Category: archives

  • ‘Reckless release’ of asbestos charged

    The school district’s former business administrator allegedly allowed asbestos tiles to be removed at the Roosevelt School without proper precautions. By: Eric Schwarz    The district’s former business administrator is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges that he allowed asbestos to be released into the air during renovations at Roosevelt School in 1998.    James Ronald…

  • Students embrace learning about dinosaurs

    Upper Freehold Elementary/Middle School second-graders display knowledge. By: Frank C. D’Amico    UPPER FREEHOLD — Inside an Upper Freehold Elementary/Middle School classroom, paper cutouts of tyrannosaur, triceratops and brachiosaurus hung on clotheslines.    Two dozen dino books lined a bookshelf.    Outside the classroom, drawings of diplodocus, procompsognathus (compies), utahraptor and stegosaurus were tacked to a bulletin board.…

  • Girls basketball squad stops skid

    Iannatto, Harchetts help lift Allentown High to 51-49 victory over McCorristin. By: Kyle Moylan    There was a point in the season when the Allentown High School girls’ basketball team was 2-3 and one had to wonder whether or not it would make the state tournament.    This time was followed by injuries, bad luck and some…

  • Historically Speaking

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at Allentown-Upper Freehold during the time of the American Revolution. By: Related stories: • Historically Speaking (Feb. 1, 2001) Information provided by Allentown resident Ann Garrison, Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society President John Fabiano and society member Alice Wikoff from their draft abstract, "Allen’s Town, New Jersey: A Crossroads of the American…

  • Size of school could increase

           MANSFIELD — Thanks to state aid, the township’s school district will be able to build a larger elementary school for fewer tax dollars, if voters approve an April referendum to fund the expansion of the original project. By:Jeff Mikalaitis        MANSFIELD — Thanks to state aid, the township’s school district will be able to…

  • Animal shelter warrants municipal involvement

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Your editorial implies that only a few local rescue group leaders attended the Township Committee meeting to voice their support for a township animal shelter.    In truth, more than a dozen concerned citizens attended the meeting, including rescuers, a respected local veterinarian, individuals who worry about animal overpopulation,…

  • The resurrection of a local landmark

    The Lawrence HIstorical Society held its annual meeting Sunday.    When architect Michael Mills looked at the township-owned Brearley House for the first time in 1984, the 18th-century farmhouse was in a state of disrepair. By: Lea Kahn    Lawrence Township had acquired the brick farmhouse in 1978. The Princeton architectural firm of Short and Ford, for…

  • POLICE BEAT 02/08

    From the Feb. 8 edition of the Register-News By: FLORENCE    Police charged a local woman with driving under the influence after a motor vehicle accident at Cedar Lane and Oliver Street at 11:34 p.m. on Jan. 31.    A 1989 Honda Civic driven by Kimberly Baldorossi of Florence struck a 1982 Chevrolet station wagon driven by…

  • Village School

       These report card files are from the New Jersey state Department of Education Web site. In order to view these files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download a free copy here. Introduction • Letter from the governor and the commissioner of education • School narrative • District narrative Report card • Page 1 •…