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  • LAWRENCE: Joining ‘missing link’ to be studied

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township Council has awarded a $39,999 contract to consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff for a feasibility study to determine if it is possible to join the northern and southern legs of the Johnson Trolley Line — also known as the “missing link.”    The study is being funded by a Transportation and Community…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Stars to shine for Melissa

    ROBBINSVILLE: Stars to shine for Melissa

    By Jane Meggitt, Special Writer    It’s not often that star performers appear in Robbinsville. Two stars will be at Robbinsville High School on Saturday for an event to benefit a young local woman battling bone cancer.    While former “Saturday Night Live” performer Joe Piscopo and Broadway star Ciaran Sheehan are the headliners, the true star…

  • 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. Family Reading Night is an annual event for the school to help encourage family reading and promote the importance of everyday reading. (Courtesy photo)

  • LAWRENCE: Comedian, Rider grad is serious about his craft

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Comedian Tom Papa grew up in a household of storytellers who often imitated the people around them — from the butcher to residents of the neighborhood — for comedic effect.    So it was natural, then, for young Tom to do the same thing — starting in the second grade, when…

  • “Mutts” comic strip creator to be keynote speaker at NJ Animal Welfare Conference
  • ROBBINSVILLE: Sharbell gets right to build family units

    Mayor Fried to challenge enabling state statute    ROBBINSVILLE — Mayor Dave Fried says he will challenge in state Supreme Court a law allowing the Sharbell Building Co. to convert approved age-restricted housing to non-restricted units.    An appellate court ruling Feb. 27 has given Sharbell the right to proceed with construction of as many as 150…

  • Vars Academy to Perform in Delaware

    Vars Academy to Perform in Delaware

    By Gina DeAngelo VARS ACADEMY PERFORMING IN FREE FAMILY EVENT BORDENTOWN, NJ- Local rap group Vars Academy will be performing as part as Heal 2 Toe’s free entry March Madness Festival on March 23 at the Edgemoor Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware.  Vars Academy will be performing beginning at 7 p.m. at this family-friendly event…

  • Johnson Park Elementary School Fifth-Grade Play

    JP Fifth Graders! Contact: Mr. Van Hise Tel. 609-804-4240 Email: [email protected] Johnson Park Elementary School Fifth Grade Play: The Winter’s Tale An exciting new production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in collaboration with the McCarter Theatre residency program will be performed in Princeton by Johnson Park fifth graders on March 8th. The production will be…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Teen athlete lauded at committee meeting

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Teen athlete lauded at committee meeting

    Brandon Hudik, 18, an All American Male Scholar Athlete and senior at Bordentown Regional High School, receives a proclamation from Bordentown Township Committee on March 4. From left are committeemen Karl Feltes and John Moynihan, Brandon, Mayor Jim Cann, Committeeman Steve Benowitz and Deputy Mayor Jill Popko. (Photo by David Kilby)