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  • Farmers packing up alpacas for NJ’s first certified show

    By: Jessica Loughery    MANSFIELD — Alpaca farmer Ingrid Wood of Columbus is set to superintend the Alpaca Heritage Budget Caper Halter Show in Ringoes Saturday. The event is the first of its kind in New Jersey to be certified by the national Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association.    Small-scale alpaca farmers from as far as Virginia…

  • Editorial

    School sytems need voters to back budgets By: Scott Morgan    The cynical way of summing up the death of school budgets is this: residents, sick of taxes, get the opportunity to decide whether to pass a major expenditure or flush it down the drain. It is the great lie of the election process, the illusion…

  • Fundraising continues for survivors of fire

    An April 19 event will feature four cover bands, a DJ, prize raffles and food. By: Purvi Desai    Two Manville friends are hosting a concert fundraiser next week at a local nightclub to help the survivors of a devastating multifamily house fire on South Fifth Avenue that also killed a mother and her two young…

  • Community Calendar

    MOMS Club meeting    Thursday, April 12 — A MOMS Club meeting will be held at 9 a.m. Meet with other stay-at-home or part-time working moms in the community. The meeting is open to residents of Roebling, Florence, Bordentown, Fieldsboro and Mansfield. Refreshments are served and children are always welcome.    For more information, please call (609)…

  • Wal-Mart proposal returns to Planning Board Monday

    The public hearing on a controversial application to build a Wal-Mart store at 1060-1100 Spruce St. will continue Monday night before the Planning Board. By: Lea Kahn    The public hearing on a controversial application to build a Wal-Mart store at 1060-1100 Spruce St., on the site of two former car dealerships, will continue Monday night…

  • Merrill Lynch is setting for April 28 social

    Hosted by Hopewell Valley Central High School students, Swing Into Spring will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Atrium of the Merrill Lynch campus By John Tredrea    A special evening designed to bring Valley senior citizens and young people together has been set for April 28.    Hosted by Hopewell Valley Central High…

  • Bullying expert to visit Valley May 1

    Rachel Simmons has rescheduled her visit to Hopewell Valley    Author and bullying expert Rachel Simmons has rescheduled her visit to Hopewell Valley for May 1 and 2.    Ms. Simmons, author of "Odd Girl Out," a look at adolescent female aggression, had originally planned to spend two days speaking with parents, staff and students in late…

  • Candidate Profiles

    Board hopefuls present positions By: Vanessa Holt    Following are candidate profiles received for candidates in the April 17 school board election that were not received in time for the April 5 edition of the Register-News. Visit www.registernews.com on the Web for up to date information on election night, or as it becomes available, regarding school…

  • Obituaries (04.12.07)

    Stanley Piontek Sr. HAMILTON — Stanley T. Piontek Sr. died April 4 at home. He was 89.    Born in New Haven, Conn., Mr. Piontek lived most of his life in Trenton and Hamilton Township.    He was an U.S. Army veteran who served during World War II with the Hawaiian Coastal Artillery and Headquarters, 1st Air…