Category: Tri-Town News
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Red Cross declares need for blood donors urgent
BY MEGHAN ROBERTS Staff Writer BY MEGHAN ROBERTSStaff Writer If you are healthy, over the age of 17, and weigh at least 110 pounds, the Red Cross needs you. The American Red Cross has issued an urgent national appeal for blood donations. Some areas of the country have fallen below a one-day supply and many…
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Counseling services hang on by a thread
Director: Clients being treated now; future uncertain BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer The die was cast this month for a new Howell Youth and Family Counseling Services department, the result of the department being removed from the 2005 municipal budget. The department’s director has been told that in order for the…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Julia Fitzsimmons, 6, holds on tight to the hand of her grandmother, Connie Fitzsimmons, as they enjoy the Rainbow ride at the St. Aloysius carnival on July 16 in Jackson.
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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…
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CPR lessons add life to parties
Karen Haggerty is literally the life of the party. Haggerty was the center of attention at half a dozen parties this year in Monmouth and Ocean counties — as she trained the partygoers in lifesaving techniques. The events were CPR parties, a new concept from the American Red Cross that allows people to take cardiopulmonary…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Linda Kaiser, of Jackson, is rescued by Monroe Township firefighters after she tried to drive through flood waters on Gatzmer Avenue in Jamesburg on Sunday afternoon. Middlesex County officials said between 8 and 10 inches of rain fell in under three hours, forcing the evacuation of residents in several towns.
