• REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Valley firefighters have been doing double duty

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    It’s Tuesday morning, and it’s pouring rain out there.    Puddles and ponds are standing at frequent intervals on bare earth. The ground is waterlogged; that’s why there’s so much water on top of it.    There’s no place left in the ground for the water to soak into, and that means…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School board candidates air views at forum

    The 90-minute event will be rebroadcast through April 20 on channels 19 and 32 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The fate of four of the nine seats on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will be decided in the April 20 election and all the candidates were on hand for a staple of the…

  • TASK awards given

    Kathie Sutton, Hopewell     On March 27, Hopewell Township residents were made proud by three awards given out by the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) at their annual volunteer luncheon. This was the first year The Dr. Chris Hansen Volunteer Awards were presented — in Memory & Honor of a very giving volunteer named Dr.…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Council urges state restoration of energy tax receipts

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer     EAST WINDSOR — A stunned Township Council has approved a resolution that “strongly urges” the state to restore the more than $820,000 in energy tax receipts it cut about two weeks ago.     The cut, along with more than $78,000 in other aid, is the equivalent of nearly 4…

  • Library board completes project that’s easy on the eyes

    Library board completes project that’s easy on the eyes

    The library’s staff reacts to the new lighting. Photo courtesy of Karen Briegs

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Shuttered restaurant finds new owner

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Plainsboro resident Tapan Das owns two restaurants in India that he manages online while he spends the bulk of his time at Tasty Diner in Woodbridge, named exclusively because the food is tasty.    And now he is bringing that blunt honesty to Hillsborough with the upcoming opening of Maestro 206…

  • WEST AMWELL: Toll land buy means more preserved acres

    Project, when coupled with preservation of a neighboring site, will one day allow public access from Route 179 to Route 518 By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — The recent preservation of 130 acres along Route 179 brings the township’s total number of preserved acres to slightly more than 522.    This preservation project, when…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Mixed 2009 report on unemployment

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    With the national unemployment rate hovering between 9 and 10 percent for the majority of 2009, area residents may be pleased to know local rates turned out to be much lower.    All of the municipalities in The Messenger-Press coverage area had an average annual unemployment rate lower than the national…

  • MANVILLE: Students, seniors give high school’s musical high marks

    MANVILLE: Students, seniors give high school’s musical high marks

    Members of the Manville Senior Citizens Club enjoyed a special offer with dinner and theater package. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

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