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  • DiGirolamo offered plea deal in baby abandonment case

    Lawyer claims custody of boy an open issue By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor >   Rosario DiGirolamo — the Millstone man charged with abandoning the baby he fathered with his Hightstown mistress and labeled a person of interest in her disappearance — has been offered a plea agreement in connection with the abandonment charges.    Delaware attorney general’s…

  • Council irked Patten excluded it from Turnpike meeting

    By Vic Monaco and Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writers    HIGHTSTOWN — The all-Democratic Borough Council is not pleased about Republican Mayor Bob Patten excluding it from a meeting he had with Turnpike Authority officials over a proposed widening project and its effect on the borough.    Mr. Patten and Borough Engineer Carmela Roberts met with authority representatives,…

  • Column: Time to open playoffs

    Princeton football deserves shot at postseason By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    It’s only the fourth game of the season for the Princeton University football team, but already the playoffs are here.    At least that’s the way the Tigers are looking at their Saturday game against Football Championship Subdivision No. 21 Hampton.    Princeton is ineligible…

  • What’s going on Friday?

    Events in Lawrence Rummage sale: The Women’s Association of Slackwood Presbyterian Church, 2020 Brunswick Ave., will hold a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A second day of $3 a bag sales will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday. Larger items also will have reduced prices on Saturday. For more…

  • LOOKING AHEAD

    Check out some notable events happening in the coming weeks in central New Jersey and beyond Rider University, The Playhouse on Westminster Campus, Lawrence, Into The Woods, Nov. 2-3, 8 p.m., Nov. 4, 3 p.m., $15, $10 seniors/students; (609) 921-2663; www.rider.edu/arts   Disney’s High School Musical On Ice, Sovereign Bank Arena, 81 Hamilton Ave., Trenton,…

  • Leonard M. Oppenheim

    Former Princeton resident     HILLSBOROUGH — Leonard M. Oppenheim, formerly of Princeton, died Wednesday in Summerville at Hillsborough Assisted Living. He was 83.    He retired from Nashua Printing in Newark in 1986.    Born in Allentown, Pa. he served in the Army Air Forces during World War II as an air traffic controller in Africa.    He…

  • John O’Connell

       John O’Connell, 82, died Monday, Oct. 1, at his home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived there until moving to Holiday Heights in Toms River in 2000.    He was a self-employed tool and die maker working from his own company, J&D Hardware Co. in Brooklyn, for 45 years retiring in 1990.    During World War II…

  • Media blitzer

    On-air and off, area man has seen, and filmed, it all By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    It was 1975 in New York City.    Dick Cunningham completed his first broadcast as anchor of the ABC radio network’s national news broadcast.    When the red back-lit “on air” sign turned off he thought to himself, “Is this all…

  • School News

       The South Brunswick High School marching band opened its competitive season in Piscataway, placing first in its division and winning Best Visual, Best Overall Effect and Best Color Guard.    With a score of 81.05, the band won the Mayor’s Trophy for Best Overall Band, as well as Best Overall Effect in Show and Best Color…