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  • Alejandro "Alex" Diaz, 32

    By:    TRENTON – Alejandro "Alex" Diaz, 32, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, at St. Francis Medical Center.    Born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, he was a longtime Trenton resident.    Mr. Diaz was a member of the International Society of Poets and was published in several books including, "The Famous Poets Anthology" and "America At the Millennium –…

  • Hightstown Elks award scholarships

    Lawrence resident among those rewarded By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN – Two local students were recently awarded $4,000 through an Elks National Foundation program.    Heather Kulik, a 2000 graduate from Hightstown High School, and Kristina Pentek, a 2000 Peddie School grad and Lawrence Township resident, were both awarded $1,000 a year for four years to attend…

  • Montgomery planners OK 3M warehouse

    Expansion will not lead to more employees By:David Weinstein    MONTGOMERY – The Montgomery Planning Board has approved a preliminary and final site plan application for 3M to expand its warehouse, located at the company’s quarry operation off Route 601.    But conditions were tacked on to the unanimous approval Monday night. For example, perimeter lighting of…

  • Back to school

    Students return to class after summer break By:Eric Schwarz    Manville public schools opened Wednesday with an enrollment of 1,321 students, including many in the high school who wanted to make changes in their schedules.    The high school had the most confused opening of the four schools, with the new principal and outgoing principal declining to…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 9/7

    From the Sept. 7 edition of the Register-News By: 120 years ago    At the last meeting of the Mayor, President of Council and the Police Committee, to lay out the beats of the new police, a bat flew into the council chamber. The ugly thing kept darting about the head of first one man and…

  • District unveils security system

    System should be up and running by the end of the month By:Jeff Mikalaitis        BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – District Superintendent John Polomano said new security systems for the district’s four schools should be up and running by the end of the month.    The security systems, which were approved by the public as part of last…

  • Sharing the hope

    PCDI trains therapists for autism intervention in Poland By:Amy Rhett      Autism is a severe developmental disability that recognizes no social, economic or cultural boundaries. It affects an estimated half million people in the U.S. alone. Black or white, rich or poor, in countries near and far, people with autism face great challenges: delayed language…

  • An opportunity to participate

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    On Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. on the 12th of September, the Lawrence Township Growth and Redevelopment Committee will host its fourth annual Community Forum in the lower conference room of the Lawrence Township Municipal Building located on Route 206 just south of the I-95/295 overpass. I strongly…

  • A new look Florence football team to take field Saturday

    By:Sean Moylan        It has become an almost automatic response to pencil in the Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity football team in as preseason favorites to win the Freedom Division every year.    This year, however, is different.    16 seniors graduated off of last year’s club. Many of them were all-stars. And last week,…