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  • Resident supports longtime city employee

    Debbie Branson of Bordentown City To the editor: The letter from Jackie Reed and Patti DeSantis in the Sept. 13 edition of the Register-News got me thinking about Bob Erickson, and what I believe he’s done for this city and its residents. As I read the article “Disciplinary hearing set to resume Oct. 9” in…

  • Michael Palazey Rosina

       BORDENTOWN – Michael Palazey Rosina, 29, died at home Sept. 23.    Born in Trenton and a lifelong resident of Bordentown, he was a 1996 graduate of The Peddie School in Hightstown and attended Elizabethtown College.    Passionate about the arts, Mr. Rosina enjoyed playing his guitar, drawing and painting. He was an avid reader, a gifted…

  • Eggerts Crossing Village employee asks for residents to donate computers

    Audrey Barton the Financial Administrator and Learning Coach for Every Child Valued, Eggerts Crossing Village To supplement after school projects for the children of Eggerts Crossing Village, which have helped them succeed wonderfully in their school activities, a group of Lawrence Township resident volunteers have banded together to both design and implement a computer project…

  • Libertarian qualifies for ‘clean elections’

    Jason Scheurer will get $23,000 in public funds by Paul Koepp, Staff Writer    The latest legislative candidate to enter the ring in the 14th District thinks the rules of the state’s clean elections pilot program make for an unfair fight.    Jason Scheurer, a member of the Libertarian Party, got in just under the wire by…

  • Committee to monitor Town Center progress

    Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    WASHINGTON — Township Council unanimously passed the resolution aiming to expedite the completion of Town Center last week, but members decided a committee would also help the process.    At the Sept. 27 council meeting, Township Administrator Mary Caffrey reported that Tom Troy, senior vice president of Sharbell Development Corp., offered to…

  • Town hall might be canvas for historical mural

    By Audrey Levine    Following reports of plans to aesthetically improve the entrance of the municipal building on South Branch Road, one township resident has decided to offer his artistic services to the project to add a bit of history to the décor.    Paul Ritz, a 27-year Hillsborough resident and marketing professional, presented to the Township…

  • Plumsted looks to save historic buildings

    Cara Latham, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The Planning and Land Use Board recently adopted a new element to the Master Plan aimed at helping property owners keep the historic integrity of the structures they own.    The board adopted the first historic preservation element, which establishes an inventory of about 175 historic sites in town, on…

  • Students sentenced in hazing death

    Getting counseling, community service By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Two Rider University students charged earlier this year with aggravated hazing in the death of freshman Gary DeVercelly Jr. were sentenced to three years probation after being accepted into the Pre-Trial Intervention program Monday.    Mr. DeVercelly, of Long Beach, Calif., was 18 when he died of…

  • Mary Moschak

       NAZARETH, Pa. — Mary Moschak died Sept. 28 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem. She was 84.    She was born in Tobyhanna and was a resident of Manville for 60 years before moving to Nazareth six years ago.    Mrs. Moschak worked as a cashier for the Shop-Rite Corp. in both Manville and Somerville for 20…