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Millstone retail project faces changes
A Route 33 commercial project will undergo some changes as a result of requests by both the applicant and Planning Board. By: Frank C. D’Amico MILLSTONE A Route 33 commercial project will undergo some changes as a result of requests by both the applicant and Planning Board. Attorney Kenneth Pape, representing 33 Commercial Realty…
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SENIOR CORNER
Chapter A The Seniors of Chapter A hold their meeting at 1 p.m. the first Thursday of each month in the Municipal Complex. The next meeting will be Thursday, June 7. Thursday, June 14, 8:45 a.m. The musical Civil War at the Dutch Apple Theater in Lancaster, Pa. includes lunch and show. This show has…
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Lawrenceville resident explains the nuts and bolts of poetry
Book BeatLawrenceville resident John Timpane has done it again! His first effort on the subject of poetry was a marvelous book put out by Ten Speed Press a few years ago called "It Could Be Verse." By: Marge Dwyer His newest, just published "Poetry for Dummies," the latest in the popular Dummy series, delves further…
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DEP to review Great Adventure hotel plan
The township will have to wait for the state Department of Environmental Protection to make a decision regarding a plan to bring sewer lines along Route 537. By: Frank C. D’Amico MILLSTONE The township will have to wait for the state Department of Environmental Protection to make a decision regarding a plan to bring…
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Project honors local history
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Thomas Paine, famous writer of the Revolutionary War era and a Bordentown City resident, once wrote, "I would rather see my horse eat the grass of Bordentown than all the pomp and show of Europe." By:David Koch Students at Clara Barton School have spent the last year learning what Thomas Paine already…
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School district looks for aid
The Washington Township school district is looking to Trenton for a financial assist. By: Frank C. D’Amico WASHINGTON The school district is looking to Trenton for a financial assist. At its May 22 meeting, the board passed resolutions supporting efforts in the state Senate and Assembly that would help districts seeing rapid enrollment growth…
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Hillsborough girls finish second in CJ 4 track
Meyer, Pfeiffer, Meiser win individual titles By: Rudy Brandl HOLMDEL Hillsborough High may have the second-best girls’ track and field team in the state. Unfortunately, the Raiders ran into the best team at last weekend’s Central Jersey Group 4 Championships in Holmdel. Trenton captured its second straight sectional team title with a resounding performance,…
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Ruth Dansbury
CLERMONT, Fla. Ruth Carson Dansbury, 78, died Thursday, May 24, at South Lake Hospital, Orlando. Born in Lawrenceville, she was a longtime area resident before moving to Florida a year ago. She worked at Rider College, Lawrence, and was a teacher’s aide at Parkway School. She was a member of Parkway School PTA and…
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Going back 50 years to marvel over Bordentown’s changes
What a difference a half-century makes. Recently, I came across a small booklet in our forgotten files that has provided the Register-News crew with a special look at our area’s past. By:Michael Maugeri It’s called "The Bordentown Register 1950 Year Book Almanac," a "supplement to the February 17, 1950 issue of the Bordentown Register."…
