Category: archives
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Residents mull Trent future
The Trent Motel should be redeveloped into affordable housing for senior citizens, neighbors of the motel told Township Councilmen Rick Miller and Mark Holmes at a special forum Monday night. By: Lea Kahn But the meeting, arranged by the Republican councilmen, quickly turned into a political shouting match between them and Michael Powers, a Democratic…
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No township brush pickup in August
Policy follows recent practice that many apparently have forgotten. By: John Tredrea For years now, it has been the practice of the Hopewell Township Public Works Department not to pickup brush in July and August. But some residents and businesses apparently have not been aware of this fact, or forgotten it, and have been putting…
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NBC football squad getting set for productive season
Spread out over a piece of land the size of three regulation football fields, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School football team began its practices last Friday (August 17). By:Sean Moylan By Monday’s morning session, the Greyhounds’ practices were being run with the same efficiency and precision one would expect from a Division I…
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Advocate fears for motel inhabitants
Who lives at the Trent Motel? If you ask Connie Mercer, they fall into three groups. By: Lea Kahn They are Mercer County welfare clients, homeless families in crisis and those who live there by choice. But all of those residents will have to move out by the middle of next year, now that Township…
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Marie Jezek Wharton, 93
PENNINGTON Marie Jezek Wharton, 93, died Sunday at home. Born in Newark, she lived in East Orange before moving to Pennington in 1963. She retired after 35 years with New Jersey Bell Telephone. She was a member of McCauley Chapter 81 of the Telephone Pioneers of America, St. James Roman Catholic Church and its…
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WHAT’S COOKIN? 08/23
From the Aug. 23 edition of the Register-News By:Michael Maugeri We are pleased to give you the first recipe in our new "What’s Cookin’?" column. It comes to us from Theresa and Gregorio Perri Jr. of Florence Township, and it’s "Vodka Rigatoni con Prosciutto." The ingredients you will need are: ½ tablespoon butter 3 tablespoons…
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Priest’s art helps explain religion
The Rev. Javier Diaz-Muñoz uses his skill in creating paintings to convey the messages he seeks to pass along in his sermons. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN The visceral appeal of the Rev. Javier Diaz-Muñoz’s art is immediate. Looming behind the pulpit in St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, passionate reds and ethereal blues punctuate…
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County to preserve Mansfield farm
In an effort to preserve farmland, Burlington County freeholders on Aug. 8 entered into an agreement to purchase development rights to two farms in Mansfield and Medford. By:Scott Morgan Ralph Shromm, spokesman for the Burlington County freeholders, said last week the county will buy the development rights to the 106-acre Hoefling family dairy farm on…
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Exercise plan becomes social activity
A group of Manville residents arrive at the Bridgewater Commons Mall at dawn, but it’s not a search for bargains that brings them out this early. By:Regina Tan They are members of the HealthHike Walking Program and they’ve come for what money can’t buy – good health and companionship. Together they will walk a few…
