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  • Letters to the editor

    From the May 31 edition Police should target phone-using drivers To the editor:     Just read the article "Motorists warned: Click it or Ticket," on Page 4A of the Register-News, dated May 24, 2007.    Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield and Mansfield Public Safety Director Richard Bendel are to be commended for their sincere efforts to…

  • Raising riches in stitches

    Comedy Night to benefit education foundation By: Rebecca Weltmann    Rebecca WeltmannStaff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — Where laughter is the best medicine, the Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation hopes to have people calling for extra doses at its first Comedy Night on Friday.    The night will help raise funds for the UFREF’s fall grant cycle. Money…

  • FHS softball playing for C.J. I crown

    By: Sean Moylan    If George Chwastyk, the head coach of the Florence High girls’ varsity softball team, were to come up with a brand new saying, it would probably be "the sixth time is the charm."    Because over the last decade his Flashes have done everything possible but win a Group I Sectional title.    "We’ve…

  • Dabas trial begins; Kendall Park man accused of killing wife with van

    By: Paul Koepp    The prosecution began presenting its evidence last week at the opening of the murder trial of a Kendall Park man accused of running down his wife with the couple’s minivan in the South Brunswick Square Mall in 2004.    Meanwhile, lawyers for Samander Dabas, 40, tried to poke holes in the case made…

  • Crime Stoppers offers reward for information on bomb threat

    The investigation continues, but no arrests yet. By: Eileen Oldfield    The police investigation into a May 17 bomb threat at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is ongoing, but no arrests had been made as of Wednesday, according to the Somerset County prosecutor’s office.    The staff informed police about the threat at 11:20 a.m. May 17,…

  • Hoyer ‘The Goalie Destroyer’ takes talents to Wildcats

    By: Sean Moylan    When she played soccer at Northern Burlington High School, Amy Hoyer was known as "The Goalie Destroyer" because of her propensity to score goals almost at will.    Those skills came into play this past Sunday in the USL Women’s League opener played at Mercer County Community Park as Hoyer scored the New…

  • Community Calendar

    From the May 31 edition Art show    Through Thursday, May 31 — The Artful Deposit Gallery, 201 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown City, will feature The Living Legacy, an exhibition by impressionist Joseph Dawley and his daughter, Cynthia A. Dawley.    The gallery is open from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from 1 to 8…

  • Bulldogs earn South Group II title

    GIRLS LACROSSE By: TIm Falls    Claire Grimwood made sure the Hopewell Valley Central High School varsity girls lacrosse team got everything they deserved.    The senior Bulldog scored six goals as Hopewell Valley defeated Camden Catholic to win the NJSIAA South Group II Final, 15-7, on Tuesday.    With the sectional win, Hopewell advanced to play West…

  • Errors doom HHS softballers in states

    Raiders knocked out in first round By: Rudy Brandl        Fielding errors have been costly to the Hillsborough High softball team all season. Last week, a few defensive mistakes doomed the Raiders in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs.    Hillsborough, the No. 11 seed in the sectional bracket, was poised to…