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  • Interfaith service promises a special insightinto the messages of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Dr. Deborah Wolfe will speak on ‘King’s Civil Rights Legacy’ By:Michael Arges        HIGHTSTOWN — This year’s Martin Luther King Community Interfaith Service will feature a message by the Rev. Deborah Wolfe, who not only knew Dr. King and his family, but was a civil rights pioneer in her own right as a teacher, professor,…

  • PU hosting Cornell, Columbia to open Ivy play

    Tiger men happy to be at Jadwin after 16-day layoff By: Justin Feil    John Thompson continues to reiterate that Princeton’s non-conference schedule was put together with a different men’s basketball team in mind.    Well, the first-year head coach and the Tigers are in luck because the Ivy League schedule was put together with this year’s…

  • Borough still searching for new administrator

    Interviews expected to begin soon By:Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN — The borough will soon begin interviewing candidates for the position of borough administrator, after the expiration of former Borough Administrator John Kennedy’s contract on Dec. 31.    Mr. Kennedy’s contract was not renewed by the Borough Council, leaving the position vacant.    "He’s pursuing other opportunities," Mayor…

  • Volunteers sought for celebration committee

    By: Brian Shappell CRANBURY —    With the finishing touches being put on to the Old School, Township Committeeman Tom Gambino wants to get a dedication committee together to plan a celebration to mark the building’s renovation.    The Township Committee charged Mr. Gambino with establishing a group that will plan the gala, tentatively slated to take…

  • NBC wrestlers take down BRHS in local showdown

           The Northern Burlington County Regional High School wrestling team’s 33-24 win at Delran on Jan. 3 was the Greyhounds first victory over the Bears in 20 years. By:Sean Moylan        The Northern Burlington County Regional High School wrestling team’s 33-24 win at Delran on Jan. 3 was the Greyhounds first victory over the Bears…

  • Once-hesitant politican now savors role

    Top goal for Borough Council President Trotman is solution to parking woes. By: Jennifer Potash    In some ways, new Princeton Borough Council President Mildred Trotman is a reluctant politician.    "I just never saw myself as a politician, going door-to-door shaking hands," she said.    A native of North Carolina, Mrs. Trotman started out as a teacher…

  • Florence Fairchild

       Florence L. Coombs Fairchild, 91, of Jamesburg and formerly of the Sheatown section of Newport, Pa., died Saturday at the Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Nanticoke, Pa., she attended Nanticoke public schools.    Prior to getting married, she was employed by the former Carter Bache Grocery Store, Nanticoke, as a solicitor for four years.    She…

  • POLICE BEAT 01/11

    From the Jan. 11 edition of the Register-News By: FLORENCE    Police received a call from the Sunny Health Club on Route 130 north at 8:12 p.m. Jan. 3 stating that employees and a patron had been robbed at gunpoint by a man who fled from the area.    The victims described the robber as a black…

  • Margaret Drake

    By:Staff    EAST WINDSOR — Margaret "Marge" Drake, 63, died Jan. 5 at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Jersey City, she lived in East Windsor for 26 years.    Mrs. Drake had worked for Demag Delaval Turbomachinery Co. and was a real estate agent with Weidel Realtors.    She was a member of St. Anthony of…