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  • 58th Annual Spring Meet

    58th Annual Spring Meet

    By Bernie Cooney The New Jersey Region, Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA), proudly announces its 58th Annual Spring Meet.  As one of New Jersey’s most prestigious local events, this 58 year tradition of judging antique vehicles began in 1951.  All vehicles 25 years of age and older are eligible to compete.  This is one…

  • Relay for Life set

    John Pfefferkorn, Public Relations Chairperson for New Egypt Relay for Life To the editor:    Statistics can be a big motivator. Would you bet your paycheck on flipping a penny’s heads or tails odds? The chances are 50-50. Well, if you are a male living in the US, those are your odds of getting cancer in…

  • FLORENCE: Roebling cleanup gets $25M boost

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to receive over $25 million in federal stimulus funds for work on the Roebling Steel Superfund site.    The money will accelerate the cleanup of the site, which is already in progress, and will create more jobs in the area, the EPA…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: All local school budgets passed

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer In Bordentown Regional School District, the K-12 district’s approximately $33.9 million budget ($23.2 million of which will be raised through taxation) passed by a total vote of 705-575. Bordentown City residents approved it by a vote of 471-408 and Bordentown Township residents approved it by a 204-130 vote, while Fieldsboro…

  • FLORENCE: Riverfront School to present "Seussical" musical

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer FLORENCE — Parents can expect rolling, rhyming, acting and alliteration at the Riverfront School’s presentation of “Seussical” this week.     The show, a musical based on the works of famed author Dr. Seuss, will feature singing, gymnastics, and a number of other student talents, according to director and music and…

  • Benefit Reading May 1

    By Author Amy Hempel to Read at People & Stories Benefit PRINCETON – With the short story, author Amy Hempel has established herself as “a quietly powerful presence in American fiction,” according to The New York Times. Hempel, winner of the 2008 PEN/Malamud award for the short story, will read from her work on May…

  • Most voters face tax increases in school elections

    by Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    Corrected copy. The original version of this story incorrectly listed the employment of Plumsted canddiate Keith Buckalew.    Allentown voters have something to smile about when they head to the polls Tuesday: they are the only residents in the Messenger-Press area poised to see a decrease in their school taxes rather…

  • CORRECTION: Plumsted

       Keith Buckalew, a candidate for the Plumsted Board of Education, works as the buildings and grounds director in the Millstone School District. The Messenger-Press incorrectly reported what district he is currently working for.

  • MANVILLE: Baseball bats boom in home victory

    MANVILLE: Baseball bats boom in home victory

    MHS senior Nick DeSantis went 4-for-4 with the game-ending RBI in Friday’s victory. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara