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  • Township lot sizes debated

           FLORENCE —Township officials and prospective developers clashed over lot sizes for units in a proposed senior housing zone at a joint meeting of the Township Council and Planning Board on Feb. 7. By:Vanessa S. Holt    An ordinance under discussion could permit four senior units per acre in a 200-acre area between Florence-Columbus Road and…

  • Bordentown boys bowl over S.J. Sectional foes

           This past Saturday, at least for a day, the Bordentown Regional High School High School boys’ varsity bowling team was the very best bowling squad in all of New Jersey. By:Sean Moylan    With a staggering final pinfall of 3212, the Scotties not only won NJSIAA South Jersey Sectional Tournament, they also had the highest…

  • Development, schools the issue

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    On Jan. 27, I had the pleasure of visiting the depot with four other Hillsborough residents, and took a tour given by James Farley, depot manager.    Many of us are concerned about the safety of the materials stored at the facility, and I have learned that, while the…

  • Letters to the Editor

    For the week of Feb. 15 By: Planners should reject office facility proposal To the editor:     As you and many of your readers know, the Upper Freehold Township Planning Board is considering an application to build an office/warehouse on the corner of Imlaystown-Hightstown Road and Route 524. In your Feb. 8 edition, you editorialized…

  • Hero officer drags driver from fiery car

    South Brunswick Officer Steven Walrond and East Windsor resident Bill Laudiem pulled James Higginbotham from his car moments before it erupted in flames. By: Matthew Armstrong    A South Brunswick police officer is being called a hero after pulling an injured motorist from a burning vehicle just moments before the car became completely engulfed in flames.…

  • Edition of Feb. 15, 2001

    William Montagna    William Montagna, 83, died Sunday at his home in Forest Hill, Md.    Born in Newark and a longtime resident of New Jersey before moving to Maryland, he had retired as athletic director of Hopewell Valley Central High School after 33 years.    Mr. Montagna was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II with…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 02/15

    From the Feb. 15 edition of the Register-News By: 100 years ago    There is no mistake of the grip having its fangs fastened on this community. A few of the sufferers are Mark Atkinson, manager of the baseball club; Lincoln Horner’s mother, wife and babe; Miss Nellie Kimble, George Whomsley and John Wallace.    Mary Harris…

  • OBITUARIES 02/15

    From the Feb. 15 edition of the Register-News By: John A. Massaro    MANSFIELD — John A. Massaro. 73, died Feb. 6 at Virtua-Memorial Hospital of Burlington Township, Mount Holly.    Born in New York City, he lived in the Homestead section of Columbus.    Mr. Massaro graduated from St. John’s University with a bachelor’s and master’s degrees…

  • Slow the traffic on Georges Road

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    My family and I reside on Georges Road, between Kingston and Deans Lane. Our home was constructed circa 1846 by the Rightmire family in two stages. We purchased this home nine years ago. We thought that we were going to live in a wonderful town, neighborhood, have a…