Category: archives
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Team effort put Bordentown softball 12’s among best
The Bordentown 12-year-old girls’ Little League all-star team made its name on pitching, defense, little ball and timely hitting. By:Sean Moylan In fact, Bordentown’s Hillary Allen and Melissa Mehrer both placed in the top 12 in pitching at the Regional Tournament at Delaware (stats include the New England states). Defensively, Bordentown’s Meagan Walton (only 11)…
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Driven to help others
Washington Township Meals on Wheels program gets new leader. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON Nicole Fehn broke a leg in 1996. It was hard to get around, she said, and she could have used a lunch or two delivered to her house. She learned of the township’s Meals on Wheels program through a newspaper about…
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Committee voices school plan concerns
Worry about price tag of $66.5 million high school/middle school project. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON Somebody had to do it. There were only a few residents in attendance at last week’s Township Committee meeting, but it was the first gathering after the school district unveiled plans for a high school and an addition to…
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Numbers tell the tale of Post 26’s success
To call the 2001 Bordentown Post 26 American Legion season a success would be a gross understatement. By:Sean Moylan The team made its first State Tournament since 1988 with a 18-8 mark. Tom Dolan, Bordentown’s manager was selected as the Manager of the Year. Jason Karmazin was selected as the Rookie of the Year. He…
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Township resident to take mission of charity in Asia
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Alison Harle, 17, will leave the comforts of her suburban township surroundings next year to take part in a mission of charity in Southeast Asia. By:David Koch Operation Smile, a nonprofit volunteer organization, will send Alison, and five other New Jersey students, overseas to help young children in Third World countries suffering…
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‘Peter Pan’
Plays-in-the-Park in Edison stages a young, energetic and exuberant production of this classic. By: Stuart Duncan It’s astonishing to realize Peter Pan is almost a century old. The J.M. Barrie character first appeared in a children’s book in 1902, called The Little White Bird, had his own play two years later, and by 1906, was…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 08/16
From the Aug. 16 edition of the Register-News By: Thanks for a great season To the editor: As a former player and current coach of Post 26, no one could have been more enthused with this past season than I was. This year, the program took six districts and molded them into one successful…
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Officials unsure how to fill void Trent will leave
It was barely 9:30 on Monday morning, and already the parking lot at HomeFront’s Brunswick Pike headquarters was full. More cars were parked on President Avenue, around the corner. By: Lea Kahn A man and a woman sat on the concrete steps outside the tan stucco building. Up a flight of steps and inside the…
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Special education supervisor is tapped; other personnel actions are taken
SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE By: John Tredrea As the Hopewell Valley Regional School District gets ready for classes to resume in a few weeks, the school board voted unanimously Monday night in favor of a series of personnel actions. All came to the board with the recommendation of superintendent of schools Dr. Robert Sopko and the…
