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  • Florence superintendent resigns

    Brattstrom submitted resignation at Aug. 3 board meeting By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – An interim superintendent to replace Ernest Brattstrom will be appointed at a meeting of the Board of Education tonight.    Mr. Brattstrom submitted his resignation at a board meeting held on Aug. 3.    He will be on sabbatical until the resignation takes…

  • Survey seeks ideas for new senior center

    By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – The dream of a new senior center for East Windsor and Hightstown took two more steps forward this week, as the Township Council approved applications for additional grants which would add more than half a million dollars to the project’s funding.    And a survey available this week seeks…

  • Summer rains prevent repeat of 1999 drought

    Despite recent heavy rains, crop conditions are generally much improved this summer over last year’s drought-plagued harvest. By:Sara Peters    Despite recent heavy rains, crop conditions are generally much improved this summer over last year’s drought-plagued harvest, local growers said.    Last summer’s drought early in the growing season was so damaging to crops that Gov. Christie…

  • State DEP cites 3M for stream pollution

    Firm also asked to monitor air quality By:Jeff Milgram    MONTGOMERY — The state Department of Environmental Protection has cited the 3M plant in Belle Mead for an unpermitted discharge of nontoxic stone dust into township waterways, plant manager George F. Amo told the township Board of Health on Wednesday night.    If that wasn’t enough bad…

  • Antique Doll and Toy Show to feature appraisals, memories

    Carslake Center the scene of the fun By:Vanessa S. Holt        BORDENTOWN CITY – Forgotten toys in an attic trunk and sleeping dolls languishing in a cedar chest might serve as reminders of the joy of childhood, but as many grown-ups are discovering, their memories could be worth more than just a nostalgic smile.    Michael…

  • Planning Board should reverse Krame approval

    To the editor:    As concerned Hillsborough residents, we must speak out against the proposed 400,000-square-foot Hillsborough Promenade development plan, recently approved by the Planning Board.    For the last few years, Democratic candidates for Township Committee have stridently campaigned on an anti-development, traffic-alleviation platform.    So we find it disappointing that our Democratic Mayor Tricarico, while a…

  • Jews find hope in Lieberman VP nomination

    Many see nomination as proof of American dream By: Michael Arges        Local Jewish Rabbis and laypersons hailed the pending nomination of Joseph Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew and U.S. senator from Connecticut, as the Democratic Party candidate for vice president as a momentous breakthrough for the Jewish community.    Sen. Lieberman is expected to win the…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 8/10

    From the Aug. 10 edition of the Register-News By:Vanessa S. Holt 100 years ago    Joseph B. Collins, postmaster at Wrightstown, who was arrested on Friday last by Deputy United States Marshal Garrison, on a charge of embezzling post office funds, was given a hearing Monday before United States Commissioner Morgan, and held in $500 bail.…

  • Couple volunteer at Republican bash

    Wheelock duo have exciting time By:Vanessa S. Holt        The balloons have all been popped, and the confetti all swept up, but memories of the Republican National Convention held in Philadelphia are still fresh in the minds of a Bordentown Township couple who were among the thousands of volunteers putting in long hours last week.…