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  • Vincent Landano

       MANVILLE — Vincent James Landano, 63, died Nov. 11, in Community Memorial Hospital, Toms, River.    Born in New York City, he was a resident of Metuchen for many years, moving to Manville in 1997.    Mr. Landano worked in construction for Debranello Contracting of Hillsborough for the past five years.    Surviving are his wife, Camille Battiato…

  • Slow start, strong finish for Holtz’s Bulldogs

    FIELD HOCKEY By Matt Nalbone    The season is over for the Hopewell Valley field hockey team, but the players have learned some valuable lessons.    They started out extremely slow, losing their first seven games, but ended the campaign going 4-4 over the last eight games. They split their last two, including a 2-0 win over…

  • New era begins at Lawrence motel site

    Demolition of Trent Motel marks beginning of revitalization. By: Lea Kahn    The tinkling sound of glass breaking as the claw of a backhoe bit into the Trent Motel Tuesday morning sounded the first concrete steps in the revitalization of Brunswick Pike in the southern part of Lawrence Township.    Township officials gathered in the parking lot…

  • A Lingering Mystery

    Philomel Baroque is performing the controversial ‘Gloria.’ Scholars are still debating whether the recently discovered piece was composed by Frideric Handel. By: Daniel Shearer    The announcement in March 2001 of a newly discovered work by late Baroque composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) sparked a mixture of excitement and skepticism.    The find, previously unheard music from…

  • Hungry

    Independent musician Mary Arden Collins second full-length album in six years feature more ambitious songs than her 1997 self-titled debut. By: Matt Smith    Ah, the oh-so-glamorous life of an independent musician: weeks on end traveling the country in an off-smelling van, gigs at dive-y bars where you wouldn’t make your worst enemy drink, and dealing…

  • ‘The Man from Elysian Fields’

    Andy Garcia and Olivia Williams rattle off witty dialogue in a film that squeezes melodrama from the world’s oldest story.   [R] By: Elise Nakhnikian    The Man From Elysian Fields has the feel of a great B movie from the ’40s or early ’50s.    The retro aura is partly a matter of personal style. Andy Garcia, one…

  • SCHOOLS: Noor-Ul-Iman

    Fasting for Ramadan means sacrificing more than food By: Melissa Morgan    While fasting during the month of Ramadan, fifth-grader Jamal Brahmia has a strategy to keep his mind off food.    "I think about things like video games and search the Internet for things to buy with my money," he said about what he does when…

  • Hillsborough falls short in muddy playoff battle

    Piscataway survives on field goal By: Rudy Brandl        PISCATAWAY — An outstanding defensive effort wasn’t quite enough for the Hillsborough High football team in last Saturday’s Central Jersey Group 4 quarterfinal game at Piscataway.    The Raiders (5-4) played their best defensive game of the season against the explosive, heavily-favored Chiefs but couldn’t get anything…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       A 2002 Dodge Dakota was keyed on the driver’s side doors overnight between Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 on Pope Street.    The damage is estimated at $500. ***    George Bias, 38, of Harrison Avenue was charged with violating a federal restraining order and harassment at 9:10 a.m. Nov. 17 at a residence on South Main…