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  • Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll

    Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll

    Phil Gambetta, 59, also plays with country rock band the SunDogs.

  • Third and fourth graders drop season finale

    REC SOCCER    After ending the first half in a 1-1 tie, Manville Recreation’s third and fourth grade soccer team’s undefeated status ended when Somerville scored midway in the second half. Although the game ended 2-1, Manville suffered its only loss for the season, but ended a proud 6-1-1.    Manville’s goal came toward the end of…

  • Colts rally but fall short in thriller

    Colts rally but fall short in thriller

    MYAL FOOTBALL    Anyone who made the trip to Metuchen to watch the Manville Colts play in the first annual Dawg Bowl saw a fourth quarter worth the entrance fee. The Colts played the last game of the tournament against Washington Rock, a Mountain Valley Conference team.    With spotty practices during the weeks since the playoff…

  • Lambertville voters OK ballot question; council candidates unopposed

       In Lambertville, both candidates for City Council ran unopposed: Elizabeth Asaro received 1,506 votes; Ronald Pittore received 1,575 votes.    Voters approved a ballot question to expand the purpose of the open space tax 1,276-474.

  • Breaking: South Brunswick Democrats win in landslide

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Democrats swept to re-election to the Township Council, beating their Republican opponents by almost 5,000 votes.    Carol Barrett, the deputy mayor, won her fourth council term by topping the field with 10,598 votes. Joseph Camarota and Charles Carley each won their second terms with 10,410 and 10,362 votes, respectively.    Republican…

  • Manville boys end season on winning note

    Manville boys end season on winning note

    Season ends with three victories by John Beisser, Sports Writer    A long, tough, yet rewarding season for the Manville High boys’ soccer team ended on a positive note when the Mustangs tied Sussex Tech 2-2 before capping off the year with a sharp 4-2 victory over Highland Park.    The Mustangs made the near two-hour trek…

  • Molnar is unofficial winner in West Amwell

       Unofficial election results at 9 p.m. Tuesday show it appears Republican Thomas Molnar will win a three-year seat on the Township Committee in West Amwell over Ron Shapella, 813-705. The county clerk’s office said absentee ballots give another 68 votes to Mr. Molnar, and 67 to Mr. Shapella.    In Stockton, all candidates for Borough Council…

  • Breaking: Cody wins in Cranbury

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Win Cody defeated John Ritter for an open Township Committee seat in Cranbury 1,051-806.    Mr. Cody, a Republican, will replace fellow Republican Wayne Wittman, maintaining a 4-1 Democratic majority.

  • ‘Changeling’

    ‘Changeling’

    A good story badly told, ‘Changeling’ drives home its message like a drunken joker who wants to make sure you got the punch line By Elise Nakhnikian CHANGELING is one of those films that tries to evoke the past by mimicking the look and feel of an old movie. We hop from one sensationalistic genre…