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  • Trento, Bergen give hope to Post 519

    By: Rich Fisher    Lenny Bergen has gone from average to good on the pitching mound, and Angelo Trento has gone from cold to hot at the plate.    Between the two of them, Monroe Post 519 is getting some definite highlight film material during its first season in Middlesex County American Legion play.    Bergen, a senior-to-be…

  • New and expanded centers on schedule

    Senior center, community center and library on their way to completion By: Emily Holody    MONROE — Plans for a new senior center, and expanded library and community center are on schedule.    Monroe Township Engineer Ernie Feist said work on the new senior center is in the conceptual design phase, and work is expected to begin…

  • Is Goldin’s offer right for West Windsor?

    GUEST OPINIONFarrell Delman and Hemi Nae    If there ever was any doubt as to just how lucrative the redevelopment of public property is, Steve Goldin’s offer to contribute a relatively unfettered $1.5 million to get the Princeton Junction redevelopment project back on track, has laid all doubts to rest.    In his op-ed piece (July 3),…

  • Probe into disappearance still awaits forensic tests

    By: Vic Monaco    The analysis of forensic evidence from the Hightstown apartment of Amy Giordano, hoped for this week, will take a little longer.    That word came this week from Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Angelo Onofri, whose office had taken the lead from borough police in the investigation of the missing single mother.    Other than…

  • Minute Maid plan not necessarily tailor-made

    Mironov blasts developer who sees 246 units in borough By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Coke used to come with a smile.    But not now, when unfriendly neighbors Hightstown and East Windsor are finally taking the first sip of a huge development proposal for the site of Coca-Cola’s former Minute Maid plant.    There was much criticism…

  • Bottom is tops for WW

    Dwyer delivers in No. 9 spot for all-stars By: Justin Feil    Tim Dwyer finished off Hamilton Township Recreation Baseball Association on Monday.    The 12-year-old is accustomed to getting things started, as he did throughout the West Windsor recreation season, but moving from first in the lineup on his rec team to ninth with the all-stars…

  • Montgomery 14s earn back-to-back wins

    Healthy Ruhlman returns for district champs By: Justin Feil    It was impressive that D.J. Ruhlman was able to play up on the Montgomery 14-year-old all-star baseball team that won the Babe Ruth District One baseball championship last year.    In addition to being just 13, Ruhlman also wasn’t at full strength, yet was able to contribute.…

  • Cranbury-Plainsboro 11’s seek win

    By: Rich Fisher    Ed Sekelsky would like to bottle the first and fourth innings of Wednesday’s game with Bordentown.    As for the middle two frames, well, they can just go away and never come back.    Sekelsky’s Cranbury-Plainsboro 11-year-old All-Stars played a flawless first and fourth against Bordentown at HTRBA’s Van Horn Field, but the Burlington…

  • Returning Star

    From roles in ‘Melrose Place’ and ‘Cry-Baby,’Amy Locane finds a new home at Hopewell’s Off-Broadstreet Theatre. By: Anthony Stoeckert    Amy Locane has been acting since she was 12 years old and has seen quite a bit of success during her career. She had a regular role as a budding starlet on the hit TV show…