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  • Cranberry Festival nears

    Festival popular the past 12 years By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — Stained glass, silver, quilts, patriotic ties and homemade soaps are just a few of the handmade crafts you can explore this weekend at the 12th annual Cranberry Festival.    The popular arts and crafts show and autumn harvest celebration marks the beginning of the…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 10/04

    From the Oct. 4 edition of the Register-News By: Let’s keep charm of city growing To the editor:     What do visitors to Bordentown City say about the town?    Many comment on how pretty it is. Besides the interesting, well-kept buildings with their private gardens, they admire the many beautiful public gardens found throughout the…

  • Agenda review added to meetings

    Review will begin at 6:45 p.m. By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — A change enacted last week will allow an agenda review before each workshop and regular meeting of the Township Committee, said Dee Mayors, deputy clerk for Mansfield Township.    The change will allow a 45-minute agenda review before the committee’s regular workshop meeting held on the…

  • Crossing Oceans

    Multi-talented baritone Jubilant Sykes will give a recital at the Peddie School in Hightstown Oct. 6. By: Matt Smith    Upon completing his studies at Cal State Fullerton, Jubilant Sykes was lucky enough to cross the Atlantic to study privately with voice teachers in Austria and Berlin.    The young baritone appreciated the chance to soak up…

  • Discrimination suit filed against Griffin Pipe Co.

    Suit alleges company denied promotions to African-American employees By:Vanessa S. Holt    FLORENCE — A suit alleging that Griffin Pipe Products Co. has denied promotions to African-American employees was filed Sept. 27 in federal district court in Camden by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC).    According to the EEOC, African-American employees who held seniority in…

  • Chief requests 2 new officers

    Township Committee supports interviews By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — A request by Mansfield Township Police Chief James Humble to begin interviewing for two new police officers was supported by the Township Committee at its Sept. 26 meeting pending an inquiry by the Township Finance Office into the availability of funds for new hires.    The Township Committee…

  • ‘Nunsense…A-Men!’

    Bucks County Playhouse is back in the habit with this all-male take on nun-filled comedy. By: Stuart Duncan    It used to be that Nunsense was merely a Philadelphia cottage industry — a small musical in a tiny theater, wildly successful, but a decidedly local phenomenon.    And then the deluge came: sequel after sequel — Nunsense…

  • POLICE BEAT 10/04

    From the Oct. 4 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN CITY    Police said a 1989 Honda, reported stolen from the Magic Finish of Bordentown parking lot on Park Street at 6:27 a.m. Sept. 27 was recovered the same day in Trenton.    Police said the vehicle was intact except for damage to the ignition.    The investigating…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 10/04

    From the Oct. 4 edition of the Register-News By: 125 years ago    Much ado has been made relative to the haversack recently put upon conductors on the Pennsylvania road. We have examined one lately, but for the life of us we cannot understand why the conductor is not allowed to carry it in his hand…