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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Drive’: A smart, wll played take on the hard-guy American vigilante films that flourished in the last half of the last century, updated with a dose of grossly graphic violence.
By Elise Nakhnikian In one of his deceptively haimish digressions, businessman/gangster Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks) tells the unnamed star of “Drive’ (Ryan Gosling) about the movies he used to produce. “One critic called them European,” Rose says. “I thought they were sh**.” That’s probably an in-joke planted either by or for director Nicolas Winding…
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MANVILLE: Colts unable to score against Rumson
The Colts traveled down to Freehold for the second time this season to face an out-of-conference team, Rumson. Both teams came into the game winless, setting the tone for a great football game. The Colts’ lone team captain that night was Kody Keimig. Being a veteran Colt, his family was moving to Texas the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Campus Corner for issue of Oct. 20
News of local students in college Ronald Guido of Hillsborough was one of 26 students at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., who participated in a training program for sport management majors presented by Game Face, an international training and career placement company that specializes in sports marketing. The school’s Department of Business, in conjunction with…
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MANVILLE: Councilman remarks on effects of GOP leadership
To the editor: Recent Republican leadership in Manville has had the following “positive impacts” concerning our borough finances since 2008. These facts cannot be disputed. Also, the borough’s entire budget has been recently published on-line for everyone to see. The facts are that the departmental budgets of our police, public works and finance administration departments…
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MANVILLE: Senior Corner for week of Oct. 20
The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The club, which is comprised of people who are residents of Manville, age 60 or older, and age 55 if disabled, will not be accepting new members until January 2012. Canned goods or nonperishable food…
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LAWRENCE: Red-light cameras now at intersection
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Motorists who pass through the intersection at Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road and Franklin Corner Road should be prepared to smile, just in case they are captured on newly installed red-light cameras. The automated photo enforcement program, which uses cameras to photograph cars that do not stop when the…
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MANVILLE: Menjivar twins hit for five goals
Five goals by the Menjivar twins helped Manville Recreation’s seventh and eighth grade soccer team to a 7-2 victory over Bridgewater on Saturday. Bridgewater scored early but its goal was soon answered by Christian Menjivar from near the goal line. Bridgewater went ahead again with a high shot into the net, but the lead didn’t…
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Patriots nail down A North field hockey championship
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer I n the last two years, nine players from the Freehold Township High School field hockey program have gone on to play in college. It was only natural, considering the talent that has graduated, that coach Beth English looked at the 2011 season as a rebuilding campaign. However, the season…
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Braves win fourth straight, routing Old Bridge, 33-14
Manalapan to play Rebels in key A North contest on Oct. 21 in Howell BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer This text will be replaced John Sieczkowski Manalapan High School football player John Sieczkowski could not believe his good fortune. That football was just handed to him. “I was on a blitz,” the Braves’ linebacker said.…
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