Category: Tri-Town News
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Craft show to visit Holmdel
The second annual Garden State Art and Craft Festival, organized by Cottage Crafts, will be held on Oct. 16-17 at the PNC Bank Arts Center, Exit 116 on the Garden State Parkway, Holmdel. In addition to 225 crafters and artists there will be live country music and a large selection of food vendors. There is…
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Farkas says his ideas will manage growth
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — Democratic mayoral candidate Steve Farkas says he has a lot of ideas on how to manage Howell’s growth. Farkas is running for a four-year term as Howell’s mayor against Repub-lican Joseph M. DiBella and independent candidate James P. Garvey in the Nov. 2 general…
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Datebook
• Dorothy Allison, author of many best-selling books including “Trash,” will visit the Brick library, 301 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick, Oct. 14 from 7-9 p.m. Call (732) 477-4513 to register. • Bingo Trivia Night Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., at Temple Beth Am, 400 Carey St., Lakewood. All welcome. Refreshments served. Details: (732) 363-7823. • Fish…
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Sewer rate rollback approved
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer HOWELL — The next sewer bill delivered to the 5,000 residential customers of the municipal sewer utility will contain a 5 percent rate reduction that the Township Council recently approved. The council, with the exception of Mayor Timothy J. Konopka, approved the rollback in rates last…
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Marching band festival set
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District will hold its second annual marching band festival on Oct. 20 at Freehold Township High School, Elton-Adelphia Road, Freehold Township. The festival will showcase all six high school bands in the district. It will begin at 7 p.m. “This festival…
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Joan Mastroianni
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff of Middletown can’t help smiling while helping her grandson, Holman School fifth-grader Nicholas Tiso, 10, with his Halloween project during the Jackson school’s annual Grandparents and Special Persons Day on Oct. 1.
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Activist might seek to fill open council seat
Resident led fight against Fountains in Howell BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer If Howell Republican Town-ship Councilman Joseph DiBella is elected mayor on Nov. 2 that will create an open seat on the Township Council. Community activist Sharon Carpenter-Migliaccio told the Tri-Town News this week that she would “probably, even likely”…
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Residents debate new access road
HOWELL — A proposed road in the Ramtown section of the township brought an almost equal number of residents for and against the project to a recent meeting of the Township Council. At issue is the council’s unanimous approval for the construction of a road that would provide access to an adult community planned for…
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Grisanti, Seda bid for one committee seat
Candidates state views on issues in Jackson race BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer There is only one Jackson Township Committee seat up for grabs this November, but winning it is key for Jackson Republicans seeking a greater voice on the governing body. Democratic control of the committee is not as risk.…
