Category: Tri-Town News
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State authority funds ‘Job Link’ bus service
FONT size=9LAKEWOOD — The Urban Enter-prise Zone (UEZ) Authority approved the township’s UEZ program request for $160,000 to continue the “Job Link” Bus Service, part of the successful ‘‘Job Link” program. FONT size=9The money will be used to operate the bus, which takes passengers back and forth from downtown to the Industrial Park, Monday through…
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Lakewood class focuses on dream interpretation
FONT size=9Registration is in progress for a two-week dream interpretation course sponsored by the Lakewood Community School. Students will learn how to interpret dreams and decipher the messages sent by the subconscious. The class will also cover dream symbolism, psychic dreams, recurring dreams and their meaning, themes and much more. Class commences Dec. 6 from…
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Girl Scouts salute volunteers
FONT size=9The Girl Scouts of Ocean County recently recognized outstanding Ocean County adult volunteers for their service to the council and to the approximately 5,800 girls served in its jurisdiction. FONT size=9Among the local recipients were Diane Holzlein, of Jackson, and Carmela Krieg, of New Egypt, who received the Thanks Badge, the highest recognition for…
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Dixel: ‘Disrespect’ led her to quit liaison post
Resident kept council current on happenings at Board of Education BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer FONT size=9HOWELL — Barbara Dixel, who served as the Township Council’s liaison to the Board of Education for two years, informed the board on Nov. 17 that she has resigned from that post. FONT size=9Dixel said…
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Students create special holiday feast
Jackson High School class serves Thanksgiving meal to district staff BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Students in Jackson Memorial High School’s vocational life skills class (l-r) Louis Weeks, Richard Childers, Kathleen Bratton, Matthew Alicea and Jennifer Trimble rehearse a skit telling the story of Thanksgiving before hosting a…
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Lakewood’s ‘Letters to Santa’ program to begin
FONT size=9The Lakewood Community School, in cooperation with the Lakewood High School Pupil Assisted Learning Services (PAL) students, is sponsoring its annual “Letters to Santa” program, beginning Dec. 1. All Lakewood children who wish to send a letter to Santa should mail it to Santa Claus, c/o 655 Princeton Ave., Lakewood 08701. The child’s name…
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Residents irked by affordable housing plan
Lakewood officials consider move to sell off 40 acres BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer FONT size=9Life in Lakewood is a numbers game. For Mayor Raymond Coles, who is a proponent of affordable housing, the quality of life can be measured by the number of units built to house the working poor.…
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Lawyer sentenced for mortgage fraud
Brick resident must serve 12 months, pay more than $500,000 FONT size=9A Brick resident was sentenced Nov. 15 for his role in a mortgage fraud conspiracy. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Allen J. Meyer, 58, who practiced law in Sea Girt, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson…
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Council to try again on tree-removal law
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer FONT size=9HOWELL — Another attempt to introduce a woodlands management or so-called tree ordinance was scheduled for the Township Council’s meeting Nov. 23. FONT size=9If the ordinance is eventually adopted by the governing body it will institute a permit and revenue policy for the removal of…
