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  • Mansfield moves to buy Towergate land

       MANSFIELD — Construction of a new upper elementary school seems more certain now that the future of the 89-acre Towergate property on North Post Road has been determined. By:David Koch    Unanimous approval was given by the township Planning Board at a special joint meeting with the Environmental Commission on Monday to allow North Island Road…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 08/02

    From the Aug. 2 edition of the Register-News By: Library programs    The Burlington County Library Bordentown Branch Youth Services Department will be offering a variety of programs in August. Please note that registration begins two weeks prior to the date of the program.    On Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 4 p.m., Ruth Newton will show children…

  • Family expands business

       BORDENTOWN CITY — Business is booming at Evans Family Chiropractors, and so is their office space. The local business has just moved from 311 Farnsworth Ave. to 1½ Crosswicks Street, the former address of Mercantini Family Ford. By:David Koch    Now in business for 10 years, Evans Family Chiropractors has expanded from an 800-square-foot office on…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 08/02

    From the Aug. 2 edition of the Register-News By: Attend tonight’s meeting in Mansfield To the editor:    Tonight, a joint meeting of the Mansfield Township Committee, Planning Board, Planning & Development Committee and Environmental Committee will be held at the Mansfield Township Municipal Complex on East Main Street in Columbus. The purpose of the meeting…

  • Editorial: New approach offers potential for real reform

       Campaign-finance reform is one of those issues that once aroused passions and now evokes yawns. So much has been written and said about the subject — and so little done, at least recently — that even the most zealous reformers have moved on to other causes: childproof handguns, global warming, abolishing the Electoral College. By:…

  • Court ruling boosts conservation easements

       Conservation easements won an important victory when New Jersey Superior Court Judge Reginald T. Stanton ruled to enforce deed restrictions on top of Hamburg Mountain in Sussex County — at the heart of New Jersey’s Highlands region. By:Michele S. Byers    Conservation easements are legal agreements that permanently restrict future development of private or public lands.…

  • OBITUARIES 08/02

    From the Aug. 2 edition of the Register-News By: Emma P. Green    FLORENCE — Emma P. Green, 92, died Sunday at Virtua — Health Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly.    Born in Trenton, she lived in Florence 53 years.    Mrs. Green was a homemaker and had been a private secretary at John A. Roebling’s…

  • Topsoil producer at odds with township

       NORTH HANOVER — A local businessman says a cease and desist order he received from the Township Committee to stop his topsoil production business was politically motivated. By:David Koch    Miles Horner, a Republican running for one of two open seats on the Township Committee in November’s general election, has been ordered by the committee to…

  • Swim club goes the extra mile for teen battling cancer

       CHESTERFIELD — A private swim club based in Chesterfield recently raised $2,500 to help an area teen battling cancer of the spine at the first "swim-a-thon" in the club’s 35-year history. By:Vanessa S. Holt    The benefit, held July 13 at the Country Pool Swim Club on Waln Road, raised money to help Carey Hoy, a…