Madison News

A top Cuban umpire has defected to the United States. The Spanish-language newspaper El Nuevo Herald reports that Nelson Diaz arrived in Miami on Sunday with his wife and two daughters.

Bob Sheppard has no intentions of returning to his longtime job as the public address announcer at Yankee Stadium, MLB.com reported Thursday.

Religious Life Submitted by Mary Strieff, Shoreline UU Society, on 2009-11-25.   Holidays can be stressful and confusing for some whose families have blended religious traditions or no religious practice at all.

St. Louis Cardinals season ticket prices are increasing an average of 3 percent next year.

The Red Sox will raise some ticket prices as much as $5 next season after freezing all sections for 2009.

Reliever Aaron Heilman was acquired Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Chicago Cubs for two minor league prospects.

The late Roland Stevens, a lifelong resident of Madison, summed up North Madison's Rockland section in his remembrances, "Pot Skimmin's." "First it is rocky - very, very, very rocky - and that, I presume is how it came by its name," he wrote.

New Cleveland Indians manager Manny Acta's coaching staff is nearly complete. On Monday, Acta picked Tim Tolman as the bench coach, Steve Smith as third-base coach and Scott Radinsky as bullpen coach.

New Haven police say a city man doused his wife and her two children with an accelerant and set fire to the woman, who suffered burns on up to 40 percent of her body.

The Kansas City Chiefs have released troubled running back Larry Johnson . A two-paragraph statement from the team Monday simply listed Johnson's statistics and announced his release.

Submitted by Friends of Hammonasset on 2009-11-13.   Hamonasset Beach State Park will host an evening of outdoor fireside stories Dec.

A Milford police officer has been arrested on manslaughter charges in connection with a car crash last summer that killed two Orange teens.

This is a May 8, 2007, file photo showing Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Victor Zambrano reacting after giving up a three-run home run to Boston Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia during second inning baseball action in Toronto.

A woman was killed and an off-duty state trooper was injured when their motorcycle collided with a car in Cheshire.

The Milwaukee Brewers have declined a club option on right-handed reliever David Weathers for next season.

San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state.

In this Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla listens to a question during a baseball news conference in St.

A city seethes in anticipation. Outside Yankee Stadium, workmen wielding power washers crisscross the walkways on a crisp autumn afternoon, dutifully cleaning each and every groove between thousands of concrete squares.

Submitted by Friends of Hammonasset on 2009-11-02.   The Friends of Hammonasset launches its annual Christmas tree sale at 9 a.m., Nov.

The managers appear to have decided on opposite strategies for the final four games of the World Series.