Category: archives
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Winter just too much for you?Blame it on the jet stream
Shifting winds causing unstable weather patterns By:Alec Moore Last week’s snow storm left many wondering what’s causing the long bout of colder-than-usual weather in Central Jersey. "The reason for the endless winter has to do with the persistence of a weather pattern that began last October," said resident and Rutgers University climatologist David Robinson, who…
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Open eyes and be thankful
To the editor Greetings from the great state of Wisconsin. I have been a Manville News reader for most of my adult life. Growing up in Manville and spending most of my years there, I have realized one thing the world is not as large as most people think. I am writing for a…
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Body Balance provides golfers with proper fitness
Get a workout designed for golf By: John Beisser "Your body is your most important piece of golf." That one line sums up what The Body Balance for Performance Centers are all about. Body Balance is a national franchise, developed by Paul Callaway, the first Director of Physical Therapy on the PGA Tour, who…
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South prepares for Hammer time
By: Ken Weingartner The South Brunswick boys’ tennis team is ready to bring out the Hammer. Sean Hammer, that is. After missing the first couple weeks of the season because of a wrist injury, Hammer is expected to soon return to the Vikings’ lineup. Coach Nancy McDonald said Hammer will look to play his way…
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Colonial Heights’ past intrigues Breakfast Club
Neighborhood the subject of meeting this month. By: Lea Kahn When Capt. John Anderson looked out the window of his brick farmhouse in 1765, the land as far as the eye could see belonged to him. He could see wooded areas, as well as cleared areas planted with crops. If Capt. Anderson could…
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Arts funding being ignored
Letter to the editor To the editor: It is imperative that all New Jersey residents, particularly those with students in the public schools, become aware of the horrifying cuts in arts and history funding Governor Jim McGreevey has proposed for the upcoming fiscal year. While our Governor has been unable to avoid the state’s fiscal…
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King of Instruments
David Messineo will accompany Princeton Pro Musica in Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem at Princeton University Chapel April 26. By: Susan Van Dongen In an Oct. 2001 TimeOFF interview, David Messineo, principal organist at the Princeton University Chapel, spoke about the chapel’s renovation, which had put the Mander-Skinner organ out of commission for a while. Although he…
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Life to the Fullest
With nearly 50 actors, Boheme Opera New Jersey’s staging of ‘La Boheme’ is one of the largest attempted by the company to date. By: Daniel Shearer TimeOFF/Frank Wojciechowski Performing the role of Musetta, soprano Joan Eubank pauses during a rehearsal for La Bohème. The Latin Quarter of Paris bursts with energy. Children play, lovers writhe,…
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Red Raider softball team drubs rival Gill
Softball By: Mike Molaro Every once in a while, a team has a game where everything from the pitching to the hitting to the defense goes right. The Pennington School’s softball team had such a game Tuesday in a 27-0 home demolition of Prep B rival Gill-St. Bernard’s that was mercifully called after four-and-a-half innings…
