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  • Budgets adopted in most towns

    By: Cara Latham    Most local municipalities have given final approval of their 2007 municipal budgets. The Register-News previously reported the adoption of the municipal budgets in Chesterfield, Fieldsboro, New Hanover and North Hanover.    Here is a roundup of the rest of the area municipal budgets. Bordentown Township    In Bordentown Township, the Township Committee introduced its…

  • Hoops group pays for school gym use

    One-year deal entitles the association to 1,000 hours of gym use By John Tredrea    Under a one-year agreement it reached with the school board months ago, the Hopewell Valley Basketball Association gave the board $15,000 on June 25 for use of school gymnasiums, school district spokeswoman JoAnn Meyer said.    Another $15,000 is due Dec. 31.…

  • Police charge five in alleged truck stop con

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP—Five men from Kentucky and Ohio were charged with promoting gambling at truck stops in Bordentown Township on June 28 in what police say was a con game that netted money and jewelry from unsuspecting truckers.    Police said the five men — three from Kentucky and two from Ohio — had…

  • Washington softball 12’s advance to Final Four

    Ailey stars in crucial 4-1 win By: Kyle Moylan    The Washington 12-year-old softball team came into District 12 pool play with a goal of making the Final Four and then seeing what it could do from there.    Following an 8-3 loss to Millstone/East Windsor on Saturday night, however, that goal was anything from automatic.    "We…

  • Soupe Du Jour dispute is going to court

    Patty Phillips: ‘I want to stay here and keep working and have the building in decent repair.’ By John Tredrea    A long-simmering tenant-landlord disagreement is going to court.    Patty Phillips, operator of the Soupe Du Jour eatery for 27 years, has responded to an eviction notice from her landlord, Alec Gallup, by suing him for…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    From the July 5 edition The Zone    Friday, July 6 — Enter into The Zone on the first Friday of each month. Come hang out for a coffee house atmosphere at 7:03 p.m.—yes, that’s seven-0-three. There will be an upbeat tempo with great music and thematic art expressions. BYO … instrument, voice, thoughts and friends…

  • Planning Board OKs redevelopment plans

    Hillsborough hopes to get state money to help clean up the General Services Administration’s Belle Mead Depot on Mountainview Road and the Sunnymeade Road landfill. By: Audrey Levine    Hoping to gain state money to pay for cleaning up the General Services Administration’s Belle Mead Depot on Mountainview Road and the Sunnymeade Road landfill, the Planning…

  • EDITORIAL: Gift to library a fitting tribute to local artist

    George Segal sculpture to find home in South Brunswick Public Library.    World-renowned artist George Segal called South Brunswick his home for 60 years.    So it is only fitting that one of his sculptures will soon find a permanent home at the South Brunswick Public Library.    The George and Helen Segal Foundation, which oversees the artists’…

  • DISPATCHES: It’s about star power

    Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game is the fans’ game. By: Hank Kalet    Miguel Cabrera probably deserved to start Major League Baseball’s All-Star game on Tuesday.    As of Monday night, the Florida Marlins’ cleanup hitter led all National League third-basemen in all of the major offensive categories.    But he’ll have to settle for coming in off…