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  • Celebration Cuisine

    The Palace at Somerset Park kicks off its Hospitality Academy with tips on how to throw a perfect holiday party By:Jillian Kalonick    Chef Walter Leffler has the same problem with his 9,000-square-foot kitchen that most people have with their own normal-sized kitchens at home. It’s hard to keep it clean.    "We do have the capability…

  • Township candidates discuss charter change proposal

    Four respond to HVN’s question By Ruth Luse    In preparation for the Nov. 8 general election, the four Hopewell Township Committee candidates were asked the following question by the Hopewell Valley News:    As you know, Hopewell Township voters will decide on Nov. 8 whether or not the town’s form of government should be changed. What…

  • Sample ballots coming out soon

    No special reason needed to use absentee ballots League of Women Voters    The League of Women Voters of Hopewell Valley encourages voters to take time to review the Nov. 8 general election sample ballots that are being mailed to all registered voters this week.    "The sample ballots are laid out just like the touch-screen on…

  • Chemistry Week results in snow, slime

    The fourth-grade students of Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School take part in chemistry demonstration. (Thursday, Oct. 27) By: Katie Jasion    Although it is only October, the fourth-graders at the Upper Freehold Regional Elementary School have already had their first taste of snow for the season.    As part of National Chemistry Week, students and professors from…

  • ‘Capote’

    Philip Seymour Hoffman gives a fine-tuned portrayal of Truman Capote in this story of the writing of ‘In Cold Blood.’ By:Elise Nakhnikian    With In Cold Blood, his 1966 true-crime masterpiece about the murder of a well-liked Kansas family by a pair of petty criminals, Truman Capote claimed to have invented a new genre: the nonfiction…

  • Memory Walk on Sunday to aid Alzheimer’s effort

       On Sunday, at 8:30 a.m., the Alzheimer’s Association of New Jersey will be holding "Memory Walk 2005" at Educational Testing Service in Lawrence.    Jim Caulfield, event chair, urges the community "to come out and show their support for family members, neighbors and friends who are struggling with this life-shattering illness."    "We anticipate record-setting community involvement…

  • Most area towns see contested municipal races

    There are two seats up for election in Allentown and Millstone and one seat in Plumsted and Upper Freehold.(Thursday, Oct. 27) By: Lauren Burgoon and Rob Heyman    Voters will head to the polls Nov. 8 to select candidates for open seats on local governing bodies. This week, The Messenger-Press profiles each of the candidates for…

  • Miller, Holmes best choices for Lawrence

    With two seats on the Lawrence Township Council up for grabs on Nov. 8, the township’s voters must choose from four candidates, two Republicans and two Democrats, who have contrasting visions and plans.    We endorse for re-election Mark Holmes, a Democrat, and Rick Miller, a Republican.    Mr. Holmes was elected in 1997 and re-elected in…

  • Pleasant Valley Vigilant Association gathers Nov. 5

    Association will celebrate on Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Pennington Presbyterian Church    Back in 1872, the Pleasant Valley Vigilant Association (PVVA) was formed "for the protection of its member’s property and for the detection and pursuit, apprehension, arrest and prosecution of thieves, tramps, marauders and other deprecators on persons and property and for…