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  • MHS boys’ track team completes solid year

    Gilmore, Jakubowski titles led medal charge By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High’s next track and field season may not necessarily end in Egg Harbor.    Veteran head coach Tony Treonze had five athletes, including three underclassmen, qualify for the State Group 1 Championships in Egg Harbor this spring. While the Mustangs were shut out at the state…

  • Les Paul: At work is the place to be

    Guitar legend and longtime New Jersey resident Les Paul celebrated his 86th birthday with a jam session this month at the Iridium Jazz Club in Manhattan. By: Ken Weingartner    Resting in a hospital bed 21 years ago after having undergone quintuple bypass heart surgery, Les Paul hoped he might squeeze another decade out of life.…

  • Princeton school superintendent gets new contract, raiseNew five-year contract gives Claire Sheff Kohn a $6,000 raise in first year

    They like her. They really, really like her. And that is why the Princeton Regional Board of Education tore up its contract with Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn on Tuesday and wrote a new, five-year contract giving her a $6,000-a-year pay raise in the first year. By: Jeff Milgram They like her. They really, really like…

  • FORUM: Football Coach

    Was Monroe correct not to renew the contract of varsity football coach Milt Theodosotos? By: Was Monroe correct not to renew the contract of varsity football coach Milt Theodosotos?

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Tennis Player of the Year

    Pu maintained Pirates’ tennis tradition By: Bob Nuse    More than anything else, Anthony Pu was glad he could maintain the tradition of excellence at the top of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South tennis team. Not just on the court, but off of it as well.    A senior, Pu did what was expected of him on…

  • Ota-Ya

    You won’t go away hungry or have to search for your next sushi ‘fix’ at this Japanese farmhouse in Newtown, Pa. — it serves excellent fresh fish in satisfying portions for a reasonable price. By: Lari Robling Ota-Ya Japanese Restaurant 10 Cambridge Lane, Newtown, Pa. (215) 860-6814, (215) 860-6819 Food: Good Cuisine: Sushi and Sashimi…

  • Dentist aims to put young patients at ease

    After practicing dentistry for years, Cream Ridge resident Victoria Roeder opened her own office this year on West Millstream Road. By: Mark Moffa    UPPER FREEHOLD — "I just love doing it," Victoria Roeder said of pediatric dentistry.    After practicing dentistry for years, the Cream Ridge resident opened her own office this year on West Millstream…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 06/21

    From the June 21 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago    An effort will be made to provide funds for the continuation of the popular open-air concerts in this city.    Last Saturday, Horace G. Reeder launched his pretty new pleasure yacht, Grace R.    Quite a large number of friends witnessed the launch, and all…

  • New ordinance seeks to register rental properties

    Council members hope the new law will help enforcement of local safety and building codes By:Laura Pelner    Residential rental properties may soon undergo a registration and inspection program if the Manville Borough Council passes an ordinance it introduced at its regular meeting on June 11.    The proposed ordinance states that Manville has a need for…