Category: archives

  • Kardosh gives injured Viking gymnasts a lift

    By: Rich Fisher    A usual scenario in sports has a senior-dominated team racked with injuries, which gives the young players their chance to gain experience.    That situation is working in reverse for the South Brunswick High gymnastics team, and Kate Kardosh is taking advantage of the situation.    Entering the season, first-year coach Jen Petri-Charmello was…

  • Letter-writing campaign for soldiers is created

    Area sisters implement program By:Vanessa S, Holt    FLORENCE — Two local sisters want to make things brighter for military personnel from the area who are called to duty by filling their overseas mailboxes with bright cards and encouraging letters from children and supportive adults of all ages.    "I couldn’t volunteer, but I wanted to do…

  • Bordentown teachers attend astronomy research gathering

    Duo studies at Green Bank observatory By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Astronomers have long used telescopes that detect visible light to increase our knowledge of an expanding universe.    But now, modern scientists have radio telescopes that pick up radio waves emitted from the farthest reaches of the galaxy to further our understanding.    Located in Green…

  • Headstone dedication to honor beloved Roebling doctor

    Headstone courtesy of the Roebling Garden Club By:Vanessa S. Holt    ROEBLING — Family and friends of the late Dr. J. Howard Hornberger will gather at the grave of the late Roebling physician this Sunday to dedicate the new headstone recently placed at the site through the efforts of the Roebling Garden Club.    New residents in…

  • Walter Harris Jr.

       CRANBURY — Walter Donavan Harris Jr., 58, died Friday, Sept. 21, at home.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong Cranbury resident.    He attended Hightstown public schools and retired from Melvin H. Kreps School in 1990 after 20 years. He was a member of Mount Ararat Missionary Baptist, Jamesburg.    He is survived by his wife,…

  • Courtroom Drama

    Flemington’s dramatized re-enactment of the trial of Bruno Hauptmann, convicted murderer of the Lindbergh baby, attracts visitors across the country and even Norway. There is also a walking tour of the many historic buildings used during the trial. By: Ilene Dube    March, 1932: It is a damp, windy night, and a kidnapper climbs a homemade…

  • International writer’s workshop enriches area resident

    Workshop held in Sarasota, N.Y. By:Arlene Bice    Editor’s Note: Arlene Bice is the owner of the By the Book shop in Bordentown City. In addition to being an avid book collector and column writer for the Register-News, she is also a writer, holding writing workshops at her business. The following is her account of a…

  • Three meters to be installed on south side of Ferry Street

    But after hearing complaints from residents about the lack of parking, the City Council may extend the proposal to include the entire south side of the street. By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council plans to install three new meters on the south side of Ferry Street, between Kline’s Court and South Union Street.…

  • Voters reject South Hunterdon bond referendum

    All three questions, totaling $18.8 million for repairs and expansion to the high school, were shot down by voters, despite a promise of $4.1 million in aid from the state. By: Cynthia Williamson    WEST AMWELL — The mood was definitively somber for those who gathered in the South Hunterdon High School superintendent’s office after polls…