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  • MANVILLE: Rulings cost MHS track team two wins

    MANVILLE: Rulings cost MHS track team two wins

    Mustangs not catching breaks by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Pat Gorbatuk is less than one month into his first season as Manville High’s head track and field coach, but he’s already encountered some strange controversies in dual meets.    Both rulings have gone against Gorbatuk’s program – one robbed the girls of a victory and the…

  • ‘Goodbye, Solo’

    ‘Goodbye, Solo’

    A masterly portrait of two memorable men and their prickly friendship By Elise Nakhnikian GOODBYE Solo’s Solo reminded me of Happy-Go-Lucky’s Poppy, another working-class protagonist whose cheerful kindness and persistent attempts to connect with everyone around her amount to a kind of grace. The movies seem related, both deftly illuminating the lives of people who…

  • KARR BARTH PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP BECOMES KB FINANCIAL PARTNERS

    KARR BARTH PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP BECOMES KB FINANCIAL PARTNERS Joins As Member of M Financial Group, Premier Financial Services Distribution Network PRINCETON, NJ, APRIL 28, 2009—Karr Barth Private Client Group has announced that it is changing the firm’s name to KB Financial Partners to reflect its priority focus on a partnership with its clients. In…

  • SPCA CASINO NIGHT

    By Laurie Edwards MONMOUTH COUNTY SPCA CASINO NIGHT SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009; 7- MIDNIGHT The “Phantom of the Opera” will come to life at the Fourth Annual Monmouth County SPCA Casino Night on May 2, 2009. From 7 p.m. to Midnight, the Robert Meyner Reception Center at the PNC Bank Arts Center will be transformed…

  • MANVILLE: Miller, Puza, Basta star for Barry’s

    MYAL BASEBALL    Barry’s Appliance beat Manville American Legion 7-5 in the 11-12-year-old division on Opening Day of MYAL baseball.    Max Miller pitched six innings for the win with 12 strikeouts and no walks. Miller also lead the team in hitting going 3-for-3 and Steven Nash scored twice. Seven other players each had a hit in…

  • MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crews Benefit Performance at the Ritz Theatre in NJ

    MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crews Benefit Performance at the Ritz Theatre in NJ

    By USAsianWire SCAT Productions, leading entertainment production company based in New York brings together an all-star event featuring top performers from MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crews, Quest Crew and Beat Freaks as they hit the stage for a special benefit performance for the Children’s Chance Foundation Saturday May 2nd at the Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth,…

  • Giro Di Jersey Expands to 5 Days

    Giro Di Jersey Expands to 5 Days

    Start of Stage 4 – Rocky Hill Cycling Classic photo by Carl Geisler

  • MANVILLE: Mustangs hungry for personal records

    MANVILLE: Mustangs hungry for personal records

    MHS junior Courtney Brisebois (center) sprints against Roselle Park in a recent home meet. Brisebois ran two great races in last week’s competition against North Plainfield. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • MANVILLE: Diamond teams struggle

    MANVILLE: Diamond teams struggle

    MHS senior right-hander Joe Burnett delivers a pitch during one of his April starts on the mound. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara