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  • Post 148 manager never ‘Scheid’ away from game he loves

    Former Astros’ pitcher likes giving back to his community. By: Neil Hay    In 11 years of professional baseball, Rich Scheid has "been there, done that."    Rich Scheid is home now, in Hightstown, and on the baseball field. Still doing what he loves most. Teaching baseball as new manager of American Legion Post 148.    Scheid was…

  • Dispatches: Waving the flag for true patriots

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Defining the meaning of "patriotism". By: Hank Kalet "Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn’t. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both…

  • William L. Croce

       William L. Croce, 76, died Tuesday, June 16, at his home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived there until moving to Clearbrook in 1991.    He was a high board operator with the Con-Edison Hudson Avenue power plant in Brooklyn for 38 years, retiring in 1998. He was a member of the Italian American, Bocce, Bridge…

  • Consultant hired to open Montgomery High School on time

    An effort to accelerate a construction program about two months behind schedule. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education hired a management consultant Tuesday to devise a recovery plan for the new township high school, which has fallen behind schedule.    Epic, a general construction company in Piscataway that provides construction management services, will…

  • Opera Festival opens 20th season June 29

       A Fantasy in Algiers, the opening gala for Opera Festival of New Jersey’s 20th anniversary season, will be held on Sunday, June 29, at Princeton University’s Forbes College following the afternoon performance of Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri. Metropolitan Opera soprano Sharon Sweet is honorary chair.    Overlooking the Springdale Golf Club, Forbes is a short walk…

  • Falcons anxiously look to the future

    By: Ken Weingartner    The Monroe High baseball team hit just one home run this season — and saw it washed from the statistics when the game ended up being rained out.    That pretty much tells all you need to know about the Falcons’ 2003 campaign.    Monroe, whose starting lineup by the end of the season…

  • Smoking ban supporters see bill go up in smoke

    Assemblyman Reed Gusciora says he may now abandon his own bill. By: Jennifer Potash       After shepherding legislation that would ban smoking in most public places in New Jersey through several legislative thickets, state Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton Borough) may now abandon his bill.       "I’m not even voting for my own bill," he said Tuesday. The…

  • Atiram’s bat, arm lead Montgomery to win

    Legion baseball team tops North Plainfield By: Ian Theoridis    Although a name and number were absent from Zak Atiram’s uniform jersey Tuesday night, he was anything but anonymous in Montgomery’s 6-5 American Legion baseball victory over the North Plainfield Bulls.    In addition to pitching a complete game, Atiram supplied a first inning grand slam that…

  • June 20, 11:27 a.m.: Literary musings

    Good literature in the Threepenny Review. By: Hank Kalet    Sometimes it takes a little while to get to all the reading I set for myself. I received the latest Threepenny Review last week, but just started to get into it over the last couple of days.    I have a lot of the magazine left, but…