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  • NORTHERN BURLINGTON: ‘Footloose’ brings back the ’80s

    NORTHERN BURLINGTON: ‘Footloose’ brings back the ’80s

    The Northern Burlington Regional High School cast of "Footloose," the spring musical, rehearses a musical number. The play will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at North Hanover Upper Elementary School. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • CORRECTION: From the April 2 edition

       The tax impact of the Northern Burlington Regional School District’s upcoming referendum would be approximately one-tenth of 1 cent per $100 of assessed home value, which would cost the average homeowner $3.30 per year. The figure quoted in the March 26 edition of the Register-News was incorrect.

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the April 2 edition

    Open House     Thursday, April 2 — St. Mary’s School in Bordentown is having an Open House from 9 to 10 a.m. and again from 6 to 8 p.m. Teachers, students and parents will be on hand for tours and to answer questions. If this date is not convenient for you, please call our school…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township briefs

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Bonds acceptable for building fees    The Township Committee unanimously approved an ordinance March 24 to amend Hillsborough’s code and allow for businesses to post surety bonds for site improvements.    ”The value of this to businesses is lowering the fees,” Mayor Frank DelCore said.    With this ordinance, businesses can pay a…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Petitioners call for chief’s return

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    SPRINGFIELD — In a first for the township, residents have submitted a petition that, if certified, could overturn an ordinance passed by the Township Council.    Filed March 26, the petition seeks to undo an ordinance the Township Council passed March 11 that replaces the position of police chief with a…

  • Substance wanted

    Thomas Csapo of Bordentown To the editor:    To the Candidates,    Let’s go back to out respective high school days when good-looking and popular boys and girls ran for student council. If you remember that, back then, that the whole process was silly and I still think that to be the case. Where am I going…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Former resident makes White House Fellowship short list

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    For years, Shawn Golhar watched friends and colleagues apply for positions as White House Fellows.     “It’s something I’ve always been interested in doing,” Mr. Golhar, who currently lives in California, said. “I’ve always been interested in the interaction between the private and public sector.”    This year, Mr. Golhar’s interviewing…

  • Perfect for Lambertville

    Sara Scully, program producer, ACME Screening Room, Lambertville    Recently, the ACME Screening Room, Lambertville, (www.nickelodeonnights.org) hosted a screening of the documentary film — “Who Does She Think She Is?” — which profiles several women artists and the ways each have found to balance being a mother and a wife and an artist, or in some…

  • LAWRENCE: Protesters ready for Mike Huckabee

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s invitation to speak at Rider University has drawn fire from a group of Rider faculty members and students, who had planned to protest the event on the steps of the Bart Luedeke Center on campus as The Ledger went to press Wednesday.    Gov. Huckabee, who…