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  • Musical archaeology

    The Philomel Baroque ensemble will offer several pieces of music and information during a concert performance this weekend in Doylestown. By: Jodi Thompson The Philomel Baroque ensemble.    Bizarre isn’t a word normally associated with classical music. With the Philadelphia-based chamber music ensemble, Philomel Baroque, if bizarre isn’t the best word to describe the group, then…

  • Plan to shift welfare duty meet opposition

       A proposal to send some welfare recipients to the county for services met with strong resistance from the public and with many questions from the Borough Council Monday. By:Eric Schwarz    The council Feb. 12 will continue its discussion of the change, which could save the borough $24,000 in salary costs. Welfare recipients would have to…

  • ‘The Pledge’

    Sean Penn makes an indellible mark as a director with this riveting crime-thriller. Jack Nicholson’s performance as a detective hunting down a killer is phenomenal.   [R] By: Kam Williams Jack Nicholson, left, is a cop looking for a psychotic killer in The Pledge.    Two-time Oscar-nominee Sean Penn (for Dead Man Walking and Sweet and Lowdown) has…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Edition of Jan. 25, 2001 Sopko addresses Babinowich’s questions    The following was written to Dr. Fredrick P. Babinowich of Hopewell Township and concerns questions from SAFE-T that were delivered to the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education on Jan. 16 by Dr. Babinowich.    Dr. Sopko says: "Since many of your questions have appeared in the…

  • Spotty SBHS still hoppeful down the stretch

    Boys basketball By: Redd E. Patrick    The South Brunswick High School boys basketball team took an 8-5 record into its rematch with Edison Thursday night. The Vikings have never won more than three games in a row and have never lost more than two in a row this season.    Those are the simple facts. They…

  • Students take team approach to learning

    Cooperative learning makes its way into Brunswick Acres classrooms By: Sara Peters    The desks are pushed together into groups of four or five. Artwork hangs on the walls, with several names scrawled at the bottom of each work, rather than just the usual one name. The blackboard is etched dustily with messages about working together.…

  • Vikes win one, lose one

    Girls basketball By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The South Brunswick High School girls’ basketball team took a break from Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division competition recently with mixed results. The Lady Vikings beat Gold Division leader Highland Park 51-42 on Saturday at home, but fell 47-45 to the White Division’s Colonia (6-7) in Monday’s road game.…

  • Bordentown student attends president’s inauguration

           BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — It happens once every four years in Washington, D.C., but for a local high school senior, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to attend the inauguration of a president. By:Vanessa S. Holt        BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — It happens once every four years in Washington, D.C., but for a local high school senior,…

  • POLICE BEAT 01/25

    From the Jan. 25 edition of the Register-News By: FLORENCE    Charges are pending against a 16-year-old who took her parents’ sport utility vehicle without permission and was involved in a hit-and-run accident at Route 130 and Florence-Columbus Road, police said.    Police did not release the teen-ager’s name because she is a juvenile.    At 6:40 p.m.…