Category: archives
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Roosevelt gets favorable water tower report
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer ROOSEVELT The inspection of the borough’s seven-decade-old water tower is completed and at least one borough councilman is relieved he won’t be looking at a more than $1 million bill. Borough officials were concerned that if the water tower needed to be replaced, it could cost $1.3 million. Even…
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Data threat reported by Princeton U. scientist and colleagues
Edward W. Felten, a Princeton computer scientist, and eight colleagues have announced that they have discovered a serious vulnerability in the standard memory chips of computers, which leave data subject to attack and theft even after systems are powered down. They posted their findings Thursday at www.freedom-to-tinker.com, including links to the research paper, an explanatory…
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Volunteers needed for state park cleanup
Volunteers are needed to help clean up Rancocas State Park in Hainesport Saturday, March 15 from 9 a.m. to noon. The NJ AmeriCorps Watershed Program has partnered with the Burlington County Freeholders, Pinelands Preservation Alliance and Rancocas Conservancy to sponsor this spring cleanup. Individuals, families, students and groups are invited to help restore the…
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Public schools closed due to weather
Public schools in the Register-News coverage area were closed Friday due to inclement weather, according to district Web sites and recorded messages at district offices in Bordentown Regional, Chesterfield, Florence, Mansfield, North Hanover, Northern Burlington Regional, New Hanover and Springfield.
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Career, academic workshop set Saturday at Princeton High School
The Mercer County-based Latino Reform Youth Council will be conducting an academic and career workshop at the Princeton High School cafeteria from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Local colleges, industry leaders as well as law enforcement officials will be present. The event is free, includes a free lunch, and is open to everyone, regardless…
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Main Street gets a dose of ‘reality’
Hannah & Mason’s to be featured on ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ By Cait Callahan, Special Writer CRANBURY — Production assistants for Fox reality show, “Kitchen Nightmares,” told Cranbury residents to ignore the cameras blocking Main Street on Saturday during the show’s taping of a mock farmers market. ”Kitchen Nightmares,” featuring celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay, came to Cranbury…
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Township teen died of accidental alcohol overdose
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR — A toxicology report has determined that 16-year-old Thomas Carroll died of an accidental alcohol overdose, according to the Mercer County prosecutor’s office. At the time of his death, his blood alcohol level was .37, spokeswoman Casey DeBlasio said this week. That is more than four times the…
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Cranbury needs board candidates
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — All three school board members up for re-election are stepping down and with time running out, the board has yet to receive a single application as of Thursday, for its April elections. ”I’m told not to worry because at the very last day people will be dropping them…
