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  • Business group trims up downtown

       Manville will be decorated with banners and flags celebrating the holidays, with the Manville Business and Professional Association paying the cost of about $6,000. By:Eric Schwarz    The decorations will be placed on borough’s 96 lampposts in the business district temporarily to replace the seasonal banners, which for the fall have featured a cornucopia, leaves and…

  • A great time to reflect on conservation foundation’s success

       This year, New Jersey Conservation Foundation celebrated 40 years of land-saving activities in New Jersey, resulting in hundreds of thousands of preserved acres. It’s a great time to reflect with appreciation on the countless donations of time, energy and money that have contributed to this success, and the success of NJCF. It’s also a chance…

  • Four vie for two Board of Education seats

       The Board of Education will hold a special meeting Monday to interview four candidates to fill two seats. By:Laura Toto    The candidates are Neil Hudes, an administrator at Hunterdon Medical Center; Joanne Labish Taylor, a director of registration and resource development at The Childcare Connection; Michael Lewis, a math and computer science teacher at Middlesex…

  • POLICE BEAT 11/09

    From the Nov. 9 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN CITY    Police said four men were arrested at 3:50 a.m. on Nov. 1 after they were found hiding in bushes within the Episcopal Church cemetery on Prince Street.    All four subjects were charged with defiant trespassing, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and possession of…

  • ‘Get Happy’ recalls Garland’s trials, triumphs

    BOOK BEAT by Marge Dwyer    Its hard to imagine another biography of the legendary Judy Garland with anything new to say, but Gerald Clarke, author of "Capote," seems to have unearthed a fair amount of information not known to the general public.    In research which took 10 years he traveled thousands of miles across two…

  • Township food bank preparing baskets

    Donations given out from Nov. 20 to 22 By: Amanda Bok    Each year, Thanksgiving has a little extra warmth for some South Brunswick families. This year will be no different.    That’s because the South Brunswick Food Bank will donate food to various area families in need between Nov. 20 and 22, said LouAnn Wolf, township…

  • Lawrence girls eye sectional title

    Cardinals play Thursday at MiddletownFor the first time in history, the Lawrence High School girls soccer squad advanced to the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III championship with a thrilling 3-2 triumph over Watchung Hills in the CJ III semifinals at home on Tuesday. By: Mike Molaro    The victory propelled the Cardinals into this afternoon’s sectional…

  • Florence resident files suit, claims officers’ actions damaged reputation

           FLORENCE – In a suit filed in state Superior Court last week, a Florence Township resident claimed his reputation was damaged as a result of the actions of Burlington Township police officers who arrested him last year. By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – In a suit filed in state Superior Court last week, a…

  • Manville High School Homecoming election Wednesday

    NOTES FROM THE SCHOOLS Manville High School    Homecoming is very soon. The assembly will be held Monday during first, with voting Wednesday.    Nominees for homecoming queen are Danielle Spinola, Jess Noll, Peggie Plummer, Katie Redfield, Tina Corcoran, Jen Kulkaski, Katie Bovino, Jenna Volpi, Janet Fedora and Kim Cappola.    Nominees for homecoming king are Rich Maychrich,…