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  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 01/18

    From the Jan. 18 edition of the Register-News 100 years ago    Chester Freeland, a nephew of Mrs. J.R. Read, of this city, was killed last Saturday near his home at Halethorpe, Ind., by an express train on the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad. He was watching some workmen, and did not hear the approaching train.    An…

  • Builders’ Brief

    Intimacy and convenience found at Hillsborough Point The Packet Group    Award winning homebuilder Pennington Properties recently broke ground at Hillsborough Point, a new active-adult community in Hillsborough, Somerset County, N.J.    Similar to the builder’s Lawrenceville Point community in Lawrenceville, and its sold-out Pennington Point in Pennington, the new community offers maintenance-free homes in an intimate…

  • Fieldsboro man part of Ebony Magazine’s ‘Leaders of the Future’

           FIELDSBORO — A national magazine has recognized Hightstown pastor and Fieldsboro resident Edward L. Taylor of the New Horizon Baptist Church as one of "30 Leaders of the Future."    This month’s Ebony Magazine feature lists Pastor Taylor in recognition of his three facets of his professional life as a visionary church innovator, preacher and…

  • Making a memorial

    A lifelong artist, Jonathan Shahn created the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, located in Jersey City.    Like magicians who vow never to reveal the secrets of their trade, artists generally don’t go into great detail about the steps they take when creating their work. By: Steve Bates    However, visitors to "The Making of a Monument"…

  • North Jersey transit panel outlines future

    Plan calls for $40 billion investment in transportation projects between now and 2025 By: Matthew Armstrong    A federal transportation authority has released a master plan that details transportation initiatives for northern New Jersey for the next 25 years, including the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter rail line.    The Northern Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, a federally sanctioned planning…

  • OPEN SPACE COUNCIL FACES REVIEW

    Attorney hired by Township CommitteeThe investigation, in part, will examine whether unauthorized statements were made regarding the township’s interest in a piece of open land. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee has hired an attorney to examine the operation of the Millstone Open Space and Farmland Preservation Council.    The investigation, in part,…

  • Kathryn Wolen

       Kathryn Veronica Wolen, 85, died Saturday, Jan. 13, at home.    Born in Allentown she lived in Trenton before moving to Lawrenceville 35 years ago.    She retired as a sales associate with Nevius Voorhees department store. She also worked for S.P. Dunhams and was a photographer for Yards department store, Trenton.    She was a member of…

  • Companies merge forces

    Princeton Mortgage Corporation and Home Capital Network unite The Packet Group    It has been announced that Princeton Mortgage Corporation and Home Capital Network Companies have recently joined forces. Brian Jennings, the president of Home Capital Network Cos., has been named Chief Operating Officer of Princeton Mortgage and will be the managing director of both institutions.…

  • Allspice and bay rum fragrances invoke thoughts of faraway places

    SPRINGHOUSE FARM JOURNAL, Heather Lovett    I’ve been reading about the Spice Islands recently, a mysterious, faraway place where nutmeg and clove-scented breezes once stirred the imaginations of merchant-adventurers out to make a fortune in the spice trade. I’d love to visit the fragrant clove forests of Ambon, or smell nutmeg in bloom on the tiny…