• Blame state lawmakers for conversion proposals

    Mayor Dave Fried, Robbinsville    I want to commend The Messenger-Press for its coverage of the five Planning Board hearings that led to the April 20 vote to deny Sharbell Development Corp. the right to convert 150 units from age-restricted to market-rate housing. While dozens of residents attended the hearings over many months, those who could…

  • Get tickets now for Thunder

       You don’t have to plunk down big bucks to see good organized baseball.    There’s a Class AA Minor League team, the Trenton Thunder, right down the road from here.    Trenton has a long history in minor league baseball.    Hall of Famer Willie Mays, for example, played for the Trenton Giants in 1950. That team was…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City to celebrate shad for the 30th time

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — This weekend the city will mark the 30th anniversary of the Shad Festival with crafts, art, music, food and entertainment for the whole family.    The event, mounted each year by the Lambertville Area Chamber of Commerce with the help of corporate sponsors, traditionally draws thousands over two entertainment-packed…

  • Miele Partners with Jamie Oliver Food Revolution

    Miele Partners with Jamie Oliver Food Revolution

    Robert Leslie Jamie Oliver, Chef, Food Activist and Star of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution standing in front of The Food Revolution Truck, which is travelling across the United States to schools, farmer’s markets, state and street fairs inspiring families to cook again

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Ballots cast in school elections

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Ballots cast in school elections

    Staff photo by Mary Brienza Kendall Park residents Sally Aloff, left, and Octavian Kocy cast their ballots in Wednesday’s school elections at the Community Center on New Road.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Ballots cast in school elections

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Ballots cast in school elections

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Editors note: Due to the publishing deadline of the South Brunswick Post, results from the election will be posted online at www.centraljersey.com.     Voters went to the polls Wednesday to decide whether to support the proposed $134 million school budget and to decide who will fill the Board of Education’s…

  • Poetry nice, but does it need to be permanent

    Eve Coulson, Princeton It’s been a long winter. I had almost forgotten about the Poetry Trail, until I read in your paper of a poetry reading event held there recently. Then it all came back to me, like a slightly disconcerting dream.    I live on Russell Road, a short walk to Greenway Meadows, and we…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Nathanson shines as team’s goalie

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Nathanson shines as team’s goalie

    Staff photo by Maria Riegel Goalie Blaire Nathanson (center) protects the net during a recent practice with the SBHS girls’ lacrosse team.

  • WEST AMWELL: Budget proposal ‘holds the line’

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — The Township Committee on April 18 unanimously agreed to introduce a nearly $3.16 million budget that will maintain the tax rate at about 22 cents per $100 of assessed value.    ”We will hold the line, which is good,” said Chief Financial Officer Thomas Carro. “You don’t see…

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