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  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 07/19

    From the July 19 edition of the Register-News By: Colonial Social    Colonial Social on the Delaware River 7-9 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at the Bordentown Yacht Club. Tickets are $15 per person to benefit the Downtown Bordentown Association.    Join participants on the river to savor fine tasting imported cheese and potent potables including wines with…

  • The real shame lies in denying help is needed

    EDITORIAL: Mental illness must be treated, not ignored    Last month, Houston mother Andrea Yates allegedly committed one of the most mystifying crimes imaginable, killing her five children.    In the days following the crime, her husband told the public she had been struggling with a serious postpartum depression since the birth of their infant daughter. Russell…

  • Plumsted savings pays off

    EDITORIAL: "Tax and spend" is a common phrase associated with government. "Tax and save" is not. By:    "Tax and spend" is a common phrase associated with government. "Tax and save" is not.    But that’s what Plumsted Township officials did for the past 12 years, and the results are a new library and soon-to-be-completed municipal building.…

  • Elite rally gives club a shot in the arm

    Bats come alive after 20-inning slumber By: Rudy Brandl    Maybe Hillsborough softball coach Cheryl Iaione should turn her back more often.    Iaione, the head of the high school team and summer softball program, showed a little frustration in the middle of the seventh inning of last week’s Elite League home game against Dunellen at Docherty…

  • Ingenuity saves three shade trees

    Letter to the editor:    It looked as if constructing a much needed sidewalk along Eldridge Avenue would necessitate the removal of three grand shade trees. An appeal to Lawrence Township Deputy Mayor Greg Puliti to try to save the trees quickly led to a meeting at the London Plane trees with Township Manager Bill Guhl,…

  • Little League round up

    By:    The Washington Township 10-year-olds went into action Tuesday night still battling in the losers’ bracket of the double-elimination District 12 Tournament.    Washington picked up a forfeit win against Sunnybrae. This was followed by a 13-2 win against Nottingham and a 4-0 win against the Ewing Nats.    Against Nottingham, Washington scored seven runs in the…

  • OBITUARIES 07/19

    From the July 19 edition of the Register-News By: Vincent L. Illuminate    BORDENTOWN — Vincent L. Illuminate, Sr., 73, of Bordentown died July 11 in Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Cherry Hill.    Born in Trenton, he had resided in the area all of his life.    A veteran of the United States Coast Guard, he was a…

  • Panic Disorder seminar

    Friday, July 27 From 11 a.m. to 12 noon, Panic Relief Inc. will hold a seminar called "Helping Hands," designed to educate people who have family and friends suffering from Panic Disorders. For more information on this program, or other programs, call Panic Relief Inc toll fre at 1 (877) END-FEAR or call (732) 937-4832.

  • Obstacles still remain for museum project

       FLORENCE — A $30,000 state grant will help Main Gate Museum planners get their project under way on the Roebling steel mill site, but many obstacles still remain on the road to redeveloping the property, said township officials. By:Vanessa S. Holt    Main Gate Museum organizers hope to turn the former steel mill’s gatehouse into a…