Category: archives

  • MANVILLE: Share your memories of Sept. 11, 2001

       Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001?    The Manville News invites readers to share their experiences, personal stories and photos of the 9-11 terror attacks. We will publish a series of readership reflections in September in honor of the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives 10 years ago in New York, Washington and…

  • Caritas Chamber Chorale to Hold Auditions
  • Corporations are not the same as people

    Walter Helfrich, Upper Freehold     “Corporations are people, my friend.” Mitt Romney needs to go back to school and learn about the United States Constitution.    The preamble begins with: “We, the People…”    Then throughout the whole body of the document, reference is continuously made regarding the sovereign individual and his relationship to the government to…

  • MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

    MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’

    A high-class soap opera from Portugal leaves the viewer with the rare sense of having seen a whole life unfold By Elise Nakhnikian Special Writer    In movies. as in any form of storytelling, it helps to have a good tale to tell, but what really counts is telling your story well. Their aggressive lack…

  • MANVILLE: Kids get taste of the real world

    Streetside lemonade stand brings in cash for kids By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Sitting around, out of school for the summer and trying to think of something to do to keep busy, local students put their heads together and decided to set up their own lemonade stand.    Raritan Avenue resident Desiree Domitrowski and…

  • LAWRENCE: Four cars vandalized, items reported stolen

       Police are searching for the person or persons who vandalized two cars and broke into two more cars and then tried to torch them while they were parked outside their owners’ homes in The Village condominium complex between 8:30 p.m. Aug. 7 and 10:30 a.m. Aug. 9.    Two cars on Shirley Lane were broken into,…

  • Local 8th Grade Fall Girls Basketball Team Looking for Players

    By Coach Mike The Allentown Upper Freehold (AUF) Lady Hawks Basketball Association offers a competitive Fall 13U basketball program for young ladies who are entering the 8th Grade for the 2011 / 2012 school year. Please note that thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) year old young ladies in the 8th Grade are eligible and age…

  • MANVILLE: Food drive will help fill county pantry

       The New Jersey Marine Corps Road Detachment MCL 1284 and the American Legion Post 304 will hold their annual food drive to benefit the Somerset County Food Pantry on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the American Legion Post on South Main Street.    The food drive will…

  • BRIDGEWATER: Somerset Patriots’ Derrick Gordon named league’s ‘Pitcher of the Month’

    Patriots lefthander Gordon named the ‘Pitcher of Month’    Somerset Patriots left-handed pitcher Derrick Gordon has been named the Atlantic League “Pitcher Of The Month” for July.    Gordon finished July with a 3-1 record, a 1.32 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched in four games started.    Gordon was acquired from the Gary South Shore…