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  • Stockton revaluation impact to be determined

    Property tax totals should be released in November. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — A borough-wide revaluation has been completed, but property owners still have a while to wait before finding out how their properties have been affected.    Results will be released by mid-November when preliminary tax notices for 2007 will be sent via the mail,…

  • Pet Talk-Oct. 19, 2006

    As pets cry "Feed me!" consider weight gain By: Dr. Daniel Eubanks    Personal weight control is a topic that confronts us ad nauseum on TV, in magazines, on billboards — virtually every possible medium.    Advertisers now are targeting us about our overweight pets.    And there is a market there. I would bet that easily 50…

  • Police Blotter-Oct. 19, 2006

    Lambertville    Oct. 8 at about 1 a.m., someone threw a smoke bomb down a smoke drain, causing smoke to drift across North Union Street near Coryell Street.    The smoke bomb caused no damage, police said.    Oct. 9 at 9:16 a.m., Theodore T. Bodiker, 28, of Eden Prairie, Minn., was arrested on an outstanding warrant.    Police…

  • Letters-Oct. 19, 2006

    Proud to be part of celebration To the editor:    Last month I attended Celebration on the Hill with the American Cancer Society.    I am proud to have been chosen to be part of this event and, certainly, it is something I will never forget. I learned a lot about how everything runs on Capital Hill…

  • State names ag award for Neil Robson

    By: Cara Latham    Local farmer Neil Robson’s contributions to fighting hunger will be remembered, as Gov. Jon Corzine announced a new award in his name this week.    Gov. Corzine, who spoke at the Robson Farm in North Hanover on Monday, announced the establishment of the annual Neil Robson Farmers Fighting Hunger Award, which will recognize…

  • Letters to the editor

    School construction hard for resident To the editor:     My letter is in response to a letter posted in the Oct. 5 edition of The Messenger-Press titled "Build new middle school now."    I do not wish to berate the writer of the original letter, but I think I speak for many when I wish to…

  • New Hope OKs free holiday parking

    But meters will be bagged on weekdays only. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — Two business organizations eager to entice shoppers asked the Borough Council for free holiday parking, including weekends, but had to settle for a compromise when officials agreed to bag meters weekdays only.    The free weekday parking will be offered from the…

  • Allentown boys’ soccer clinches spot in playoffs

    By: Kyle Moylan    With a 2-0 win over Nottingham on Tuesday, October 10, the Allentown High School boys’ soccer team clinched a spot in the NJSIAA playoffs.    "It’s a big step for us," Allentown coach Tigana Dalce noted. "I know people at the school were talking about it. From what I heard, the team hadn’t…

  • Playoff push Taylor made

    By: Sean Moylan    Facing its first real "must win" of the season, the Robbinsville High School varsity field hockey team beat Burlington City, 3-1, in an away contest this past Monday.    Emilie Taylor erupted for all three of the Ravens’ goals, the first of which was unassisted and gave her team a temporary 1-0 lead…