Category: Tri-Town News
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Revised buffer zone impacts school fields
BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — The Township Com-mittee and the school district are still stepping on one another’s toes as they dance around each other’s agendas. In December, school district administrators agreed to a Superior Court jury decision requiring that the district pay a higher price for land it…
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In the Service
Marine Corps Pfc. Nicholas R. Karcich, son of Mary S. Rhatican, of Sayreville, and Paul J. Karcich, of Lakewood, and more than 2,100 Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are in the middle of a scheduled deployment with the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group to the Mediterranean Sea in support of…
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DePasquale will retire as public safety director
Ordinance introduced to help restructure police department BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — After a decade as head of the Jackson Police Department, Public Safety Director Samuel DePasquale will retire at the end of the year. Mayor Michael Broderick announced the pending retirement at Monday’s Township Committee meeting. DePasquale, 56,…
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Freehold Twp. resident to lead state department
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A township resident has been named by acting Gov. Richard J. Codey to head up the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA). On July 8, Codey announced the appointment of Charles A. Richman as acting commissioner of the DCA. According to a press release from the governor’s office, Richman previously served as…
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Local creates reality TV program about animals
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Clockwise from top left — Jody Caizza, a cast member of a proposed reality TV show called “Head to Tail,” feeds a wild squirrel a peanut. Sharon Scubelek (l-r), Caizza and Bonnie Rutkowski prepare for the filming of the show, which is…
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Town to pursue cell tower
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The mayor and Town-ship Council listened to a presentation recently regarding the placement of a cellular communications tower at the Aldrich Road commuter parking lot. Consultant Declan O’Scanlon was appointed by the council a year ago to act on Howell’s behalf in selecting appropriate…
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Rockin’ in Lakewood
CHRIS KELLY staff Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen hammers out a tune as vocalist Joe Elliott sings to the sold-out crowd during a July 5 performance at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood.
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Howell council adopts local code of conduct
Contributions from developers barred under new law BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Following through on an inauguration day promise, Howell Mayor Joseph M. DiBella and Township Council members have adopted a municipal code of conduct that covers township employees, candidates for public office, contracted professionals and elected officials. At his swearing-in…
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Holiday spirit finds home on Coral Avenue
BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JOYCE BLAY Christine Abrams, who organized a Fourth of July bicycle parade on Coral Avenue, Lakewood, offers an ice pop to Rola Popoola, 3. LAKEWOOD — On the nation’s 229th birthday, a quiet residential neighborhood in Lakewood celebrated a birthday of its own. The fifth annual…
