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House number measure enforced
MANSFIELD A recent 911 call in Mansfield Township prompted the enforcement of a decade-old house-numbering ordinance. By:David Koch When fire officials responded to an alarm for a house on Petticoat Bridge Road, they couldn’t find the house. After wasting precious time looking for the address, fire officials concluded that the house must be down…
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Overreaching? Usability labs take the guesswork out of a product’s functionality and marketability
Studying the usability of a product and working with your customers to find out how they will be using that product years before it hits the market will help ensure its success. So say the ergonomic experts at the Princeton-based usability lab of Siemens Corp. and the function and design experts at Cognetics Corp., Princeton.…
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Diverio happy for one more chance
Hun graduate will play final high school football game in Sunshine Classic By: Bob Nuse Normally for Mike Diverio, the summer means working as a lifeguard on Cape Cod. But this summer, the chance to play one last high school football game was enough to lure him back home for a week. "I kind of…
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Long road begins for Young
PU graduate’s minor league career makes stop in Lakewood By: Kyle Moylan LAKEWOOD If someone takes a look at Chris Young, the great two-sport standout from Princeton University, they’d probably assume his athletic future was in basketball. In the end, that’s probably the main reason why he chose baseball. Well, that and $1.65 million…
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More enforcement should mean fewer noncompliant trucks
EDITORIAL By: Ruth Luse No matter where one drives these days, huge trucks abound and nearly every morning one hears of a truck mishap that has created traffic havoc somewhere in the region. Thus, it was heartening to learn recently, from a Hopewell Township Committee public safety report, that our State Police have been…
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NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 07/05
From the July 5 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago Bradford W. Storey, Mount Holly, has invented a governor so constructed as to prevent engines racing on steam vessels when the propellers are lifted out of the water by waves or storms. There is big money in it, and, after being patented here…
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HHS crowned many champions in 2000-01
HILLSBOROUGH HIGH YEAR IN SPORTS By: Rudy Brandl Hillsborough High’s individual athletes and teams won more than just games during the 2000-01 school year. The Raiders won championships. Most of the 23 varsity teams posted winning records and qualified for state playoff competition. There were dramatic games, exciting races and thrilling matches in just about…
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Edition of July 5, 2001
Joseph B. Scudder, owned Scudder Tractor Joseph Broadhurst Scudder, 97, owner of Scudder Tractor Co. in Pennington, died June 26 at home. A lifelong Ewing resident, he took over management of the company after his brother, Hervey, died in World War II. He was the last of 12 generations to own Broadhurst, the family farm…
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Helen Zelewski Arent, 92
Helen Zelewski Arent, 92, of Monmouth Junction died Monday at her home. Her husband, Adam Arent, is deceased. Surviving are a daughter, Wanda Pleskun of Monmouth Junction; a son, George Arent of Bricktown; 12 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. The funeral will be private.
