Category: Tri-Town News
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Officials hope MOM line will be ‘put to bed’
Middlesex leaders say enough time, money BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Middlesex County officials are hoping the involvement of the National Park Service will kill an effort to bring passenger rail service to their part of central New Jersey. Reacting to a recent letter from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP),…
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Lakewood board appoints interim business admin.
BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — There will be a new business administrator crunching numbers for the Lakewood school district on Aug. 1. Board of Education members voted Monday night to appoint Edward D. Kent as the district’s interim business administrator and board secretary for the 2005-06 school year. Board…
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Dorrity will continue to aid veterans
John P. Dorrity has been named Ocean County’s permanent veterans service officer and will continue to spearhead county efforts to serve the state’s largest veterans community. Dorrity, who has been serving as acting director of the Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau, was tapped by the Ocean County Board of Freeholders to continue as the county’s…
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Temple welcomes new cantor
BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent Alisa Forman LAKEWOOD — Cantor Alisa Forman is looking forward to getting to know the members of Temple Beth Am and teaching Judaism through music. The guitar-playing 35-year-old cantor joined the reform synagogue earlier this month. Forman, who is originally from Nor-folk, Va., began her career as a…
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Trial date moved
JACKSON — A new trial date of Aug. 3 at 1 p.m. has been scheduled by the Belmar Municipal Court to hear charges against Deputy Mayor Michael Kafton. A prior trial date of July 20 was adjourned at the request of Kafton’s attorney, according to a court clerk. Kafton has served as a township committeeman…
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Tax breaks hinge on local hiring
Lakewood business is growing, needs new employees BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Lakewood resident Helen Salter is looking for a new technical job. Lake-wood Industrial Park tenant GLI is hiring technically exper-ienced township residents. The two may be suited for a personnel match made in corporate heaven. The matchmaking process is…
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Camp Evans put forth as possible picture location
Top-secret initiatives were conducted at site during WWII BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer One theory about this picture which Greater Media Newspapers is trying to identify is that it was taken at Camp Evans, Wall Township, near the end of World War II. Several theories as to when and where a…
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Inspirational author uses written expression as an outlet
BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent Loretta Collins JACKSON — She giveth and she taketh away. “It keeps you very busy,” author Loretta L. Collins, of Jackson, said as she described the process of “giving” her characters problems and then “taking away” those problems. “It also gives you insomnia.” In fact, Collins became so…
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Howell council adopts budget
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Following several months of discussion and debate, the Township Council adopted a $36.8 million municipal budget on July 7. The 2005 budget contains a 4.7-cent increase in the municipal purposes tax rate. In 2004, the municipal purposes tax rate was 41 cents per $100…
