• GUEST COLUMN: Humanizing both sides in Israel, Gaza

    By Usaama al-Azami On Saturday, Aug. 16, an estimated 10,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the ongoing Israeli operation against Gaza. Two days later, on Aug. 18, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, Hedy Epstein, co-founder of the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee, was arrested during a solidarity protest. Muslims around the world are grateful…

  • TRENTON: Educational partnership reaches 100-year mark

       Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act this year.    The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established the Cooperative Extension Service, a unique educational partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the nation’s land-grant universities and local county governments that extends research-based knowledge through a network of extension…

  • Register News: Write to us

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  • MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs

    MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs

    By Deb Dawson, Special Writer MANVILLE — About 85 new jobs will be available in Manville this fall when Wal-Mart’s new 34,000-square-foot expansion of the North Main Street store is completed. The store will become a Wal-Mart Super Center offering groceries. William Wertz, director of communications east, for Wal-Mart, said people can apply for the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teens continue studies in tropical environment

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teens continue studies in tropical environment

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor For eight Hillsborough teens, education didn’t stop with the end of the school year. The teens learned about the tropical environment, experienced a different culture and education system and overcame physical challenges on a 10-day trip to Costa Rica in mid-July. The students — Ramesh Benimadho, Adam Brown, Lindsey Capano,…

  • MANVILLE: Students can get a ‘sneak peak’ at school

    Manville students who want to get a "sneak peek" at their school for the next year are invited to visit next Thursday, Aug. 28. Community members, parents and students will be welcomed from noon to 4 p.m. There is no formal program; just a chance to see the building and rooms and become acquainted with…

  • Movie Times

    For the week of Aug. 22-28 Movies and times are valid Aug. 22-28. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it’s wise to call the theater before leaving home. Schedules for other theaters are listed in the A section of this newspaper. EAST WINDSOR MULTIPLEX CINEMAS at TOWN CENTER PLAZA, (609-371-8472): 2D Frank Miller’s…

  • MONTGOMERY: Planning Board gives OK to township development

    By Geena Molinaro, Special Writer MONTGOMERY — The Planning Board concluded on Monday that an ordinance regarding the Belle Mead Planned Unit Development was consistent with the township’s master plan. The master plan accounts for all of the property within the township. The ordinance, referred to the board by the Township Committee, can now go…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Birch ends BOE bid

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