Category: Tri-Town News
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RAFT comes up short in bid for ballot question
HOWELL — Residents will not be asked to vote on a change of government question in the Nov. 8 election. A petition drive organized by a group known as Real Accountability for Taxpayers (RAFT) fell short of the required number of signatures it needed to place the question before voters this year. RAFT needed to…
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School Counts! program moves into second year
With a new school year beginning this week, Ocean County’s School Counts! Committee is getting ready to advance the program that got under way one year ago. “This program had a good start in its first year,” said Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari, who serves as liaison to the Ocean County superintendent of schools. “This…
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Escape from Katrina brings family to N.J.
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Lance, Michael, Ronda and Rachelle Fair (l-r) fled from their home in New Orleans and had a difficult journey by car from Mississippi to New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. They traveled more than 1,400 miles just to get here and are…
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Band accepts challenge of ‘Dreams’ production
BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Lakewood LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood High School Marching Band has big dreams that could be this year’s sleeper hit. “We thought about exploring what happens when you dream,” said Benjamin Schwartz, band director, explaining the theme of this year’s production. “There will be a bed on…
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RAFT effort hits homestretch
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Sept. 9 is the deadline for the submission of petitions if an initiative proposed by the grassroots group Real Accountability for Taxpayers (RAFT) is to make it to the November ballot. RAFT is a group of citizens who want to ask Howell residents if…
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Board begins sales job for school referendum
Voters will be asked to approve two questions Sept. 27 BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer In a battle for the hearts, minds and votes of Jack-son’s adult communities, the Jackson Board of Education is taking no prisoners as the clock ticks down to a Sept. 27 school construction referen-dum. That position…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Some youngsters, like Isabella Panaccione, 5, were just a bit more ready for the first day of school than others, like Austin DiDio, 5, when they arrived at the Aldrich School, Howell, on Day 1, Sept. 7.
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Emergency responders lead local relief efforts
Support in Howell prompts organizers to increase goal BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Proving that those who can, do, Howell’s volunteer firemen and emergency service personnel also proved, once again, that they can be counted on in a crisis. While many people spent the long Labor Day weekend enjoying end-of-summer picnics…
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Kirchhof quits Howell council race
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Fritz Kirchhof, who was making an independent bid for a seat on the Township Council, has decided to withdraw from the November race. That leaves two men running for a one-year term; Republican Councilman Wayne Lucey, and Robert Walsh, who is running as an…
