• Small bear right at home in Metuchen

    KATHY CHANG, Staff Writer METUCHEN — A black bear, described to be small and approximately 100 to 150 pounds, caused quite a stir in the borough on Monday. Around 7 a.m. police received numerous calls about a bear in a tree at a Maple Avenue residence. Police Officer David Liantonio said as of 4 p.m.,…

  • Barnes elected to lead Middlesex County Dems

    By Kathy Chang Former state Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes Jr. is the new chairman of the Middlesex County Democratic Organization. Some 971 members of the county Democratic committee, a record turnout, cast votes in June 14 a contest between Barnes, 82, or Kevin McCabe, 38, who also sought the office. The party gathered at the…

  • Bamboo Shoots, Mandarin Pre-school program

    By Bernadine Liebrich Bernadine Liebrich 908-233-6718 For immediate release “Bamboo Shoots”, a new and exciting full day language immersion program in Mandarin will start in September 2011 at the Noah’s Ark Mountain Avenue facility in Westfield, NJ. The first of its kind in Union County, this Mandarin Preschool Program will offer a diversified full-day program…

  • Primary voters cast their ballots

    By Amber Cox    Unofficial results are in for the seven Register-News towns that held primary elections on June 7: Bordentown Township    Republicans Bruce Hill and John Moynihan and Democrats Jason Medina and Jim Cann are running for two three-year terms in November for Township Committee.    Running unopposed in the primary, GOP incumbent Mr. Hill received…

  • NORTH HANOVER: Couple gives Arneytown Taven new life

    By Amber Cox    NORTH HANOVER — There used to be a community called Arneytown in what is now North Hanover Township. But today the people are long gone and all but three of their houses have turned to dust.    One of those survivors is the 280-year-old Arneytown Tavern on Chesterfield-Arneytown Road.    And this is the…

  • Thanks for Green Fair success

    Pat Skelly, Mike Hunninghake and the Bordentown City Green Team/Green Fair Organization Thanks very much to everyone who made the second Bordentown City Green Fair this past weekend such an amazing success!    Members of the City’s Green Team and Environmental Commission were vital in organizing this communitywide effort.    The city’s Police Department conducted a bicycle…

  • PRINCETON: ‘Handbags, Hats and Hope’

    PRINCETON: ‘Handbags, Hats and Hope’

    The Mercer County Chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc. held its first annual educational luncheon fundraiser on May 15 at Jasna Polana in Princeton. The event honored Trenton-based Young Scholars’ Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides a year-round learning center for Trenton youth in grades K-12. Pictured, from left, are Jerri Morrison, founder…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: The healing touch: Massage playing a supporting role in cancer treatment

    CENTRAL JERSEY: The healing touch: Massage playing a supporting role in cancer treatment

    Phil McAuliffe At Serenity Therapeutic Massage, Cranbury, Lisa Caleca, CMT, works with Debbie Rice of Monroe, a cancer patient. ‘For people who are dealing with cancer, they are often in so much pain, all they can handle is the lightest human touch,” Ms. Caleca says. ‘We honor the consequences of the chemotherapy and radiation and…

  • PRINCETON: ‘Handbags, Hats and Hope’

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