Author: Central Jersey

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Oct. 10

    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. First Sun. of the month Sons of the American Legion Squadron 455 Monthly All-You-Can-Eat…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Opening ceremonies for Phillips farmhouse held
  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police Blotter

    Hopewell Township police Lt. Christopher Kascik reported: — On Sept. 28 at 9:35 p.m., Officer James Klesney went to a one-car motor vehicle crash on Route 654 near Marshall’s Corner. He found a 2014 BMW off the road. He spoke with the driver, who was identified as Craig H. Richardson, 57, of Todd Ridge Drive,…

  • 1890 worker’s home, old church on Oct. 19 tour

    1890 worker’s home, old church on Oct. 19 tour

    The Lambertville Historical Society will host its 32nd Autumn House Tour on Oct. 19 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. This year’s tour includes five historic homes, as well as seven additional sites. Below is a sampling of what participants will see: HOMES: — Behind the custom-built Victorian front door lie treasures in a circa-1890 worker’s home.…

  • LAWRENCE: Candidates’ night forum is canceled

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer If voters were relying on the annual school board candidates’ forum — sponsored by the Lawrence League of Women Voters — to learn more about the would-be school board members, they are out of luck this year. That’s because the annual forum — scheduled for Oct. 15 — has been…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: GOP candidates vote to ‘do more with less,’ writer says

    Letter to the editor To the editor: We hear that the economy is improving, but in many ways it is hard to see how things are getting any better. Times are still tough, and it’s sometimes a struggle to make ends meet. As a taxpayer in Hillsborough, I want to know that my tax dollars…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Oct. 9

    The complete calendar of events is online at www.messengerpress.com. Scroll down the webpage to the Lifestyles tab on the left. 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…

  • TRENTON: Watson Coleman is opposed to PennEast pipeline proposal

    Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) has sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission maintaining her opposition to a pipeline project proposed by the PennEast Pipeline Company that would run through Hunterdon County to Mercer County, and has many concerned about the impact on the area’s ecosystems and natural resources. PennEast wants to build…

  • MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    County library system official Brian Auger speaks with Ethel Gargiulo, Dolores O’Bara and Rosalie Puza in Manville.(Photo by Mary Ellen Day)