Category: archives
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‘The War Tapes’
This gritty, tense action film, full of violence, gallows humor, compassion and despair, reveals war as you have never seen it. By: Bob Brown Mathew Brady may have been the first to send back photos from the killing fields. Director Deborah Scranton is surely the first to send everyday soldiers into battle with video cameras.…
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Francis Pirozzi Sr.
VENICE, Fla. Francis "Frank" J. Pirozzi Sr. died Aug. 14 at home. He was 93. Born and raised in Manville, he moved to Venice in 1990. Mr. Pirozzi was president of the family business, AT Company in Manville, retiring in 1981. He attended Sacred Heart School in Manville. He was a charter member of…
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Veteran teacher ready for class again
William Tucker has been teaching social studies at LHS for 35 years. By: Lea Kahn William Tucker has been going to school for 54 years. While that might sound like a student’s worst nightmare, it is almost like a dream come true for Mr. Tucker, who has for 35 of those years taught social studies…
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New look for older schools
Elementary renovations completed. By: Lacey Korevec Deborah Buonocore admired her new classroom at Monmouth Junction School with a huge smile on her face. "These are my exact footprints of where I’ve been for the past nine years," the fifth-grade teacher said Friday. "But now I have to pinch myself because I have walls. It’s amazing."…
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Yeshiva may file suit against borough
By: Cara Latham ROOSEVELT The lawyer for an Orthodox Jewish school is vowing to sue the borough if it refuses to rezone the school so that it can expand in the future. For more than a year, residents of the borough have been crossing swords over whether Yeshiva Me’on Hatorah, an Orthodox Jewish school…
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Boys soccer team can score goals but need to prevent them
By: Dave Gurney The South Brunswick High boys varsity soccer team won’t be afraid to go on the offensive this season. Returning 13 players, including three of their top four scorers from 2005, the Vikings should feel just fine attacking the net. But the question remains how will the Vikings respond to losing 80…
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Principal is supporting a new team
Eagles fan will be leading students at Indian Fields School. By: Lacey Korevec Though he may spend a few Sundays this fall at Lincoln Financial Field supporting his favorite team, the Philadelphia Eagles, 35-year-old Mark Daniels will spend Mondays through Fridays leading a different team this year. Starting today (Thursday), Mr. Daniels replaces Andrea Orlando,…
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MHS boys’ soccer team ready for new challenges
Shambach switches over to guide Mustangs By: John Beisser There are equal parts excitement and change surrounding the Manville High boys’ soccer team as the Mustangs complete their final paces in preparation for the 2006 season, which begins with a road match at Princeton Day School on Friday. For starters, the Mustangs feature a…
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Blindness won’t keep local teen from having bright future
Hopewell Borough boy participated in a science academy program with the National Federation of the Blind in Baltimore By Audrey Levine It was 2 a.m. when Trevor Saunders, 16, and 11 other students arrived at the Wallops Flight Facility in Baltimore in mid-July and prepared their rocket for launch. Four hours later, everything was ready…
