Category: Tri-Town News
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Feds charge Spalliero with bribing officials
Developer BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Prominent Monmouth County developer Anthony Spalliero was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with offering cash bribes and corrupt payments totaling approximately $143,500 to Matthew Scannapieco, who was the mayor of Marlboro from 1992 to 2003, and to the then director of the Monmouth County Board…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Lakewood High School’s Alberto Cappas hurdles Central Regional’s Mike Tamantano in the midst of a double play during the Piners’ 2-1 win over the Golden Eagles on Monday. With the victory, Lakewood clinched no worse than a tie for the Shore Conference B South title.
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Manalapan family shares pain of losing son to heroin
Parents share story to help others from experiencing same tragedy BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Suzanne and Bob Scarpa, of Manalapan, lost their son, Brian, 24, to a drug overdose last year. The Scarpas want to help other families avoid the tragedy their family has suffered. When the members of the…
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Town rallies with support for resident
Claudia Thomas was helping others when she was injured BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Proving that Howell is a community in the best sense of the word, local residents and businesses have joined forced to help a neighbor in need. Claudia Thomas, 54, is the single mother of two…
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Commission calls change ‘illegal contract zoning’
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council last week adopted a memorialization of a resolution which concluded that corruption surrounded a zoning change that was made in 2002. The council concluded that the rezoning of a Route 33 parcel amounted to “illegal contract zoning.” The resolution resulted from…
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Brick might seek law to permit water deal
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The purchase of the Parkway Water Company by the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority (BTMUA) may be only temporarily stymied. The BTMUA and the New Jersey-American Water Company have been providing Parkway Water’s customers in the Ramtown section of Howell with water since last…
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Jackson Pop Warner poker event raided
BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Jackson Pop Warner officials gambled on the wrong fund-raising event last month when police raided the youth sports organization’s clubhouse for holding an illegal card game. Texas Hold ’em is increasingly played on television cable game shows, but the card game is not yet…
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Defeated school budget now in town’s hands
Jackson committee will review $121M spending plan BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer For a fourth straight year, Jackson voters turned down the Board of Education’s proposed budget, while re-electing one board member and denying another incumbent a second term. When voters went to the polls on April 19, a majority of…
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In change from years past, voters OK budget
Lakewood schools gain support from residents BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer The Lakewood Board of Education’s long string of school budget defeats came to an end on April 19 with the approval of a $99.5 million budget proposed for the 2005-06 school year. The budget was approved by a vote of…
