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  • Four candidates seek three City Commission seats

    Bordentown City election to be held Tuesday. By: Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — The Register-News recently sent out questionnaires to candidates running for seats on the City Commission. The four candidates — Bill Collom, William DeVuono, James Lynch and John Wehrman — are running for the three four-year seats.    The purpose of the questionnaires…

  • Posting their message against drunken driving

    Students take part in an awareness-raising art assignment intended to display posters throughout district schools before prom season. By: Amanda Bok    To South Brunswick students Shannon Baker and Jarrett Becker there can never be enough warnings about the dangers of drinking and driving.    That’s why, when asked to design an awareness poster as part of…

  • POLICE BEAT 5/3/01

    Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Florence BORDENTOWN CITY    A young girl received minor injuries when she was hit by a truck on Farnsworth Avenue on Monday, police said.    City police said officers responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on the 500 block of Farnsworth Avenue at 4:09 p.m. and reported…

  • Pennington holds line on town taxes

    Pennington Borough’s tax rate will stay the same as last year, 53 cents per $100 of assessed property value, under a $1,256,00 budget for 2001 that was approved unanimously by the Borough Council Monday night By: John Tredrea    Pennington Borough’s tax rate will stay the same as last year, 53 cents per $100 of assessed…

  • Cards turn corner after tourney defeat

    BaseballIf the Lawrence High School baseball squad earns a berth in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Tournament, the Cardinals can look back on a gut-wrenching loss that opened their eyes and provided the positive foundation on which to build. By: Mike Molaro    After back-to-back losses to Trenton, 6-4, on the road April 25 and…

  • ‘Memento’

    Guy Pearce plays a tormented amnesiac seeking revenge for his wife’s murder in this fascinating, fast-paced thriller that deftly relies on a simple gimmick — narrative in reverse.   [R] By: Kam Williams    How would you react if you witnessed your spouse’s murder? Would you come unglued? Would you focus intensely on solving the crime, unable to…

  • Bordentown baseball in a battle to make state playoffs

    Danny Matthews had another great outing, giving up only one run on Mark Wickersham’s homer in the fifth. By: Sean Moylan    Bordentown Regional High School baseball coach Mark Drew and his pitching coach Tom Dolan have a saying they like to tell their players – "Just give us two and a half hours."    Last Thursday…

  • Zoners to mull gas station plan

       Motiva Enterprises LLC, the company that wants to build a combination gasoline station, car wash and food mart on the corner of Princeton Avenue and Spruce Street, will return to the Zoning Board of Adjustment next week. By: Lea Kahn    The Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday — one hour earlier…

  • Time for local GOP to reassess its role in town

    EDITORIAL By: Ruth Luse    There is no doubt about it now. Fran Bartlett has won the vacant seat on the Hopewell Township Committee in a race that began last fall prior to the ill-fated Nov. 7 election and ended April 24 in the court-ordered second election.    Ms. Bartlett — whose 2,380 — 2,158 victory makes…