Category: archives

  • Longtime resident thanks community

    Jo-Anne M. Wilson of Roebling To the editor:    I am writing to you as I wish to take this opportunity to thank everyone associated with our Little City with a Lot of Charm: all our citizens from our local government agencies, the members of our religious community, our local merchants, and all the wonderful people…

  • LAWRENCE: LIS fifth-graders front effort to restore playground bars

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Olivia Wagner, Kara Fruscione and their schoolmates at Lawrence Intermediate School liked to play on the bar set near the woods during recess.     So imagine their surprise and dismay when the children found the bars, which were in poor condition, had been taken down by Lawrence Township’s Department of…

  • POLICE BEAT

    Robbinsville    Omar Hatab, 23, of Hamilton, was charged Dec. 18 with possession of fewer than 50 grams of marijuana. Police said they stopped Mr. Hatab at 2:55 a.m. on Route 33 near Route 526 for having a loud muffler. Police said he admitted to smoking marijuana and officers found a gram of marijuana in a…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Mindfulness can help break the cycle of emotional eating

    Mindful eating … is knowing why you’re eating the foods you’re eating and focusing on how you’re eating. By Kelly Sweeney, M.S,, LPC Princeton HealthCare System     We’ve all done it — reached for an extra cookie or two at the neighborhood holiday party to fill an awkward gap in conversation.     Or grabbed a…

  • Russell Bentz Jr.

        MEDINA, OHIO — Russell Bentz Jr., 50, of Medina, Ohio, died Dec. 16.     Born in Trenton, Mr. Bentz was the youngest child of Russell and Jean Bentz Sr. of Bordentown. He was employed by Norlake Manufacturing in Elyria, Ohio as an electrical engineer.     He is survived by his wife Karen; his children,…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Township nixes rezoning of Route 537

    Committee heeds landowner protests By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The township stretch of highway development zoning along Route 537 eyed for less intense uses will remain as it is — at least for now.    After listening to impassioned pleas from property owners Dec. 18, the Township Committee unanimously rejected an ordinance that…

  • EDITORIAL: Help to stock shelves of our food banks

       The holiday season is a time of giving — which is why charities like the shelves at local food banks and food pantries tend to fill up around the holidays.    This year, however, many of those shelves are not as stocked.    And things only promise to get worse as we move into the new year.…

  • TRENTON: COAH filing deadline extension denied

    Decision means municipalities must file revised third-round plans by Dec. 31 or face “builders’ remedy” lawsuits    ”We have just received word from Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Joseph Doria that our request for an emergency meeting of the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to consider an extension of the Dec. 31 filing deadline has been…

  • NORTHERN BURLINGTON: Municipal changes and tight budgets dominated early 2008

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Early in 2008, municipal reorganization and a special election in New Hanover dominated the headlines, while in the spring towns began to plan budgets and school districts saw a number of plans defeated by voters. Following is a brief retrospective of some of the stories on the Register-News front page…