Category: Tri-Town News
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Business admin. hears PBA leaders’ concerns
BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Township Committee members are not speaking with Jackson police PBA members, but the community’s new business administrator, Andrew J. Salerno, is listening to their concerns. Following an impasse in talks between municipal officials and PBA Local 168, which represents officers in the Jackson Police…
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BlueClaws excited about schedule for 2005 season
LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood BlueClaws, the Class A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, has announced their 2005 schedule for their fifth season of play at the Jersey Shore. The BlueClaws will begin the 2005 season at home on April 7 against the Lake County Captains. This season, the Charleston, S.C., RiverDogs, the new Class A…
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Halloween capers
CHRIS KELLY staff Javier Robinson-Duran, 5, waits for his chance to save Gotham City — which is really Lakewood — during the Halloween fun festival Oct. 31 in Town Square.
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In the Service
Army Cpl. Donald R. Jones has deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to engage in military operations involving U.S. and coalition forces. Operation objectives include liberating the Iraqi people, preserving Iraq as a unified state, keeping its territorial integrity intact and helping the Iraqi people begin the process of economic and political…
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Leadership of church remains family affair
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — The pastor of Calvary Lighthouse Church on County Line Road is retiring after 32 years of administering to a congregation of about 2,300 people. The Rev. Otto Dietrich said he and his wife will spend the next six months in Florida in order to…
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Info to focus on men’s health
Men’s health issues will be highlighted on Nov. 10 as the Ocean County Health Department and the Ocean County Library co-sponsor the first Handsome in Blue day, according to Edward Rumen, health department spokesman. To help foster awareness of the issues, residents are being asked to wear blue on that day. “There is a need…
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BTMUA officials meet with potential customers
Authority officials say Parkway Water Co. BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Since the purchase of the Parkway Water Co. by the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority (BTMUA) appears imminent, officials of the authority met with its potential customers last week. In anticipation of a large turnout, the meeting was…
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Jackson PBA beefs boil over at job action
Officers hit lack of equipment, need for new recruits BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Jackson is not a safe place to live. That assertion was the basis of a job action taken by members of PBA Local No. 168 before Monday night’s Township Committee meeting at the municipal building. The union…
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Americans’ letters to Pres. Bush to be read
Center Players, Freehold, in association with West 50th Street Productions, New York City, will present its second and final weekend performances of “Dear George: Letters to the President,” a collaborative theater project created by Marcus Woollen. The performance is a compilation of Americans’ open letters written to President George W. Bush during this election year…
