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  • Girl Scout anniversary is a special time for organization

    The 90th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA, in 2002, is a particularly special one for Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts, as it coincides with Monmouth Council’s 40th anniversary. Our official "90/40" anniversary celebration will take place on Oct. 5 when the public is encouraged to explore the beautiful 143-acre Camp Sacajawea in Howell…

  • Grieving family felt warmth shown by Howell community

    Early Saturday morning, Aug. 10, my daughter-in-law called 911 for help for my son, Alan Horowitz, just 39 years old, who had stopped breathing. Within a few minutes, first aid, police and other emergency assistance from Howell were on the scene. This letter is to thank the many people who tried so hard for so…

  • Take care when weighing alleged benefits of new homes

    With political forces pushing to down-zone (aka rezone) properties of the defunct Marlboro Airport, it’s comforting to grasp onto any fragile straw suggested by the Township Council which challenges and questions the "sell-out" to developers scavenging about the township. Council members (Paul) Kovalski, (Ellen) Karcher and (James) Mione have happily expressed preferences for "open space"…

  • Obituaries

    GEORGE D. ARCHER, 69, of Farmingdale died Sept. 5 at home. Born in Long Branch, he had lived in Freehold for 44 years before moving to the Farmingdale-Howell area. He was a land surveyor for Charles Widdis & Co., Long Branch, for the past eight years. He is survived by his wife, Doris M.; a…

  • New state law will guarantee additional time for public comment

    The new law signed by Gov. James McGreevey will change the way Manalapan has been conducting township business by reinstating public comment at every Township Committee meeting. At the January 2002 reorganization, Mayor Rebecca Aaronson and the Township Committee regrettably became one of those few towns in the state that limited public participation to one…

  • Officer came through for senior in New York

    On Sept. 5, after waiting eight months for tickets to Lion King, [the NFL] decided to have Bon Jovi and the NFL Kickoff. Due to this event there was no access to the streets around Times Square. My 75-year-old mother who is handicapped had to walk from Port Authority to Carmine’s on 44th where we…

  • Group says proposal to use tolls to finance Newark arena is wrong

    It costs $7 to cross some bridges and tunnels in the New Jersey/New York area. This money is intended for the maintenance of our infrastructures. Some of these bridges and tunnels were built as early as the 1920s and 1930s and have been paid for hundreds of times over. This week we learned at least…

  • Residents’ voices must be heard on Fountains application

    My husband, Howard Carpenter, is a lifetime resident of Howell. He was born and raised on his family’s farm on Estelle Lane, which has been deeded to the Estelle family since the 1700s. We were married in 1960 and built our home in 1966 on a 1.5-acre parcel of his grandparents’ farm next door to…

  • Committee has shown great support for first aid squad

    On behalf of the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad membership, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Manalapan Township Committee — Mayor Rebecca Aaronson, Deputy Mayor Bill Scherer and committee members Drew Shapiro, Mary Cozzolino and Beth Ward — for their continued strong support to our squad. I have been president of the…