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  • Hopewell teachers, school board reach tentative agreement on contract

    Details of the three-year deal have not been released. By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Valley Education Association (HVEA) and the Board of Education reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday. The old three-year contract with the teachers union expired June 30. The new contact also is for three years, Deanna Munoz, the school district’s community liaison,…

  • OBITUARIES 08/23

    From the Aug. 23 edition of the Register-News By: W. Wayne Wightman    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — W. Wayne Wightman, 87, of Bordentown Township died Aug. 13 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Milford, N.Y. he resided in Bakersfield, Calif. before moving to Bordentown in 1958.    He graduated from Temple University in 1937…

  • Muriel Hofman

       BELFORD — Muriel White Hofman, 88, died Monday, Aug. 20, at King James Nursing Home, Atlantic Highlands.    Born in Belford, she was a lifelong resident.    She retired in 1980 after many years as a secretary with Middletown Township. She was a member of Belford United Methodist Church where she was junior choir director and a…

  • Housing board eyes summit on homelessness

    Affordable housing advocates in Lawrence Township want the township to reach out to other Mercer County towns and help organize a summit on homelessness. By: Lea Kahn    LAWRENCE — Affordable housing advocates want the township to reach out to other Mercer County towns and help organize a summit on homelessness — a problem they claim…

  • For the week of Aug. 23

    By: Raymond W. South    PLUMSTED — Raymond W. "Barney" South, 79, died Sunday, Aug. 19, at home.    Born in Cranberry Hall, he was a lifelong area resident.    Mr. South was a retired roofer and self-employed watch repairman.    He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of American Legion Post 455, New…

  • Hudes, Rodgers file for board seat

    Two candidates have announced their interest in filling the Board of Education vacancy caused by the recent resignation of former school board president Walt Fuller. By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Edward Plaskon, the current school board president, announced that Taylor Avenue resident Walter Rodgers and former board member Neil Hudes are the only candidates who have filed for…

  • Mark Hall, fire captain, dies from heart attack

    Funeral scheduled for Friday By:Alec Moore    Manville Fire Capt. Mark C. Hall, 44, died Tuesday after collapsing in the dugout at a Somerville softball field where he had been playing in a softball game with his fellow firefighters.    Mr. Hall, of Rabens Avenue, was pronounced dead at 8:16 p.m. at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville.…

  • Senior Picnic is set for Sept. 12

    Event will be held at Washington Crossing State Park in Sullivan Grove.    Michael C. Hritz, director of the Hopewell Valley Recreation Department, has extended an open invitation for senior citizens to attend the annual Hopewell Valley Senior Picnic.    This year’s picnic is Wednesday, Sept. 12, between noon and 4 p.m., and is being held for…

  • George W. Briehler, 70

       NEW HOPE, Pa. — George W. Briehler, 70, died Sunday at Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident and attended Trenton High School.    Mr. Briehler was a lifeguard at Point Pleasant Beach in his youth and later worked at the family-owned Briehler Dairy Bar in Trenton.    He owned the…