Category: archives

  • 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…

  • Speed humps to be installed on South Union Street

    Inclement weather postponed the Sept. 21 anticipated deadline. By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — The installation of speed humps on South Union Street should begin soon, possibly this week.    The city had anticipated the project would be finished by Sept. 21, but city Public Works Director Paul Cronce said inclement weather is responsible for the delay.…

  • Cry Freedom

    Through a collection of photographs and documents on loan from the Hungarian Museum of Military History in Budapest, A People Cried Out: The 1956 Revolution and Fight for Freedom in Hungary explores 12 days of revolution, which began 45 years ago on Oct. 23. By: Susan Van Dongen    To those who have immigrated to the…

  • Environmental center launched in Plainsboro

    The New Jersey Audubon Society will finance the facility’s operating costs and educational programs and will provide management and maintenance for the entire preserve property. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — Gathered near the shore of McCormack Lake, a group of local, county and state government officials broke ground for the Environmental Education Center of the…

  • Residents create fund for memorial oak tree

    Tree would be emblamatic of strength, endurance By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — A group of city residents that believes trees can provide more than just shade, has started a fund for a special memorial tree to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.    A sturdy oak tree would be emblematic of the…

  • OBITUARIES 09/27

    From the Sept. 27 edition of the Register-News By: Filomena DiBlasi Capodici    CHESTERFIELD — Filomena "Fanny" DiBlasi Capodici, 99, died Sept. 21 at home.    Born in Casteltermini, Italy, she lived in the Trenton area most of her life before moving to Chesterfield.    Mrs. Capodici was a homemaker and member of St. Joachim’s Church and its…