Category: Tri-Town News
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Car club keeps tooling along after half-century
BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JOE ZUGCIC Harry Dunn, of Brielle, pictured with his wife, Joan, brought his 1930 Cadillac Phaeton to a 50th anniversary celebration of the North Shore Antique Auto Club. There is something majestic about well-preserved antique and classic cars, which is evidenced by the popularity…
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Spalliero ordered held under house arrest
BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer There’s no place like home, or, in controversial developer Anthony Spalliero’s case, his daughter’s home. Spalliero was ordered by a federal judge on Friday to remain under 24-hour house arrest, with electronic monitoring, at the Hazlet home of his daughter, Josephine. He will first be medically…
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University band director earns award
LAKEWOOD — Wilbur Wittemann, director of the Georgian Court University concert and jazz bands, will be honored by the New Jersey unit of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) with the organization’s 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor will be bestowed at the All-State Jazz Band/Honors Jazz Choir concert at the New Jersey Performing…
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Program prompts energy conservation
Ratepayer Advocate Seema M. Singh has announced she is launching a new statewide “Conservation For Kids” energy program to educate elementary and middle school students on the importance of energy and water conservation. The theme for the program is “It’s Cool to Conserve.” Singh is inviting schools throughout the state to participate in the program,…
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Outpouring of support overwhelms La. family
Community BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The community’s response to the story of a family that fled New Orleans just before Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on that southern city has been swift and stunning. On Sept. 14-15 two Greater Media Newspapers publications, the News Transcript in western Monmouth County and the…
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Howell pupils pitch in on Katrina relief effort
Taunton Has Your Back program proves effective civic lesson BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Taunton School, Howell, fourth-grader Anne Marie Bartow waits for her classmates to be called up so they can hand in the backpacks they filled for children in Louisiana who have been forced to leave…
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Seminar takes inventions from idea to production
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer From an idea to a product and the marketing to make it sell, World Innovations helps its clients invent everything from a Tupperware organizer to a television pilot. World Innovations, a product development company operated by Lisa Ascolese and Phil Bertolo, will be hosting an “Inventing…
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Board gets a split decision on Jackson projects
Improvements OK’d, but voters reject plan for elementary school BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer Residents sent the Jackson Board of Education a mixed message on Sept. 27 when they voted to approve $11.7 million for school improvements, but not $32.5 million for the construction of a new elementary school. “I’m happy that the second question…
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Church pumpkin patch offers fun, charity
JACKSON — After the success of last year’s first charity Pumpkin Patch at the Jackson United Methodist Church, 68 Bennetts Mills Road, the church will once again host the event. Many new family events and activities have been added this year such as “Veggie Tales Family Movie Night,” which will feature an outdoor viewing of…
