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  • Emeril: Kicking it up in the kitchen

    Promoting his new cookbook, "From Emeril’s Kitchens," superstar chef Emeril Lagasse will visits MarketFair Wednesday. "I love to cook at home with family and friends. Really, that is relaxing for me — not the restaurant dishes, but simple fare," he says. By: Faith Bahadurian    Got a craving for Creole? Avid for Asian? Want to hoof…

  • Fall fun: Experience everything autumn has to offer

    LIFESTYLE By: Ashley Caudill    On days like these, it’s not hard to understand why many people choose fall as their favorite season. The air is crisp but not yet cold, the sun still shines, the leaves begin changing colors and the area farms invite the public to join them for their annual autumn activities.    "We…

  • Sister’s act a hit for PDS

    Crouse girls help field hockey team improve to .500 By: Justin Feil    Allie, Nina and Carly Crouse took up field hockey five years ago together. They’ve practiced together, played on club teams with each other, and attended camps together, even rooming together at the Dartmouth University camp this past summer.    As twins, Allie and Nina…

  • Falcon girls soccer team earns two more shutouts in 10-1-2 start

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Monroe Township High School varsity girls’ soccer team posted shutouts number seven and eight earlier this week, improving their record to 10-1-2. The Lady Falcons surprised South Brunswick 2-0 on Monday, then turned around and trounced Bishop Ahr 5-0 on Tuesday.    "It’s tough going back-to-back, but we played really well,"…

  • Three face off in bid for county executive post

    Republican Catherine DiCostanzo, Democrat Brian Hughes and independent Robert Klein vie for post being vacated by Robert Prunetti. By: Jennifer Potash    The campaign for Mercer County executive may have heated up with a raft of television commercials and mailed ads, but the candidates coolly presented their positions in a forum this week.    The three candidates…

  • Good, Clean Filth

    Eric Idle has put the finishing touches on ‘The Greedy Bastard Tour,’ an evening of singing, dancing, sketches and audience interaction that will stop at the State Theatre Oct. 25. By: Jim Boyle Eric Idle hunts for laughs at the State Theatre in New Brunswick Oct. 25.    With a wink and a nudge, Eric Idle…

  • Letter: Tips for a safe Halloween

    To the editor:     Halloween is approaching again. It’s that wonderful time of the year when our children dress up in their frightening costumes and head out into their neighborhoods on a seemingly endless trek up and down steps, knocking on doors, ringing doorbells and hollering "trick or treat"; all for that ultimate prize, candy.…

  • Dorothy Mazzio

       Dorothy J. (Wojick) Mazzio, 63, of Monroe, died Saturday, Oct. 11, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Trenton, Ms. Mazzio was raised in Allentown, and lived in Jamesburg before moving to Monroe 36 years ago. She was employed for 15 years as a food service worker for The Wood Corp., North…

  • For the Oct. 17 issue

    Dorothy Marie Suttmeier, Elizabeth L. Tallman, Lillian M. Taylor, Balbina M. (Bertha) Buoncore. Dorothy Marie Suttmeier    MONROE — Dorothy Marie Suttmeier, 82, died Friday, Oct. 3, at Capital Health System at Fuld in Trenton.    Born in Brooklyn, Mrs. Suttmeier lived in Hightstown for 40 years before moving to Monroe Township 10 years ago. After high…