Extra! Extra! ‘Newsies Jr.’ puts local news center stage

When young performers took the stage for “Newsies Jr.” this summer, they carried a piece of their own community with them: The Messenger-Press. Copies of the local newspaper were featured...

PorchFest brings music, art and history to Allentown

Allentown’s Main Street will become a showcase for music, art and local history Saturday, Sept. 12, when the...

The game’s afoot: Allentown at war, 1774-1783

(Part III of Allentow ’s important and historic role in America’s fight for independence) Religion played an important role...

Bruno’s One Sweet Ride begins a new chapter inside Village Pharmacy

For nearly 30 years, generations of Allentown customers have walked into Bruno’s One Sweet Ride for homemade chocolates,...

Composer Andrew Rudin finds harmony in Allentown

One approaches through the side door of a historic home on Main Street with a certain restraint, as...

New beginnings, endless possibilities

As the final days of summer give way to September, there is a familiar, vibrant energy returning to the UFRSD. The start of a...

Redbirds field hockey hoping for another big year

More than likely, field hockey teams in the Colonial Valley Conference are figuring this may be the year to get Allentown High. Coach Kayla Peterson...

Basement venues give young musicians a place to be heard

On a show night, an ordinary basement in Mercer County can become a concert venue, packed with young music fans standing just a few...

Connecting to nature through fishing

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation On any summer morning along New Jersey’s coast, you’ll find people casting lines from the surf, dropping bait from...

Fatal shooting on Whittaker Avenue marks Trenton’s sixth homicide

The Trenton Police Department and the Mercer County Homicide Task Force are investigating the death of a man who suffered a gunshot wound to...

Childhood vaccination rates at lowest levels in years

BY COLLEEN O'DEA NJ Spotlight The percentage of New Jersey children who received all state-mandated vaccines last year dropped to its lowest level in recent years. Little...

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