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  • Washington GOP gears up for primary race

    Taxes will be the primary topic of conversation between the two candidates seeking to represent Republicans in the race for one open Township Committee seat. By: Ken Weingartner    WASHINGTON — Taxes will be the primary topic of conversation between the two candidates seeking to represent Republicans in the race for one open Township Committee seat.…

  • Tin Man gallery favors Post-Pop

    All-seeing elephants, twisted fairy tales and plastic robots converge in a New Hope exhibit of ‘lowbrow art’ at the Tin Man Alley, a new toy store/art gallery on West Mechanic Street. By: Jodi Thompson "JAJO, Patron Saint of Clowns," by California-based artist Mark Ryden.    There’s a new kid in town who’s hoping to cause a…

  • Hillsborough signswelcoming visitors

    Hillsborough is joining the list of central New Jersey communities with colorful signs greeting motorists entering the township. By:John Patten    The first of 32 of the wooden signs was placed last week on Route 206 near the entrance to the Duke Gardens parking area, welcoming incoming traffic with a picture of the Neshanic Mill and…

  • OBITUARIES 04/19

    From the April 19 edition of the Register-News By: Irene Long    ROEBLING — Irene Elizabeth Long, 80, of Roebling, died April 15 at the Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Cherry Hill.    Born in Roebling, she was a lifelong area resident.    She retired after 25 years as a machine operator with Sherwatt Wire, Mansfield.    She previously worked for…

  • Paul Legassie

       FALMOUTH, MASS. — Paul E. Legassie, 77, died Wednesday, April 11, at Chester County Hospital West Chester Pa.    Mr. Legassie had been a Lawrence resident and also had lived in Exton, Pa., Lexington, Mass., and Falmouth, Mass.    Mr. Legassie worked as a turbine drafting supervisor for General Electric co. before retiring after 38 years.    He…

  • Charter study?Put question to the voters

    EDITORIAL: Township Committee needsto act to place question on ballot    When the New Jersey state Constitution was rewritten in 1947, a provision was inserted to allow the residents of a municipality to change their form of local government.    Since most communities at that time still operated under colonial forms of government, it seemed prudent to…

  • Elementary students spend time in the ‘Valley of the Bones’

           MANSFIELD — Second-graders at the John Hydock Elementary School went prehistoric, putting on a dinosaur play for kindergarten and first-grade students recently in the school’s auditorium. By:David Koch    The play, known as the "Valley of the Bones," was written by Betty Barlow and Joyce Merman. It is designed to teach kids about dinosaurs with…

  • Koetting—Clark engagement

    Upper Elementary School teacher Melissa Anne Koetting is engaged to Christopher Michael Clark Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Koetting of Paramus announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Anne Koetting, to Christopher Michael Clark Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Clark of Newark, Del. and East Lansing, Mich. Ms. Koetting is a graduate of…

  • Washington to move into 30th

    Mayor Dave Fried has no doubts the township will feel at home in its new legislative district. By: Ken Weingartner    WASHINGTON — Mayor Dave Fried has no doubts the township will feel at home in its new legislative district.    The township was moved from the state’s 14th Legislative District to the 30th, according to a…