Category: archives

  • Remember the garbage controversy

    Letter to the editor    To the editor:    Regarding our now infamous garbage controversy, I doubt very much that adequate consideration was given by council to the realities of our situation other than how the beautiful new cans would look on our streets.    This was a done deal in March 2000, with little public warning and…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 03/29

    From the March 29 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago Became a law Wednesday, the bill to separate this city from the township.    "Gib" McCloe had better not go to see a funny play at the Trenton Opera House. Friday night a man named "Si" Austin was arrested and locked up for immoderate…

  • NBC school board passes $21M budget

           MANSFIELD — The Northern Burlington County Regional Board of Education unanimously passed the 2001-2 budget during its March 22 meeting. If the budget is passed by voters, school tax rates would rise in Chesterfield and Springfield, be stabilized in North Hanover, and decrease in Mansfield. By:David Koch    The school district, which serves 1,900 students…

  • Rate decreases more than first expected

           FLORENCE — Residents would see a 2-cent decrease in the school tax rate instead of the earlier projected 1-cent cut if the proposed budget is approved by the voters. By:Vanessa S. Holt    The additional 1-cent decrease was possible because the new position of assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction would eliminate several other positions,…

  • Pre-school program benefits students, youngsters

    Letter to the editor    The students at HHS have been running a pre-school program since the late 1970s. Even some of the current teachers at the high school have participated in teaching the program then. Some even remember being toddlers at the high school, too.    This program not only serves to teach the pre-schoolers but…

  • Are police fulfilling ticket quotas?

    Letter to the editor     When the end of the month arrives, I notice more police around town. This may just be a figment of my imagination, or it may be because they have to meet a quota for a certain amount of tickets.    This was my suspicion when I noticed more people getting pulled…

  • Edition of March 29, 2001

    Frank B. Schnorbus    Frank B. Schnorbus, 72, died Sunday at home. Born in Trenton, he lived in the Bordentown area 38 years.    He graduated from St. Bonaventure University and Notre Dame University and did graduate work at Rutgers University. Mr. Schnorbus was an Army veteran of the Korean War, serving as an infantry sergeant. He…

  • Creating future scientists

    Students learn about crime scene science, dry ice, motorless flight … and something called ‘gak splat.’ By:John Patten    About 140 fifth-graders from across Hillsborough gathered Saturday at the Middle School to get acquainted with science, their future school, each other … and something called "gak splat."    Not only were the students able to learn what…

  • March 29, 2001

    Seven letters Alcohol risk doubles To the editor:    Once again underage drinking has been given short shrift by the federal government in its drug prevention efforts.    A survey of drug use released last year indicates that the rate of first-time drinkers between the ages of 12 and 17 nearly doubled from 117.6 per 1,000 kids…