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  • Some things voters should know about Tuesday’s election

    EDITORIAL By: Ruth Luse Several major decisions will be made Tuesday by the voters of the three municipalities that comprise the Hopewell Valley Regional School District. The event, we’re sure most readers know already, is the annual school board/school budget election. It runs from 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. at polling places throughout the Valley,…

  • LHS earns medals at Mercer County meet

    Track & FieldAlthough the Mercer County Relays is a much-anticipated and hyped meet, it failed to bring out the best in the women’s track team — at least according to girls head coach Gary Dura. By: Nick Schaefer    The Cardinals’ poor performance came as a surprise to many, as they have dominated their competition at…

  • Historically Speaking

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at Allentown-Upper Freehold during the American Revolution. By: Information provided by Allentown resident Ann Garrison, Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society President John Fabiano and society member Alice Wikoff, who together authored the draft abstract, "Allen’s Town, New Jersey: A Crossroads of the American Revolution, 1775-1783." Having completed the chronology of the earlier…

  • Olive Hileman

       Olive Hileman, 81, of Fort Myers, Fla., died Thursday, April 5, at her daughter’s home in Warrenton, Va.    She is formerly of South Brunswick.    Her parents, William and Charlotte (Nee Flanders) Stivason; three brothers, William, Clarence and Deamor Stivason and one sister, Pearl Hutchison, are deceased.    Surviving are her son, Richard E. Hileman of Millstone…

  • We Want Your News

    The Messenger-Press welcomes your submissions… If you have an idea for a story; please tell us: what the event is, when the event will take place, where it will be held, who is involved and whom to contact. Find out how to tell us your news. More Details

  • Great eggs-pectation

    Money can buy the best and the brightest By: Jeff Milgram    The classified ad in The Daily Princetonian is remarkably specific:    A couple seeks an egg donor with a 1,500 SAT score, 18 to 28 years old, 5-feet-4 to 5-feet-10, athletic and healthy. "Grandparents European and preferably at least one Jewish."    The payoff: $25,000. "E-mail…

  • Local special education concerns shared by other Mercer districts

    Terry Rosenfeld, director of special services for Lawrence Township Public Schools, said recently that the ‘special education law is broken’ and that school districts are working ‘with a system that is broken’ By: Ruth Luse    Other Mercer County school districts also are facing escalating special education costs that are taking up good portions of annual…

  • DiMartino deserves voters’ support

    Letter to the editor    I am writing this letter to encourage the voters of Lawrence Township to re-elect Mary DiMartino to the Board of Education on April 17th. During her last term, Mary has shown herself to be a very capable and dedicated member of the board. She has demonstrated her willingness to evaluate the…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 12, 2001

    Each is helping To the editor:        In response to a letter written March 29 saying that we shouldn’t spend money on football, and spend it on academics instead, I have one question. What does this have to do with getting football? All the money is not going to football, as a matter of fact…