Category: Tri-Town News
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State regulations apply for Howell stream buffers
BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer State regulations apply for Howell stream buffers BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — A riparian ordinance amendment was pulled from the agenda at the Aug. 17 Township Council meeting. Due to that fact and a recent court decision, Howell presently finds itself without a riparian ordinance and under the governance…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Mike Reta puts together a sausage and peppers sandwich, which was one of the favorite food treats at the Mother Cabrini Festival sponsored by the Central Jersey Italian American Club at its Jackson headquarters Aug. 20.
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Sewer rate reduction
due for Sept. 21 vote BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer due for Sept. 21 vote BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — Municipal sewer utility customers are one step closer to a promised rate reduction. The Township Council introduced an ordinance amendment on Aug. 17 that, if adopted on Sept. 21, will give the sewer authority’s…
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Investigation continues into cause of fatal crash
BY DICKMETZGARStaff Writer Investigation continues into cause of fatal crash BY DICKMETZGAR Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Author-ities are investigating the circumstances that may have led to a one-car crash on Hampton Drive during the early morning hours of Aug. 7 in which the driver, a 20-year-old Howell man, was killed, according to Monmouth County…
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N.J. seniors have chance to freeze property taxes
BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer N.J. seniors have chance to freeze property taxes BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer The state Treasury Department has extended the deadline to file an application for the 2003 senior citizen property tax freeze program to Sept. 8 and has mailed personalized applications to eligible individuals in an effort to make the…
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Nuke-missile mess cleaned up
Nuke-missile mess cleaned up PLUMSTED — Plutonium-contaminated soil is now safely off the premises of Navy Lakehurst. Sixty-five shipments of the contam-inated material were transported without a single incident, according to a press release. And the signs posted around Navy Lakehurst designating the route for safe transport of the contaminated soil from the Boeing Michigan…
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Author vows new book is a real Paige Turner
Amanda Matetskyreleases second tale ofsleuth crime journalist BY SANDI CARPELLOCorrespondent Amanda Matetsky releases second tale of sleuth crime journalist BY SANDI CARPELLO Correspondent Amanda Matetsky MIDDLETOWN — Gutsy, determined and dangerously curious. That’s how nine-year Middletown resident and award-winning author Amanda Matetsky describes Paige Turner, the fictional super-sleuth and star of her latest detective book…
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Environmental impact mulled in Jackson plan
Local officials fearcommercial campuscould harm Barnegat Bay BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Environmental impact mulled in Jackson plan Local officials fear commercial campus could harm Barnegat Bay BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer JACKSON — Environmental Commission Chairman Richard Borys has sent attorney Raymond Shea an 11-page commission report that contains what Borys believes are concerns about…
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Supt. expected to receive new five-year contract
James Wasser directsdistrict with 6 schools,enrollment of 11,000 BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Supt. expected to receive new five-year contract James Wasser directs district with 6 schools, enrollment of 11,000 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer A new five-year contract is on the horizon for the superintendent of the Freehold Regional High School District. The Board of…
