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  • Landmark Hopewell eatery transformed by new owners

    Hopewell Inn now Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn By:Janet Purcell    A Hopewell landmark has been given another lease on life and townspeople as well as visitors are picking up on the energy.    The Bistro, formerly on South Main Street in Pennington, is now Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn on East Broad Street in Hopewell.    Owned…

  • Jessica loses cancer battle

           FIELDSBORO – Four-year-old Jessica Leonhauser, who received an outpouring of support from area residents since she was diagnosed with leukemia this summer, died this week. By:Vanessa S. Holt        FIELDSBORO – Four-year-old Jessica Leonhauser, who received an outpouring of support from area residents since she was diagnosed with leukemia this summer, died this week.…

  • District ends class ranking

    Study: College admission chances improve without rank By: Amanda Bok    The school board voted unanimously Monday to eliminate class rank.    The decision came in response to a two-year study on the benefits and detriments of rank, which the board heard last week.    The study showed that a student’s chances for college admission increased when class…

  • Molding young minds

    CLASS ACT By: Amanda Bok Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories designed to highlight the achievements of South Brunswick’s teachers.    Parents say she is patient, creative and gentle. School officials call her teaching effective and exceptional. And her students say it best without words at all – by simply beaming.…

  • OBITUARIES 11/23

    From the Nov. 23 edition of the Register-News By: Joseph P. Muscatello    BORDENTOWN CITY – Joseph P. Muscatello Jr., 59, died Nov. 11 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at New Brunswick.    He was born in Red Bank and was employed as a glass worker with the Atlantic Glasser in Matawan.    Son of the…

  • Paul P. Schibel

    Services Saturday    Paul P. Schibel, 68, of Lawrenceville, died Nov. 10 at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre.    Born in Lambertville, he was a farmer and member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Elkland. He enjoyed gardening.    Son of the late John P. and Theresa Wallencheck Schibel, he is survived by his wife, Edith Schibel; four sons,…

  • Township to purchase GIS

    By:John Tredrea    A geographic information system (GIS) – which township engineer Paul Pogorzelski says will provide a central database containing extensive, easily accessed information on soils, vegetation, bedrock, groundwater, lot sizes and zoning in the 58-square-mile township – will be bought by Hopewell Township.    The purchase of the $120,000 system, which will include computer server…

  • Mangus led high-powered offense for C. J. champions

           There’s no doubt that the 2000 Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity field hockey team was a high-scoring powerhouse led by a front line of Lauren Mangus, Shelly Nesbitt, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Monica Carlani and Michelle Carlani. By:Sean Moylan        There’s no doubt that the 2000 Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity field…

  • Environmental panel to seek watershed input

    Federal commission will hold Dec. 6 public meeting By: Matthew Armstrong    A federal environmental commission is coming to the township to discuss how to preserve the Millstone River Watershed and prevent flood damage.    The Millstone River Watershed is a stretch of 184,320 acres of wetlands covering six counties and 26 municipalities in central New Jersey,…