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  • 12th District race will go to a recount

    Courts allow Mercer provisional balllots to be opened    Dick Zimmer, the Republican candidate for the 12th Congressional District, acknowledged Thursday that the final vote will show him behind Democrat Rep. Rush Holt and said he will seek a recount. By: Jennifer Potash    "The margin, as we would guess, would be in the neighborhood of one-tenth…

  • OBITUARIES 11/16

    From the Nov. 16 edition of the Register-News By: George W. Earle Jr.    BORDENTOWN CITY – George W. Earle Jr., 77, died Nov. 9 at the Capital Health System at Mercer, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, he lived in the Bordentown area for the past 42 years.    Mr. Earle retired in 1986 after 20 years as…

  • Schools boost graduation requirements

    South Brunswick falls in-line with new state standards By: Amanda Bok    The state Department of Education has raised the bar for future high school graduation – and South Brunswick is complying.    The South Brunswick graduating class of 2005 will be required to complete 125 high school credits, up five credits from current standards, the school…

  • City mourns loss of friend

           BORDENTOWN CITY – Those who knew him remember him as a freethinker, a feminist, an activist and an artist, but most of all, the late George W. Earle Jr. will be remembered as a friend in the community where he lived for more than 40 years. By:Vanessa S. Holt        BORDENTOWN CITY – Those…

  • DBA plans another magical Christmas

           BORDENTOWN CITY – The sound of horse hooves on the streets of Bordentown means one thing to children: Santa Claus is coming to town. By:Vanessa S. Holt        BORDENTOWN CITY – The sound of horse hooves on the streets of Bordentown means one thing to children: Santa Claus is coming to town.    This year,…

  • Margaret A. "Fox" Griffin-Beechum

       Margaret A. "Fox" Griffin-Beechum, 74, of Lawrenceville died Nov. 4 at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital Trenton.    Born and educated in Trenton, she was manager of the V Bar Lounge and the Tuxedo Club for many years. In 1970 she moved to Boston, where she was manager of the Dudley Square Shoe Store before…

  • Lou Beck, the mason who never needs to advertise

    ON THE JOB IN HOPEWELL VALLEY By:John Tredrea    Editor’s Note: This is the 13th in a series of portraits of people at work.    Asked what attracted him to the trade of masonry, Lou Beck flashed his characteristic smile, which somehow manages to look genial and taciturn at the same time, and replied: "I was just…

  • Protect your garden from Old Man Winter, deer

    THE GARDENER’S HELPER By:Beth Nardone    Preparing the garden for the cold winter months ahead is the important task for November.    Freezing temperatures, drying winds and hungry wildlife are some of the stresses the plants will have to endure. But with some preparation now, these stresses can be reduced.    New and established plantings will benefit from…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Edition of Nov. 16, 2000 Defies credibility To the editor:    "Township withdraws support for Routes 31/518 widening" – clipping, Nov. 9, 2000 edition.    What? "Stop the world. We want to get off."    This kind of action almost defies credibility – but then we remember the "Hopewell Syndrome" – kill the I-95 extension, ex post facto…