Category: archives
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Valentino has mixed emotions about states
By: Ken Weingartner Pride and disappointment. Those two feelings are battling within Mike Valentino. Valentino, a senior at South Brunswick High School, reached the quarterfinals at 160 pounds in the NJSIAA Wrestling Tournament at Atlantic City last weekend but fell short of his pre-season goal to become a place-winner. He ended the season 31-4. "It…
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Teams prepare for marathon to fund more cancer research
Relay for Life will be held at Manville High School By:Sally Goldenberg Manville is moving forward in preparing fund-raising events for Relay For Life an 18-hour marathon sponsored by the American Cancer Society. The Raritan branch of the cancer society chose Manville High School as one of two Somerset County sites for the walk…
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Resident wants to see more flags
Letter to the editor To the editor: Subsequent to the tragedy of the Twin Towers in New York City, Lawrence Township was in mourning with the country, and our community was alive with the colors of our nation. Patriotism was at it’s highest and American flags were at a premium. Now as I travel the…
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Food Bank needs support
To the editor I have often written in these pages of what a wonderful resource The Food Bank Network of Somerset County is for our community. The Food Bank has been available to help people in need since 1982, but a recent increased demand on the Food Bank has jeopardized its ability to continue to…
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Helen Mruk
MANVILLE Helen A. Mruk died March 11 at home. She was 77. Born in Passaic, she had been a resident of Manville for many years. Mrs. Mruk was a homemaker. She was a member of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville. Her husband, Walter Mruk, died in 1980. Surviving are two sons,…
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SBHS boys bowling team had flair for the dramatic
By: Tyler Dey The 2002-03 South Brunswick High School boys bowling team certainly had a sense of drama about it. The Vikings waited until their final match of the year, the Greater Middlesex Conference Team Tournament final, to fully showcase their talent and provide their greatest highlight of the season. And even then the team…
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Necessary Strangers
Secrets and Lies: Real-life paramours Robert Cuccioli and Laila Robins examine love and trust in ‘Fiction’ at McCarter Theatre. Steven Dietz’s play opens March 25. By: Matt Smith TimeOFF/Frank Wojciechowski Fiction, starring Robert Cuccioli and Laila Robins, above, goes inside a marriage where diaries are an open book. Early in Steven Dietz’s play Fiction, Michael…
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‘Wealthy’ school districts are ‘all in the same boat’
GUEST OPINION By Carl Swanson We are not alone! A number of public school districts in New Jersey have become identified by state formula as "wealthy" school districts. This is based on a combination of factors including property values, the number of households with income below the poverty level and households with above-average incomes. The…
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‘Spider’
Director David Cronenberg delivers a film that examines the world through the distorted lens of mental illness. [R] By: Bob Brown The first thing you notice about David Cronenberg’s film Spider is its glacial pace. Some viewers may lose patience with this, but it is intrinsic to the film’s approach. Stick with it. In the opening…
