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  • Mixed emotions for Vikings who don’t move on

    WRESTLING: The underclassmen for SBHS can gain a glimpse at the future while the seniors see the end of their high school careers. By: Ken Weingartner    FLEMINGTON — Although the regional tournaments represent the conclusion of the season for those wrestlers who fail to advance, it can produce different feelings for different people.    For underclassmen,…

  • EDITORIAL: Encourage kids to ‘Explore’ all their positives

       Just this week, another school shooting occurred, this time in Santee, California.    A youth who reportedly smiled as he fired a long-barreled handgun took the lives of two students and injured 13 others. By:    It is not so much that negative news about young people is all you ever hear these days. It’s just that…

  • Figuring rates is more taxing than it seems

    Budget proposals already reflect increased home values    Many residents will remember the precipitous drop in housing values that occurred when central New Jersey was hit by recession in 1992.    û û Homes that had sold for $200,000 in 1987 fell to $180,000, townhouse and condominiums selling for $150,000 a few years before sat on the…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 03/08

    From the March 8 edition of the Register-News By: Street Fair    The 24th annual Street Fair, sponsored by the Greater Bordentown Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19 and 20 in historic Bordentown. The event will feature over 100 juried crafters, along with Bordentown area merchants and services,…

  • Annual PTO art auction has become local tradition

       How do you improve upon a fund-raiser that has become much more than a run-of-the-mill-annual event?    You don’t. At least, that’s what the Lawrenceville Elementary School PTO has learned. By: Linda J. Field    The group hosted its annual art auction again this year in Abbott Hall on the grounds of The Lawrenceville School on March…

  • OBITUARIES 03/08

    From the March 8 edition of the Register-News By: Wallace W. Kane    FLORENCE — Wallace W. Kane, 72, died Feb. 27 at Rancocas Hospital, Willingboro.    He was a lifelong Florence resident.    Mr. Kane worked with Griffin Pipe Products Corp. for 48 years and had been a shop steward and union president. He previously worked with…

  • Call to study all rail options makes sense

    EDITORIAL: Legislation proposed by state Sen. Peter Inverso is the best way to ensure that all possible rail-line alternatives have been studied.    State Sen. Peter Inverso wants the state to make sure it leaves no stone unturned before it moves forward with a proposed rail line linking the Shore area and central New Jersey.    The…

  • Kay takes second twice at Meet of Champs

    Three HHS relays teams also place at states By: Rudy Brandl        SEWELL — Jason Kay came about as close as you can get to winning a state swimming championship in Sunday’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions at Gloucester Institute of Technology.    The best swimmer in Hillsborough High School history completed a spectacular scholastic career with…

  • HHS girls eliminated by top-ranked Marlboro

    Lady Raiders go out with a phenomenal effort By: Rudy Brandl        MARLBORO — The Hillsborough High girls certainly didn’t wilt under the big-time atmosphere and pressure of a noisy, crowded gym in a state playoff basketball game.    In fact, the Lady Raiders did the exact opposite and gave the top-seeded Marlboro girls a major…