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  • Post 519 shows progress in close loss to Middlesex

    By:    After suffering a 13-2 loss to Middlesex earlier this year, the Monroe Post 519 baseball team was determined to make a better showing the second time around.    The locals did just that and, despite a loss, looked much improved in a 7-6 setback Monday night. That came on the heels of a 7-0 loss…

  • Local police chief, prosecutor talk about detective’s decisions

    Eufemia: Hightstown ‘still considered the lead agency’ on Digirolamo/Giordano investigation. By: Vic Monaco    TRENTON — Conspicuously absent from the first press conference on the investigation into the disappearance of Amy Giordano of Hightstown was the man described up until this week as the lead investigator — borough Detective Ben Miller.    While some of the actions…

  • NFL veteran shares his thoughts on Rutgers, Giants and ‘honest’ golf

    By: Rich Fisher    Press: You’re also an alumnus of Rutgers. Everyone always said it was a sleeping giant. It never quite happened when you were there, but did you always feel that way, and what are your thoughts when you see the job Greg Schiano has done?    O’Hara: Sure, everybody has talked about Rutgers just…

  • Fireworks and music on tap for Thursday

    Fireworks display to take place in Village Park By: Michelle McGuinness    Whether their fireworks burst across the sky in giant halos of color, or whiz toward the clouds in streaks of white, International Fireworks is sure to dazzle Cranbury with its July 5th display.    The firework display will take place near the gazebo in Village…

  • Refurbished Palmer Square kiosk debuts

    Expanded news stop to even get a video display By: Nick Norlen    Extra, extra: The Palmer Square newsstand will return to its kiosk today.    After months in a Palmer Square storefront, the newsstand is reopening in its renovated kiosk with an additional 80 to 100 square feet, Palmer Square Vice President David Newton said.    "It’s…

  • A 3rd ‘family’ enters widening investigation

    Single mom missing; dad in Italy; mob ties possible By: Vic Monaco    TRENTON — Rosario "Roy" Digirolamo flew to Italy five days after his baby son was abandoned in Delaware and one week after the mother of the child disappeared.    And law enforcement officials, now including the FBI, are looking into possible ties between the…

  • Medals for more than courage

    DiGregorio is taekwondo world champion By: Justin Feil    Derek DiGregorio has a good problem.    "I have a lot of trophies in my room," said the 9-year-old Princeton resident. "I’m running out of room to put them all."    DiGregorio picked up three medals and three trophies at the 2007 American Taekwondo Association World Championships that ended…

  • Region to celebrate the 4th

    Princeton fireworks set Monday night By: Allison Musante    The Spirit of Princeton is hosting its ninth annual fireworks show on Monday night adjacent to Princeton Stadium on the university campus.    Guests are welcome to gather in the fields around the stadium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Fireworks will begin at dusk, about 9:15 p.m.    The event…

  • The mystery of summer reading

    "Get a Clue" at Cranbury Public Library encourages kids to have fun reading By: Michelle McGuinness    Monkeys, mystery and magic will be combined this summer at the Cranbury Public Library to encourage children to read long after their school classes finish.    Get a Clue, the library’s summer reading program, kicked off June 19 with Monkeys…