• BURLINGTON COUNTY: Local races abound for Election Day

    By Amber Cox, Staff Writer    Six townships and one borough in the Register-News coverage area will be holding elections for their governing bodies on Nov. 2. Bordentown Township    Republican Karl T. Feltes and Democrat Jim Cann are running for one seat on the Township Committee.    Mr. Feltes, 64, of Honeyflower Drive, served on the Environmental…

  • Verizon Wireless Provides $10,000 HopeLine Grant to Womanspace

    Verizon Wireless TRENTON, NJ – – In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Verizon Wireless has provided a $10,000 HopeLine® grant to Womanspace, a Trenton, NJ- based charitable non-profit that provides services to victims/survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault and human trafficking in the Greater Mercer County Area and the state.  The grant will…

  • Disciples in Training: Bishop honors St. Timothy Award Recipients at annual Mass

    Disciples in Training: Bishop honors St. Timothy Award Recipients at annual Mass

    Christian Martinez of Holy Spirit Parish, Perth Amboy, receives his award from Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski at the fourth annual Timothy Awards Mass. Martinez was one of the 45 young people to receive the award. – James McEvoy photo

  • Saint Peter’s University Hospital Now Regional Medical Campus

    By NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Oct. 26, 2010) – Saint Peter’s University Hospital, in New Brunswick, will now serve as a Regional Medical Campus for Drexel University College of Medicine, based in Philadelphia, Pa. This designation expands on an already existing academic partnership between both institutions. Regional Medical Campus designations are given by the Association of…

  • Halloween DOG Safety

    Halloween DOG Safety

    By Gail Kulur Halloween Dog Bite Prevention Tips From ‘Make Sit Happen, LLC.’ Halloween 2010 – Changes in routine and the strange sights and sounds associated with Halloween can cause stress in a normally placid family dog. Keep dogs out of the fray by securing them away from the door and providing a long-lasting chew…

  • Halloween DOG Safety
  • The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Curtis Taylor Quartet
  • LAWRENCE: Violence dropping in local schools

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    While the overall number of incidents of violence and vandalism in the Lawrence Township public schools has continued its downward trend, the number of instances of vandalism has increased, according to the school district’s annual violence and vandalism report.    The Lawrence Township Board of Education accepted the 2009-10 report at…

  • Election night results on the Web

    By: centraljersey.com For results of local municipal races on Tuesday night, visit www.centraljersey.com and click on "The Messenger-Press." There are local contested races in Allentown, where four candidates are vying for two seats on the Borough Council, and Plumsted, where two candidates are competing for a two-year unexpired term on the Township Committee. In addition…

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