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  • Raiders advance to CJ 4 finals

    Fedroff leads tired but red-hot team By: John E. Powers        SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Matt Fischer and Adam Rothblatt reflected the feeling of their teammates on the Hillsborough High School baseball team early Tuesday evening.    Fischer, the Raiders’ sturdy senior catcher, had a bag of ice applied to his right shoulder in the visitor’s dugout…

  • The Messenger-Press Staff

    Contact information Street Address 34 South Main St. Allentown, NJ 08501 Phone: (609) 259-3468 Fax: (609) 259-1182 Mailing Address PO Box 446 Allentown, NJ 08501 Managing Editor var addressP1="smorgan"; var addressP2="pacpub.com"; var txt="Scott Morgan"; this.document.write(""+txt+"");

  • Property sale leaves questions

    To the editor By:    Front page of the Beacon: Committee cuts budget by $300K.    Small print, same headline; but taxes could jump 12 percent.    Who’s fooling who in this township of ours? I tried to contact the mayor on his Web site, but evidently he was too busy to respond.    I paid $25,000 for the…

  • Community Calendar

    Thomas Paine Society    Saturday, June 4 — The Thomas Paine Society of Bordentown will hold its monthly historical walk "In the Footsteps of Thomas Paine in Bordentown. (Rain date of Saturday, June 11.)    Meet at the Thomas Paine historic site sign at the intersection of Farnsworth Avenue and West Church Street, Bordentown, at 4 p.m.…

  • Hopewell Valley News Staff

    Contact information Street Address 10 Hopewell Village Square 52 E. Broad Street (Rt. 518) Hopewell, NJ 08525 Phone: (609) 466-1190 Fax: (609) 466-2123 Mailing Address P.O. Box 8, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Managing Editor var addressP1="rluse"; var addressP2="pacpub.com"; var txt="Ruth Peterson Luse"; this.document.write(""+txt+"");

  • Police Beat

    BORDENTOWN CITY    A city man is facing various drug charges after being reported as a suspicious person in the St. Mary’s Church parking lot area on Crosswicks Street at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, police said.    When Patrol Officers Shaun Lafferty and Jacob Archer arrived at the church, they did not find the person, but a description…

  • EDITORIAL: Legislation can help fight obesity in kids

    EDITORIAL New legislation banning junk food in schools seems to be a good start to preventing obesity in kids.    Childhood obesity is on the rise. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 6 and 19 are considered obese — about three times the…

  • Ask-A-Lawyer series continues at Princeton Public Library

    By: Rachel Silverman    The Ask-a-Lawyer program, which offers free legal advice on immigration and legal issues, will convene another forum on Monday, June 13.    The program will take place in the Princeton Public Library’s Community Room from 7 to 8:30 p.m., during which time a group of legal experts will be on hand for private…

  • Candidate finds name in wrong ballot column

    First-time candidate for Upper Freehold Township Committee, John Masserini, will be listed in the third column instead of the Republican column. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — There might be a feeling of déjà vu for Upper Freehold Republicans stepping in the voting booth to choose a Township Committee nominee during Tuesday’s primary election. While…