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  • Committee examines nursery school plan

    Marvin and Lini VanHise want to expand their operation by building a new facility on Federal City Road.A nursery school/day-care center, proposed for a 2-acre lot on Federal City Road near Denow Road, was given the once-over by the Planning Board Screening Committee last week. By: Lea Kahn    Marvin and Lini VanHise, who own and…

  • ‘Okra and musk mallow pods lend exotic touch to arrangements’

    SPRINGHOUSE FARM JOURNAL By:Heather Lovett    A few years ago I was wandering around the big greenhouses at Diefenbach’s dried flower farm in Robbinsville when I came upon hanging bunches of dried okra, something I’d never seen before. I’m always on the lookout for interesting seedpods for winter arrangements, and these were so striking they really…

  • Edition of Dec. 21, 2000

    Fannie Givens    Fannie Givens, 90, of Hopewell Township died Sunday at the Marion Community Hospital, Carbondale, Pa.    Born in Jarrett, Va., she provided 65 years of service to five generations of the Ober family.    She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N.Y.    Daughter of the late Aurelius and Mary Betty Givens and…

  • Fighting against disease of substance abuse

    KIDS AND COMMUNITY By: Judy Shepps Battle    Sometimes writing this column is a joy; sometimes it’s really hard. This time falls in the latter category.    Jockey Chris Antley is dead at age 34.    Chris won 3,480 races, including twice winning the Kentucky Derby. His horses earned $92 million in purses. He was a brilliant stock…

  • Sewer ordinance passes

           CHESTERFIELD – The Township Committee voted unanimously to adopt a sewer ordinance last Thursday, setting forth user charges and connection fees for the sewer system that will serve a new village center and parts of Crosswicks. By:Vanessa S. Holt        CHESTERFIELD – The Township Committee voted unanimously to adopt a sewer ordinance last Thursday,…

  • SBHS keeps goals simple

    Girls basketball By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Starting out with a roster that is more than 50 percent underclassmen is not fun for any high school varsity team. But when that team is a girls’ basketball squad that plays in the Greater Middlesex Conference’s Red Division, prospects can be pretty dim.    That’s the position South Brunswick…

  • Gulick: Support already there to fight charter schools

       The Hillsborough School District will continue to fight charter schools, but it will not be joining a coalition of area school districts to do so. By:Laura Toto    Superintendent Robert Gulick told the Board of Education Monday he does not want the board to join a Highland Park-initiated coalition against charter schools.    Superintendent Robert Gulick and…

  • Council terms come to premature ending

           SPRINGFIELD – At the last meeting of the current Township Council on Dec. 13, council members said their goodbyes and expressed their hopes for the future. By:Vanessa S. Holt        SPRINGFIELD – At the last meeting of the current Township Council on Dec. 13, council members said their goodbyes and expressed their hopes for…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 12/21

    From the Dec. 21 edition of the Register-News By: Volunteer awards    Girls ages 14-17 are invited to participate in the Soroptimist International Rancocas Valley Chapter’s Violet Richardson volunteer awards program. The award recognizes young women who are caring, compassionate, creative and committed to making the world a better place. Recipients can earn a $100 local…