Category: archives
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‘The Hunting Party’
Based on an ‘Esquire’ article about a vacation in Bosnia, this film doesn’t quite know whether it wants to be an action picture or a comedy. By: Bob Brown Richard Gere hunts down a big news story in The Hunting Party. Writer/director Richard Shepard (The Matador, 2005) spins this war comedy from Scott Anderson’s very…
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Singh will fight for New Jersey
Karan Bhatia of Monmouth Junction For my first time volunteering on a political campaign, I am excited to be involved in Seema Singh’s fight for the state Senate seat. My family has known Ms. Singh for several years now, and to know that she is a favorite candidate to make a difference to the 14th…
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Montgomery teen injured in fall from car
MONTGOMERY — A 15-year-old from Montgomery injured his legs, when he fell from a moving car in the Wawa parking lot at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Donna Zucker, the young man’s mother, had parked her car in front of the Wawa with the car running, police said. While Ms. Zucker was inside the Wawa, her son…
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Campaign coverage puts readers first.
In the spirit of fairness to all candidates, and with an eye toward providing the best service to our readers, The Manville News has a set of ground rules for coverage of local election campaigns. Manville News Under the guidelines, we commit to certain elements of news coverage. We are committed to writing and publishing…
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Every time they dance, they’re really quite precocious
Dancers from Main Street Dance entertained the crowd at the Aug. 23 Somerset Patriots baseball game. Photo by Julie LaPadula
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Barroom Days
Shakespeare Theatre has ‘The Time of Your Life.’ By: Stuart Duncan From left: Ned Noyes as Tom, loyal friend to Joe (Andrew Weems), in The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s production of The Time of Your Life. Let’s have a long, warm round of applause for The Shakespeare Theatre in Madison. Right on the heels…
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Museums
Exhibits, special shows, tours and general information The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Phila., Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches, through Dec. 31, $10, $8.25 seniors, $8 military personnel/students/ages 3-12, free under 3; hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; www.ansp.org Cranbury Museum, 4 Park Place East, Cranbury, Heart…
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Editor’s Journal – Live in Lawrenceville? Likely not, but who cares?
Potato, potahto. Tomato, tomahto. Lawrence, Lawrenceville. These are the great questions for those of us with too much time on our hands. By John Dunphy, Managing Editor While I have grown to love this town I have covered for almost a year (this July 27, to be exact. Send gifts), there has been one bugaboo…
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Resident on council elections: dispense fears of rocking the boat
Victor Murray, Melvina Drive As a former candidate for Township Council in 2003, I am amazed at how this year’s elections seem so silent on any major issues. Is it possible that attempts to remain non-confrontational are overshadowing the need to at least be observational? I recall observing public concerns early in our 2003…
