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  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of March 8

    East Windsor    Police said on March 3 a pregnant woman reported that her ex-boyfriend had threatened to shoot her and her unborn child during a telephone call which resulted in a dispute at Princeton Arms. Armando Conceicao, 47, was charged with terroristic threats and bail was set at $10,000. He later responded to headquarters to…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Christie visits group home

    ROBBINSVILLE: Christie visits group home

    Phil McAuliffe Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township sponsoring Earth Day poster contest

       EAST WINDSOR — The township Clean Communities Committee is sponsoring a poster contest for all elementary school students to focus on Earth Day. The theme of the poster is to promote any or all of the “4 R’s” of the Township Recycling Program Logo, which are:    RECYCLE— all items that can be recycled;    REUSE —…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: March 7

    Friday, March 8    Sing Along with Miss Amy, music program for children of all ages accompanied by an adult, 10: 30 a.m., Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville. Register online at www.mcl.org and click on Programs. Saturday, March 9    Open House, Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library, 9:30 a.m.…

  • FLORENCE AND ROEBLING NEWS: Week of March 7

    By Peg Dotson, Guest Columnist    The Florence Marching Band Boosters members are participating in a Gertrude Hawk Chocolates fundraiser online until March 24.    To learn more, contact Nita Childs at [email protected] or Debbie Neas at [email protected] or call 609-499-3080 for a catalog    Orders can be placed online at www.gertrudehawk.com, using the group identification number 706158.…

  • REGISTER SPOTLIGHT: PHOTOS: Week of March 7

    REGISTER SPOTLIGHT: PHOTOS: Week of March 7

    March 2, Westampton Township emergency services HAZ MAT response team members work through a decontamination process while investigating a hazardous leak from a FedEx tractor-trailer at the Petro Truck Stop on Rising Sun Road, Bordentown Township. The crew is part of the Burlington County HAMMER-15 team. (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • REGISTER SPOTLIGHT: PHOTOS: Week of March 7

    REGISTER SPOTLIGHT: PHOTOS: Week of March 7

    Senator Samuel Thompson reads to youngsters at Chesterfield Elementary School March 1 during Read Across America week. Guest readers, including Sen. Thompson; Assemblyman Ronald Dancer; NJEA VP Wendell Steinhauer; Aimee Belgard, Burlington County freeholder; Jean E. Stanfield, Burlington County sheriff; and Michael Hlubik, Chesterfield Township committeeman, visited the school and read to kindergarteners. (Courtesy photo)

  • REGISTER SPOTLIGHT: PHOTOS: Week of March 7

    REGISTER SPOTLIGHT: PHOTOS: Week of March 7

    Author Lisa Funari-Willever smiles with first-graders Olivia Muchowski and Chase Muchowski. Ms. Funari-Willever kicked-off Roebling Elementary School’s annual Read Across America celebration on Friday with assemblies for the entire school. She is working on her 20th book. Ms. Funari-Willever started writing during the third grade and travels all over the world giving lectures. She was…

  • LAWRENCE: Middle school selected as School of Character

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Lawrence Middle School has joined the list of Lawrence Township public schools that have been named as New Jersey Schools of Character — the first step toward being considered for the honor of being named as a National School of Character by the Character Education Partnership.    Designation as a…