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  • LAWRENCE: A matter of taste

    Lawrenceville Main Street’s fundraiser unites local food and friends By John Dunphy, Special Writer     The chicken (marsala) has come home to roost.     Coordinators for Lawrenceville Main Street’s annual Taste of Lawrenceville event last year decided its third turn for the nearly 15-year-old group’s main fundraiser would expand beyond the village, both in culinary…

  • Retirement Living

    The grass is greener when living in the Princeton area By Michele Alperin    SELECTING a place to retire can happen well before people actually turn in the keys to their offices. Princeton is of course a retirement mecca, attracting people from far and wide and keeping many who have been enjoying the town’s intellectual, cultural…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Haunted happenings on the horizon

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Haunted happenings on the horizon

    Halloween decorations abound on Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown, including these scarecrows at Shoppe 202. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • College Transfer Day is Oct. 21 at MCCC

    By Saveria Symons WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — Mercer County Community College will host a College Transfer Day on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Physical Education Building on the West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. The event is open to the public. Representatives from the following colleges will be present to provide…

  • Resident appreciates Turnpike explanation

    Barbara L. Blair, Bordentown Township To the editor:    I would like to express my appreciation to Bordentown Township Deputy Mayor, Jim Cann, for his “Guest Opinion” column in the Oct. 8 Register-News. In this column, Mr. Cann addresses township resident concerns over the Turnpike widening program between Exits 6-9.    His explanations are thorough and organized…

  • LAWRENCE: Charge dropped in theft case, cop reinstated

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Patrolman Todd Sparks, 42, of Hamilton, who had been accused of stealing money from the Police Benevolent Association, Local 119, has been reinstated following the dismissal of a charge of theft.     Patrolman Sparks, who had been suspended without pay since he was charged with theft in October 2008,…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Haunted happenings on the horizon

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Haunted happenings on the horizon

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    As the leaves change color and the nights grow longer, local residents can look forward to a number of Halloween activities this month.    Those curious about ghostly legends can meet South Jersey Ghost Research investigators today, Thursday, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Bordentown branch of the Burlington County…

  • MANSFIELD: Community gathers to support young patient

    MANSFIELD: Community gathers to support young patient

    Danny DiMaio, 2, is fighting cancer. A fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 17 will help his family with the costs of a new treatment.

  • LAWRENCE: Candidates describe goals for the township

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer With less than three weeks remaining until the Nov. 3 general election, the four candidates for two Township Council seats recounted what they hope to achieve and why voters should pull the lever for them in the voting booth.     The four-year terms of incumbent Councilmen Rick Miller and Greg…