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  • Roma Antica

    This new Italian restaurant in Freehold will succeed with its authentic food at bargain-basement prices. By: Pat Tanner Roma Antica Ristorante Italiano 7-9 South St. Freehold (732) 780-5164 Food: Good to very good Service: Casual Cuisine: Italian with an emphasis on Roman Ambiance: Large pizza parlor Prices: Mostly inexpensive Hours: Dinner: Tues.-Sun. 5:30-10 p.m. Essentials:…

  • Designer dreams

    Junior League unveils grand showcase at Hilfield House. By: Linda Arntzenius    Since mid-March, the Hilfield House on Hodge Road in Princeton has been abuzz with activity. In just six weeks, the grand Colonial Revival-style house has been transformed for public viewing as the 12th Designer Showhouse of The Junior League of Greater Princeton.    Outside, in…

  • Peddie, Pustay play well in loss to Gloucester Catholic

    BASEBALL: The perennial power handed the Falcons and their star pitcher a 5-1 defeat Saturday. By: Neil Hay    Even Matt Pustay loses a game once in a while.    Once in a while was Saturday, when the Peddie baseball team went down to host Gloucester Catholic by a 5-1 score.    "When you play a team like…

  • New day care gets approved

    JAMESBURG — New facility will call old Borough Hall home By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — The Little Wonders Day School is scheduled to open in September on East Railroad Avenue in the building that formerly housed Jamesburg’s Borough Hall, the school’s director said this week.    The private day school, for children 18 months to 6…

  • Soaries kicks off congressional race

    Republican challenges U.S. Rep. Rush Holt for seat in 12th District. By: Jennifer Potash    WEST WINDSOR — Pledging a civil campaign about the issues, Republican congressional hopeful the Rev. DeForest "Buster" Soaries formally kicked off his campaign against Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) Wednesday.    The Rev. Soaries made stops in each of the district’s five counties.…

  • DISPATCHES

    Voices of Holocaust growing quieter By: Hank Kalet Soil of annihilation, soil of hate, No word will purify it ever. No such poet will be born. For even if one had been called, he walked Beside us to the last gate, for only A child of the ghetto could utter the words. — Czeslaw Milosz…

  • Township receives land for senior center

    Presbyterian Homes handed over the deed to a 3-acre piece of land that will soon be the site of the township’s new senior center. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — In the board room of the Municipal Building on Monday, the Presbyterian Homes of New Jersey Foundation presented the township with the deed to a…

  • MOST THINGS CONSIDERED

    Lottery hopefuls fit Thoreau’s portrait of ‘quiet desperation’ By: Minx McCloud    For a transplanted New Yorker like me, one of the down sides of living here is that sometimes when there’s a really big lottery amount at stake, my friends back home try to wheedle me into buying them tickets.    I have no idea how…

  • South Brunswick boys lacrosse team halts slide

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The South Brunswick High School boys’ lacrosse team stopped a two-game slide by defeating Old Bridge 9-4 on Tuesday. The Vikings (4-3) halted the Knights five-game winning streak with a complete game effort.    South carried back-to-back losses against East Brunswick (7-6) and West Windsor-Plainsboro South (11-4) into Tuesday’s match. Unhappy with…