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  • Acting superintendent named

    Gerald Steffe to fill position vacated by Ernest Brattstrom By:Jeff Mikalaitis        FLORENCE – The district Board of Education has named Gerald Steffe, the district’s child study team leader, as the acting superintendent.    Former Superintendent Ernest Brattstrom submitted his resignation at the Aug. 3 school board meeting and is on sabbatical.    Board of Education President…

  • Burgess, Lee win CV titles

    Both repeat as club champions By: Bob Nuse    While both Michelle Burgess and Daniel Lee will play in more prestigious tournaments over the course of their golfing year, nothing means more than winning on your home turf.    Burgess and Lee both repeated as club champions at Cherry Valley Country Club with victories last weekend. Burgess…

  • On the front line, fighting for homeless children

    Agency seeks back-to-school clothing, supplies By: David M. Campbell    Back to school means new clothes and school supplies, new backpacks and new sneakers.    For most children, the new school year really begins with the annual trip to the mall, to get properly outfitted for the first day of classes. Because in school, like any place,…

  • Crime rate up in local area

    Local rate up despite overall county decrease By:Jeff Mikalaitis        The crime rate in northern Burlington County as a whole increased in 1999 despite a 7 percent countywide decrease in total crime, according to the annual statewide Uniform Crime Report issued last week by the New Jersey State Police.    Nonviolent crimes, such as burglary, larceny…

  • A special day for gymnastics

    By:Brian Shappell br>   Members of Cranbury Gymnastics Academy will be Olympic bound this week — or, at least, Olympic Trial Bound.    As part of the National Gymnastics Day Celebration and the current Olympic year, some students from the academy will travel to Boston this weekend to see the Women’s Gymnastics Olympic Trials.    According to Art Pelzer,…

  • Farmers split on churches in rural zone

    Local farmers stand divided on whether or not a house of worship should be built in an agricultural zone west of the village. By:Brian Shappell    Local farmers stand divided on whether or not a house of worship should be built in an agricultural zone west of the village.    A partial application to build a 4,080-square-foot…

  • Autumn in New York

    Richard Gere woos Winona Ryder in a tranquil tear-jerker   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    MGM hid the film from the critics, which is usually an ugly omen. Thus, I was pleasantly surprised to have Autumn in New York — a serene, sentimental love story — generate authentic swells of emotion in this hard-bitten, cynical critic.    Long-time matinee…

  • Local studio hosts teen show

    ‘Realfaith TV’ a news program for teens By:Frank C. D’Amico        BORDENTOWN CITY – Ten years ago, Jim Parker opened Riverview Studios because he needed more space for working on local documentaries and commercials.    The 26-year city resident is now involved with a new project.    Mr. Parker has been working with the Diocese of Trenton…

  • OBITUARIES 8/17

    From the Aug. 17 edition of the Register-News By: Andrew H. Tobias    BORDENTOWN – Andrew H. Tobias, 85, died Aug. 10 at the Lutheran Home of Moorestown.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime Bordentown resident.    He was a security guard at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton and retired in 1975 after 43…