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  • PLUMSTED: Naturalist takes kids on seed exploration

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    Becky Beer Laboy called the group of 3-8 year olds in front of her wonderful scientists.    The naturalist from Wells Mills County Park told the children that good scientists always ask questions and that’s exactly what they were doing during the nature demonstration at the Plumsted branch of the…

  • MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs

    MANVILLE: Wal-Mart expansion to create new jobs

    By Deb Dawson, Special Writer MANVILLE — About 85 new jobs will be available in Manville this fall when Wal-Mart’s new 34,000-square-foot expansion of the North Main Street store is completed. The store will become a Wal-Mart Super Center offering groceries. William Wertz, director of communications east, for Wal-Mart, said people can apply for the…

  • MANVILLE: Holt ‘delivers’ the goods to constituents

    MANVILLE: Holt ‘delivers’ the goods to constituents

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Congressman Rush Holt may be retiring at the end of the year, but he still is bringing home the mail to his constituents. Literally. The six-term congressman spent a couple of hours Thursday morning going door to door with postal carrier Robert Ahr on North 5th Avenue in Manville to…

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  • SPRINGFIELD: Pulling out all the stops

    SPRINGFIELD: Pulling out all the stops

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    Smoke billowed out of exhaust pipes and dust flew as tractors tried to tow an increasingly weighted sled down a dirt runway at the Burlington County Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon.    Garden tractors popped wheelies as their drivers tried to eke out a few more inches in hopes of winning a…

  • Messenger Press: Write to us

    We want your letters. They should not exceed 500 words and need to be accompanied by the writer’s address and daytime telephone number — information used only for confirmation and not published. Letters should be emailed to: [email protected] Emailed letters may receive priority over typewritten letters sent by fax to (609) 924-3842 or by mail…

  • FLORENCE: Police pursue dirt bike rider

       Police had to chase a dirt bike rider on foot after he crashed on W. Front Street around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 7.    Rontae Worthen, 19, of Bordentown, was driving the motorized bike on W. Front St. when police tried pulling him over. He fled on the bike but crashed. Police then chased him and…

  • Register News: Write to us

     We would like to hear from you. Letters to the editor should not exceed 500 words and need to be accompanied by the writer’s address and daytime telephone number – information used only for confirmation and not published. Letters should be emailed to [email protected].

  • HAMILTON: Running on electricity