Category: Tri-Town Calendar

  • Howell residents face tax hike

    HOWELL — The Board of Education was expected to introduce an $83 million budget for the 2002-03 school year on Monday. The local tax levy to support the budget for Howell’s K-8 school district will be $48.7 million, according to figures provided by district administrators. District officials are projecting an increase of 12.8 cents in…

  • Fire district tax levy reduced

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta HOWELL — The Township Council has directed the Board of Fire Commis-sioners of Fire District 3 to reduce the amount it planned to raise in local taxes this year. The Fire District 3 budget totaling $991,916 was defeated in the Feb. 16 election by 10 votes, 215 to 205. That…

  • Route 9 dualization lasting legacy of former mayor

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta Route 9 dualization lasting legacy of former mayor HOWELL — Township flags were flying at half-staff last week in honor of former Mayor Gerald Levine. Levine, 69, died on March 12. Levine, who served as mayor from 1981 to 1982, was elected to the governing body, at that time a…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Youngsters get into the spirit of fun as they line up for an Easter bonnet parade at Oak Glen Park, Howell, on March 16. The Howell Recreation Department sponsored an Easter egg hunt and the parade.

  • Ocean ranked as one of safest areas to live

    Of 254 metropolitan areas in the nation, Ocean County numbers as one of the 10 safest, according to a statistical review conducted by Morgan Quinto Press and published in City & County magazine, announced Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari. Only one other New Jersey metro area made it to the top 25 safest list, Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    • A St. Patrick’s Dance and Gift Auction will be hosted by St. Monica’s Knights of Columbus on March 16 at Rova Farms, Route 571, in the Cassville section of Jackson. Tickets are $22.50 each. Details: John Burnetsky, (732) 370-4864, or Don Hansen, (732) 928-6167. • Third annual corned beef and cabbage dinner is being…

  • More residents expected to oppose cell tower plan

    Staff Writer By kathy baratta More residents expected to oppose cell tower plan HOWELL — Two groups are expected to join the existing opposition to an application filed by Nextel to place a cellular communications tower at the rear of the Grebow shopping center, Route 9 south. Andre Jackametz, an Irene Boulevard resident, is facing…

  • Water restrictions go into effect statewide

    Staff Writer By alison granito Water restrictions go into effect statewide After one of the driest winters in recent history, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued mandatory water use restrictions in an attempt to keep the statewide water emergency from getting worse as the weather gets warmer. According to new DEP Commissioner…

  • Veterans’ grave markers available

    On Dec. 27, President George W. Bush signed Public Law 107-103, the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001. This law includes a provision that allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish an appropriate marker for the graves eligible veterans buried in private cemeteries, whose deaths occur on or after Dec. 27, 2001,…