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  • HAMILTON: Ongoing church application to be subject of January meeting

    The application from Kingdom Church, a nondenominational church, has been carried to the Jan. 14 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. HAMILTON — The application from Kingdom Church, a nondenominational church, has been carried to the Jan. 14 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting.    The board was set to hear the application at the Dec. 10.    Testimony…

  • COLUMBUS CORNER: December 26

    by Packet Media Group The annual reorganization meeting of the Mansfield Township Committee will be held Thursday, Jan, 2 at 5:30 p.m.    The meeting will be held at the Municipal Building located at 3135 Route 206 south in Columbus.    For more information, visit http://www.mansfieldtwp-nj.com    The Wesley United Methodist Church at 24573 E. Main St. will…

  • The 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] Letters published on this page are also posted at messengerpress.com under Opinions, where others are welcome to…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: December 26

    by Peg Dotson Florence Township officials want to remind residents that trash pickup scheduled for Christmas Day will be picked up on Friday, Dec. 27. Trash with pick up scheduled for Jan. 1 will be picked up on Friday, Jan. 3.    Officials also wish to remind residents that wrapping paper is recyclable.    There will be…

  • EDITORIAL: Santa lives forever

    Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.    The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies,…

  • HAMILTON: Hospital CEO to step down

    HAMILTON: Hospital CEO to step down

    Anthony ‘Skip’ Cimino announced Wednesday his intention to step down as president and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton in 2014. Courtesy photo

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: December 27

    Wednesdays    Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230. December    Christmas at Kuser Mansion: Kuser Farm Mansion 45-minute free tours will be held:…

  • HAMILTON: Auditor offers district recommendations

    At the last meeting of 2013, the Hamilton Township Board of Education was offered several recommendations to keep the district’s financial house in order. by James McEvoy, Managing Editor HAMILTON — At the last meeting of 2013, the Hamilton Township Board of Education was offered several recommendations to keep the district’s financial house in order.…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Strong duo lead Raven wrestlers

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    The Robbinsville High School wrestling team begins the season with a pair of cornerstone wrestlers that any program would love to have on their roster.    And with plenty of other talented wrestlers filling out the roster the Ravens have high hopes for the season, which began when they competed…