Category: Tri-Town News
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Holiday giveaway altered in Howell
Holiday giveaway altered in Howell HOWELL — The Howell Human Services Department has made changes in the annual holiday giveaway program this year. Due to the fact that the recreation center will not be available, used clothes and toys will not be collected. However, the "Adopt-a-Family" programs will still be conducted, using the following various…
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Remember the Heroes for the Holidays holds gift drive for troops
Remember the Heroes for the Holidays holds gift drive for troops A gift collection drive to benefit the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, serving in Iraq since April, will be held at various locations throughout Monmouth County on Nov. 28, 29 and 30, sponsored by the group Remember the Heroes for the Holidays. Organizers of…
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Opinions split in Howell on relief from buffer law
HOWELL — People seeking a waiver from farmland buffer requirements for one reason or another should have to get relief from elected officials and not from the appointed members of township boards, according to one resident. Wendell Nanson of Yellow Brook Road is a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. However, when he addressed…
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Annual report shows finances are in order
Document postedonline at frhsd.comfor public BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Annual report shows finances are in order Document posted online at frhsd.com for public’s review BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education presented its comprehensive annual financial report to the public at a recent meeting. The report details all…
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Waters, Weisberg trade rhetoric in Lakewood
BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Waters, Weisberg trade rhetoric in Lakewood BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Their dialogue was not spoken, but in separate letters released to the media recently, Lakewood NAACP head James Waters and Orthodox Jewish community spokesman Rabbi Moshe Zev Weisberg turned up the volume on an already strident exchange about…
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Georgian Court presents interactive theater event
Georgian Court presents interactive theater event Georgian Court College invites the public to experience the splendor of the Gilded Age through a nostalgic theatrical biography in a fabled mansion setting with elegant tea service reminiscent of the early 1900’s. "Mrs. Gould’s Second Annual Holiday Social" will highlight the saga of the Gould family history. The…
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Skate park event will benefit scholarship fund
Fund was setup in memoryof 16-year-old BY JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writer Skate park event will benefit scholarship fund Fund was set up in memory of 16-year-old BY JENNIFER DOME Staff Writer Following a terrible incident, the Petrella family discovered the true meaning of community. After the death of their son and brother — John W. Petrella…
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Jackson tigers reported to be doing well in Texas
Move from Jacksonwent without problems,facility BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Jackson tigers reported to be doing well in Texas Move from Jackson went without problems, facility’s director says BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer JACKSON — Joan Byron-Marasek’s tigers arrived safe and sound in San Antonio, Texas, by the evening on Nov. 13. On Nov. 11, the…
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Veterans to benefit from fund-raiser
Veterans to benefit from fund-raiser JACKSON — Students, staff and parents ran, walked and raced around the Christa McAuliffe Middle School and raised $1,580 for area veterans. According to a press release from the Jackson school district, hundreds of people participated in the fourth annual Run for Vets at the school on Nov. 4. The…
