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  • ROBBINSVILLE: Stars to shine for Melissa

    ROBBINSVILLE: Stars to shine for Melissa

    Melissa Ferrono, a 2012 graduate of Robbinsville High School is battling cancer. A benefit concert is set for Saturday at the school.  Courtesy photo

  • JustMusic Lessons: West Orange Studio is Open for Registration

    By Hermeline Blanc JustMusic Lessons is open for registration at its newest music studio located at 99 Northfield Ave Ste. 2 in West Orange behind the Remax building. “The West Orange studio provides a unique studio music lesson experience,” said Justice Welp, Owner. “The studio offers three lesson rooms for a personalized, comfortable, and nurturing…

  • SPORTS: Greyhounds race to title game, come up short

    By Mike Mack, Special Writer    MANSFIELD — After sneaking past Jackson Liberty in its first round matchup, the boys basketball team of Northern Burlington County Regional High School has continued its quest for a championship.    Last Thursday, Feb. 28, the Greyhounds took on sixth seeded Ocean Township at home. NBC got off to a decent…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students plead for teacher’s reinstatement

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor   High school students rallied en masse at Monday night’s Hillsborough Board of Education meeting to plead for reinstatement of a social studies teacher who was suspended Thursday. The teacher, whose name was slipped by several students, is Jeffrey Kampf, a tenured teacher noted for his engagement of students in…

  • 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…

  • REGISTER SPOTLIGHT: PHOTOS: Week of March 7

    REGISTER SPOTLIGHT: PHOTOS: Week of March 7

    Roebling Elementary School parents and students came back to school Thursday night to celebrate Read Across America Week and participate in Family Reading Night with teachers. Participants included, from left, Nia Carthan-Fontus, Principal Dan Dooley, Ava Todash, Abigail Anthony and Alexa Varchetto. The girls are second-graders. Family Reading Night is an annual event for the…