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  • Home Depot eyes Route 130 site

    Shoppers eagerly awaiting the opening of the Target department store in East Windsor also can look forward to a Home Depot store, probably opening at the end of 2002 or beginning of 2003. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — Shoppers eagerly awaiting the opening of the Target department store here on July 29 also can…

  • Bridge congestion is topic of commission’s Aug. 8 event

       More and more motorists are traveling between growing residential areas and employment sites in Bucks County, Pa., and Mercer County.    Frustration rises as they cope with traffic and congestion on the major bridges — Route 1, Lower Trenton, Calhoun Street and Scudder Falls (I-95).    These are the areas that will be the focus of attention…

  • July 26, 2001

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to include all reported transactions, Packet Online does not guarantee its completeness or independently verify its contents. Avenel, Pedro Ayala, 1296 Rahway Ave, $125,000, 02/06/01 Avenel, Kelly Butler, 419 Jansen…

  • Council discusses future of redevelopment agency

       FLORENCE — Mayor Michael Muchowski’s recent remarks citing poor communication between the Florence Township Redevelopment Agency and the Township Council sparked discussion among council members last week on the future of the agency. By:Vanessa S. Holt    While Township Council members are split on the question of whether or not the agency is failing to communicate,…

  • An old Upper Freehold village

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By:    From the Allentown Messenger, Oct. 6, 1904:    "One of the oldest settlements in Upper Freehold is Imlaystown, situated near the central part of the township on Doctor’s Creek. Its site was part of the large tract of 2,100 acres patented by John Baker…

  • What I did on my summer vacation

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: If teachers wrote an essay for this old standard September assignment, most folks, kids and adults, would be surprised. By:    If teachers wrote an essay for this old standard September assignment, most folks, kids and adults, would be surprised.    Many teachers I know are well-traveled to what many would consider…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 07/26

    From the July 26 edition of the Register-News By: Organization wants to introduce itself To the editor:     I am heartened to see that from time to time, your newspaper runs articles about seriously ill children and the community efforts underway in your area to assist with the child’s medical bills.    As you may know,…

  • OBITUARIES 07/26

    From the July 26 edition of the Register-News By: Frank E. Troiano    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Frank E. Troiano, 74, died July 19 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived in Lakewood 10 years before moving to Bordentown Township a year ago.    He retired in 1990 as a commercial…

  • Free rock concert: 3 Across

    Friday, Aug. 3 From 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., South Brunswick Department of Recreation and Community Affairs will present the band 3 Across. 3 Across will perform a variety of music, from The Beatles, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Loeb, The Dixie Chicks, The Pretenders, and The Bangles as part of the Concerts in the Park series.…