Author: Central Jersey

  • WRITE TO US

    The Messenger Press is looking for your views Letters to the editor should not exceed 400 words and must include the writer’s address and daytime telephone number. It is the policy of The Messenger-Press to print the name and municipality of the letter writer. The telephone number is for confirmation purposes only and will not…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Donnadio finishes fourth at regions

    Junior will return with motivation By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Jack Donnadio came within an ultimate tiebreaker from reaching the wrestling Tournament of Champions in Atlantic City.    The Hillsborough High School junior lost the Region 5 third-place match at 132 pounds in an ultimate tie breaker, 2-1, to Chris Muce of Monroe.    ”It was…

  • Princeton Attorney Elected President of the Young Scholars’ Institute Board of Trustees

    Princeton Attorney Elected President of the Young Scholars’ Institute Board of Trustees

    By Young Scholars’ Institute Young Scholars’ Institute 349 West State Street Trenton, NJ 08618 (609) 393-3220 YOUNG SCHOLARS’ INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD PRESIDENT     TRENTON, NEW JERSEY– On February 10th Errol B. Taylor, Esq. of Princeton was elected President of the Young Scholars’ Institute (YSI) Board of Trustees. Mr. Taylor is a partner in…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: March 7

    Wednesdays    Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230. Mondays    Free Memoir Writing Classes. All welcome. Every Monday 1:30 –4 p.m., Main floor…

  • Ampac Products Win Awards for Packaging Excellence, Design, and Innovation

    By 1888pressrelease 1888PressRelease – Ampac is proud to announce they have recently won several awards from the Flexible Packaging Association, Graphic Design USA and the World Packaging Organization for products displaying packaging excellence, design advancements and product innovation. Ampac, the world’s leader in creative packaging solutions, is proud to announce they have recently won several…

  • HAMILTON: Township woman, 22, sentenced for multiple burglaries

    Hunterdon County authorities announced Tuesday that Cassandra Durkin, age 22, of Hamilton, had been sentenced Feb. 28 to three years probation and 364 days in the Hunterdon County Jail for multiple crimes committed in Lambertville.    In a press release, Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns, III and Chief of Detectives John J. Kuczynski announced the sentencing after…

  • Princeton Area Community Foundation Supports Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County’s Services to Seniors and People with Disabilities

    Princeton Area Community Foundation Supports Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County’s Services to Seniors and People with Disabilities

    By Diane Blaszka Hamilton, NJ, March 5, 2014; A $25,000 grant from the Princeton Area Community Foundation will greatly help Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County (ICGMC) continue to provide free services, such as transportation, grocery shopping, visits, meals and home repair, to local senior citizens and people of all ages with disabilities. The grant…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: The word: Students perform ‘Grease’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: The word: Students perform ‘Grease’

    Approximately 150 middle school students proved that “We Go Together” by performing the musical “Grease” last weekend. By Ed Birch, Special Writer Approximately 150 middle school students proved that “We Go Together” by performing the musical “Grease” last weekend.    The finale song in last Saturday’s production of the musical “Grease” at Crossroads North Middle School…

  • CAPITOL NEWS AND COMMENT: March 6

    The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators and other items of political concern. Lunsford Act    The Assembly Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation, A892, titled the Jessica Lunsford Act, which is cosponsored by 9th District representatives Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove.    The act, which is…