Category: archives

  • School administration may need to move offices

    School district outgrows present space, and township workers needs more room, too By:Laura Toto    The Board of Education has begun an initial dialogue with the administration of the township to find the best collaborative effort to solve not only the board’s space problems, but also the municipal space problems.    These discussions were prompted because the…

  • Local entertainers shinein community talent show

    Event raises more than $10,000 for drug and alcohol programs By:Laura Toto    The Hillsborough-Millstone Municipal Alliance held the seventh annual "Art Saves Lives" talent show last week that presented 19 acts to help raise money for substance abuse awareness. About 450 people attended the show, according to Diane Handwerk, talent show coordinator and a member…

  • District hopes to hire new leader for SBHS

    The Board of Education will select a new principal for South Brunswick High School at its meeting on June 18. By:Nick D’Amore    The Board of Education will select a new principal for South Brunswick High School at its meeting on June 18.    Mike Lacey, director of personnel, said he would not comment on who the…

  • Historically Speaking

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By:    Found in the Charles R. Hutchinson Collection, this account of Revolutionary War events included in a letter written by Sarah Stafford to the George W. Patterson, a member of Assembly from Monmouth County, dated March 9, 1874:    "Although an entire stranger to you,…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 06/07

    From the June 7 edition of the Register-News By: Shoe factory information needed    A dollmaker searching for information on the Bordentown Shoe Factory is looking for help from longtime Bordentown residents. The factory manufactured doll shoes in the 1800s. Information is needed for a historical thesis pertaining to antique dolls. Photos, maps and written information…

  • Beatrice Spahr

       Beatrice Esterline Spahr, 96, died Sunday, June 3 at her home in Monmouth Junction.    Born in Wiconisco, Pa., she graduated from Penn State University in 1926 and taught home economics in the Milltown Public School from 1951 to 959.    She was a member of Pioneer Grange No. 1 in Dayton.    Her husband, Gilbert J. Spahr,…

  • Solid foundation set for Lawrence baseball

    BaseballLawrence High School baseball coach Brian Carter knew his Cardinals would suffer the trials and tribulations of growing pains this season, as they cut their varsity teeth in the always competitive Colonial Valley Conference. By: Mike Molaro    Checking in at 9-15 overall and 8-11 in league play, the Cardinals laid a solid foundation on which…

  • ‘Carousel’

    Paper Mill Playhouse gives the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic a colorful, exciting and moving staging. By: Stuart Duncan    Opening night of Carousel at Paper Mill Playhouse was one long celebration. When the veteran Eddie Bracken stepped on stage, it marked his 15,000th theater performance, 800 of them at Paper Mill in 11 productions. And then,…

  • Cantor to celebrate decade of service with concert

       After 10 years as Adath Israel Congregation’s cantor, Arthur Katlin says the job is not just about music. He says he spends his time concerned with a variety of tasks that strike a balance between the melodic with the spiritual. By: Steve Bates    The job requires more from a person than being musical, said Mr.…