Category: Tri-Town News
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Township, school board squabble over finances
Municipal officialswant some degree ofoversight on spending BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Township, school board squabble over finances Municipal officials want some degree of oversight on spending BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Township Commit-teeman Charles Cunliffe has said he would ask for a state takeover of Lakewood’s schools if members of the Board of…
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Residents’ military service reflected on Wall of Honor
BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Residents’ military service reflected on Wall of Honor BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer For years, Memorial Day has been something very special for the residents at Surrey Downs, an adult community in Howell. Traditionally, the residents of Surrey Downs hold a special ceremony each year to honor veterans of various wars and their…
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Memories of war vivid 60 years after D-Day
Residents of Howellrecall battles foughtin taking of Europe BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Residents of Howell recall battles fought in taking of Europe BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer JACKIE GARFUNKEL Six decades after they fought their way through Europe with American armed forces, Howell residents (l-r) Harry Brachfeld, Harold Flax and Norman Chaimowitz can look with…
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Police medical squad to debut
BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — The Howell Police Department is instituting an Emergency Medical Services squad that will be staffed with Special Class I police officers who are trained emergency medical technicians. Police Capt. Robert Scott will direct the operations of the new squad. He said the police department’s…
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County to preserve farms in
Jackson, Lakewood, Plumsted Four farms totaling 92 acres are expected to be preserved under the Ocean County Farmland Preser-vation Program this year. "This action could bring the number of farms preserved in Ocean County to 34 and the number of acres preserved solely for agriculture to more than 2,300," said Freeholder John C. Bartlett Jr.,…
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D-Day invasion signaled start of victory in Europe
BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer D-Day invasion signaled start of victory in Europe Barney Hoffner BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer A sky blackened by planes and the paratroopers they were dropping is how one D-Day Army veteran remembered the landings at Omaha beach during the invasion of Normandy, France, by Allied forces on July 6, 1944. That is…
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College freshmen will be required to have vaccine
College freshmen will be required to have vaccine New state requirements will mandate college-bound freshmen living on campus to show proof of having received a meningococcal vaccine this fall, according to a health department spokesman. "College freshmen, especially those living in dormitories, are at a higher risk for meningococcal diseases as compared with other persons…
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Howell library will offer summer reading programs
Howell library will offer summer reading programs HOWELL — The Howell library, 318 Old Tavern Road, offers programs for children preschool age through young adult. The programs feature prize drawings, story hours, a reading club and more. They also invite families to join the program for the read-aloud portion of the programs. The "Read to…
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Anticipated savings make up budget cut
BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Anticipated savings make up budget cut BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — Once voters defeated the Board of Education’s proposed budget of $97 million for the 2004-05, it fell to the Township Council to recommend where to cut that spending plan. What the township’s auditor finally came up with was…
