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  • Holmdel residents face revaluation in 2006

    HOLMDEL — A room full of concerned residents went back to school on Oct. 6 for a lesson on property revaluation. In light of the upcoming revaluation in town, Tax Assessor Eldo Magnani was on hand to give a presentation on the issue and answer questions from the public. Magnani explained that revaluation does two…

  • Food bank issues plea for holiday donations

    The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties is in great need of food donations for the Thanksgiving holidays. Many supermarkets are giving away free hams or turkeys during the holiday season, and residents are asked to consider donating a ham or frozen turkey. Also needed are holiday trimmings such as stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, canned…

  • Police officers lending state treasury agents a hand

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — For the past few months the Howell Police Department has been working with the New Jersey Treasury Department to secure uncollected taxes that are owed to the state. According to Howell traffic safety officer Matthew Bishop, the coordinated effort was undertaken in order to…

  • Jazz band performs at Rutgers

    MANALAPAN — The Pine Brook School jazz band has been on the road again. With little more than a month to get the syncopated rhythms down pat, the jazz band traveled to Rutgers University, New Brunswick, on Oct. 25 to perform prior to an educational workshop being offered by the Center for Effective School Practices.…

  • Howell, county hook up to preserve 32-acre farm

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Another township farm has been entered into the Monmouth County Farmland Preservation Program. The Archbold Farm is a working 32-acre beef cattle and hay farm on Crow Hill Road. The Monmouth County Farmland Preservation Program is overseen by the Monmouth County Board of Agriculture.…

  • Howell residents extend the hand of friendship

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Howell HOWELL — As one natural disaster after another continues to strike locations outside the Garden State, the barrage of media coverage of the human tragedy becomes so great that at times, people may have to look away. It may in fact be natural to want…

  • Millstone adds recruits to fire department

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MILLSTONE — The township now has 10 paid firefighters. Six new firefighters joined the department and two firefighters were promoted to lieutenant at the Oct. 24 Board of Fire Commissioners meeting. “We’re a growing department for a growing town,” Fire Chief Jim Carbin said. “The town…

  • 2 seats up for grabs on freeholder board

    Barham, Burry, Aaronson, McMorrow, Unger seeking positions BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Reform, change and county spending are the main issues impacting five candidates who are seeking election to two three-year seats on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in the Nov. 8 general election. There is no elected incumbent on…

  • ALS patient finds life in creation of fantasy

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Writing a fantasy novel is what has kept ALS patient Jay Gordon’s spirit, wit and intellect alive. Gordon, 61, of Marlboro, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in January 2001. ALS is a fatal neuromuscular disease that attacks the…