Author: Greater Media

  • Howell budget shows decline in tax for municipal purposes

    HOWELL By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Municipal taxes paid by the owner of a home assessed at Howell’s average value will decrease in 2015 under the budget that has been introduced by the Township Council. Howell’s municipal tax rate will decrease from 45.3 cents to 39.8 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. In 2014,…

  • Public invited to Scouts’ pancake breakfast on May 3

    HOWELL — Boy Scout Troop No. 515 (Ramtown-Howell) will host an all-you-caneat pancake breakfast from 8-11:30 a.m. May 3 at the Howell Elks Lodge No. 2515, 84 Ramtown-Greenville Road, Howell. Breakfast items will include pancakes, sausage, coffee, tea and orange juice. Tickets are $7 for adults; $3 for children under 12; and free for children…

  • May 30 walk in New Egypt will boost brain tumor research

    Residents and business operators from Plumsted and the surrounding area will take a collective step toward finding a cure for brain tumors when they participate in a fundraising walk on May 30. The fifth annual Walk to End Brain Tumors will have participants strolling along a 1-mile route through downtown New Egypt to raise funds…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Tyler Grey, 13, of Old Bridge, explores a section of Bicentennial Park in East Brunswick on a sun-filled April 12.

  • Country will not elect a bully as president

    Will Gov. Chris Christie run for president? That is the big question. Oh, how I hope he does run for president. I would like him to be exposed in the primary debates by his fellow Republicans concerning how badly he has governed New Jersey. He has done nothing for New Jersey. We have a part-time…

  • FOR THE RECORD

    Emily Bausher is a graduate of New Egypt High School, Plumsted. Bausher is a member of the softball team at Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Pennsylvania.

  • Members named to Green Team

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council has appointed members to a municipal board whose goal will be to preserve and protect Howell’s environmental resources. Mayor Bill Gotto said the panel, which is known as the Green Team, will be eligible to receive funding. The group will work to preserve and…

  • American Legion to collect food items for pantry

    American Legion Post 401 will conduct its annual food drive in support of the South Brunswick Food Pantry’s Feinstein Challenge through April 27. Each year during March and April, the Feinstein Foundation challenges antihunger agencies across the country to raise funds and collect as many food donations as possible. Each food item donated is valued…

  • Pupils take part in rain barrel challenge

    PLUMSTED — Fourth-grade students in Mary Dancer’s class at the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School have been working with their art teacher, Rita Williams, to take part in the Barnegat Bay Blitz Rain Barrel Challenge for 2015. The blitz is led by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in partnership with the New…