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  • Lifeguard revives 2-year-old

    By Paul Koepp, Staff Writer A toddler nearly drowned Tuesday afternoon in the pool of the Southridge Woods apartment complex off Northumberland Way in Monmouth Junction. A Hillsborough High School student, Ray Sanchez, 17, who was acting as lifeguard for the pool, saved the life of the 2-year-old boy, whose name was not released by…

  • BACK TO SCHOOL

    Kindergartners get a trial run. By: Madeleine Johnson    While many students are getting ready for the first day of school, kindergartners are getting ready for a whole lot of firsts.    And their teachers are here to make sure that their first taste of elementary school — set to begin Sept. 6 — is an inviting…

  • PTAs developing programs ahead of schools’ start

    PTAs developing programs ahead of schools’ start

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    As students start cramming new notebooks into their new backpacks, find the perfect lunch box, and convince their parents to run out to the store for more pencils, markers, and glue to replace the one that dried out between June and September, one thing is certain: The summer’s over, and…

  • Book Notes

    Remembering Doug Marlette By: Joan Ruddiman    Reading the comics is not supposed to make you cry, but on a lovely August day, the sad reality that Doug Marlette was really gone hit hard. "Kudzu," his daily cartoon strip that I’d followed for over 25 years had been replaced. Even sadder, not a word acknowledged the…

  • Community Calendar

    From the Aug. 30 edition Citywide resident photo    August through September — To celebrate Bordentown’s 325th Anniversary, the committee will be taking photos of residents in front of their homes. The photos will be placed in a scrapbook in the Bordentown Library on Union Street.    A questionnaire will be sent to all residents and businesses…

  • Web Update: Big boom in Allentown was a box truck

    The loud boom heard by residents and businesses on Main Street Thursday morning was caused by cargo dropped from a delivery truck, officials say. The sound, heard around 11:30 a.m., shook The Messenger-Press offices and caused residents and workers near Heritage Park to wade outdoors to find the source.

  • Referendum to add 2¢ to open space tax rate

    By Cara Latham, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — Voters will decide on Nov. 6 whether to approve a 2-cent increase in the open space tax rate in order to raise about $265,000 annually in additional tax revenue for farmland preservation.    The Township Committee voted unanimously on Aug. 16 to put the question on the general…

  • Teachers to begin year without new contract

    School will begin Sept. 6 in Springfield By: Stephanie Prokop    SPRINGFIELD— As the 2007-08 school year begins, Springfield is one of four school districts in the county where teachers will be working with expired contracts.    Walt Keiss, the interim superintendent for Springfield, said the contract, which expired in June 30, is still in negotiation and…

  • Letters to the editor

    August 30, 2007 Fire victims thankful for support To the editor:     On August 2, 2007, our family was on vacation in Chincoteague, Virginia. At 11:50 p.m., we received a phone call to come home because our house was on fire. That call would change everything for us.    We returned home by 5 a.m. Friday…