• REGISTER NEWS: Voters select winners of regional races

    REGISTER NEWS: Voters select winners of regional races

       Election Day was Tuesday. As the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy started to clear, Americans cast their votes for president of the United States — re-electing Barack Obama. The incumbent president defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney.    Tuesday night, unofficial results were released for local races within the Register-News community.    In Bordentown Township, were there were two…

  • MANSFIELD: Funds still needed for municipal complex relocation

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    MANSFIELD — The township plans to introduce another bond ordinance to cover expenses for moving into the new municipal building on Route 206 South early next year.    Since 2005, the Mansfield Township Committee has passed about $8.1 million in bond ordinances to cover the costs of moving into the building,…

  • MANSFIELD: Merit students recognized

       MANSFIELD — Assistant Superintendent Kathy McCormick and Principal Craig Wigley of Northern Burlington County Regional High School have announced that seniors Danielle Caruso and Jasmine Fels have been named “commended” students in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.    Certificates of commendation from the school and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, were…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough handles Superstorm Sandy

    HIGHTSTOWN: Borough handles Superstorm Sandy

    Downtown escaped major power outages By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor     HIGHTSTOWN — Days before Superstorm Sandy made landfall, measures were taken to lower Peddie Lake as Public Works, volunteers and business owners worked to minimize the potential damage it could inflict upon the downtown.    That Saturday, Oct. 27, the megastorm was moving up the East…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township recovers from superstorm

    EAST WINDSOR: Township recovers from superstorm

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor EAST WINDSOR —Superstorm Sandy left many residents in the dark for more than a week. According to Mayor Janice Mironov, at least 90 percent of the township was without power after Hurricane Sandy. While there were a few pockets of East Windsor with power, "most of the town, however, did…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: After Sandy, Borough Hall remains hot topic

    By Christina Whittington, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council met on Monday.    ”We dodged a big bullet,” said Business Administrator Michael Theokas of Superstorm Sandy.    Borough Council members and Mayor Steven Kirson also reflected on the aftermath of the historic storm, which hit on Oct. 29.    The storm was dubbed Frankenstorm as it made…

  • FLORENCE: Teen shatters national record

    FLORENCE: Teen shatters national record

    Lexi Smith (Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: FEMA workers clear public land here

    HILLSBOROUGH: FEMA workers clear public land here

    FEMA-directed workers from Arizona cleared trees on public land in Hillsborough on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday the team of 19 worked in a park in Flagtown. On Friday, they cut up trees in open space next to soccer fields on Amsterdam Drive. Some of the trees had fallen into back yards on Burniston Court.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: FEMA workers clear public land here

    HILLSBOROUGH: FEMA workers clear public land here

    Workers used a bucket line to remove debris and throw it into the woods.

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