., with gale-force winds. Most people wisely evacuated the shoreline, maybe stopping for a quick snapshot before seeking shelter.    Not artist Robert Beck. The Lumberville, Pa., resident found a somewhat protected space between two houses along the…

  • ‘The Rainmaker’

    The Villagers production of this 1954 romantic comedy will make you feel you’re seeing the show for the first time. By: Stuart Duncan    There is an inherent risk in staging N. Richard Nash’s 1954 romantic comedy, The Rainmaker. The plot, which focuses on a "plain Jane" trapped in possible spinsterhood, may well be considered trite…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    Five juveniles were charged with possession of drugs and other offenses Friday, Oct. 19.    Police said at about 7:30 p.m. they saw a vehicle occupied by five people leaving the former Lambertville High School site on Washington Street.    When they tried to stop the vehicle, the driver sped northbound on Route 179, police said.…

  • OBITUARIES, pt. 2 11/01

    From the Nov. 1 edition of the Register-News By: Frances H. Kelty Nauss    HAINESPORT — Frances H. Kelty Nauss, 80, died Oct. 24 at Rancocas Hospital, Willingboro.    Born and raised in Florence, she lived in Mount Holly before moving to Hainesport more than 40 years ago.    She was a homemaker.    She is survived by nieces…

  • County outlines plan for fighting drug abuse

    The Hunterdon County Substance Abuse Stakeholders Task Force formed after seven drug-related deaths by July of this year. By: Steve Bates    RARITAN TOWNSHIP — "I don’t use the word ‘war’ here, and I don’t think anyone will. Frankly, we did not win the war on drugs," said Angelo DiOrio, director of the Hunterdon County Department…

  • Runners stumble and tumble for charity

    By: Carl Reader    NEW HOPE — The race is not always to the swiftest.    Sometimes, it goes to those with — the highest heels?    That was the case Saturday night when G. Casnova Alig won the second annual High Heel Race. Mr. Alig overcame a precipitous start, during which he tumbled off those high platforms…

  • Trees provide more than color

    Tree cover has declined in many metropolitan areas By:Michele S. Byers    The burst of fall color outside my office window got me thinking about something we all too often take for granted — trees!    The nonprofit conservation group American Forests recently released a study of urban landscapes over the past 25 years.    The study concludes…