Category: Tri-Town News
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Joshua Weinberg, 7, is ready to head out to the open seas in his shark hunter costume at Saturday’s Halloween parade in Jackson.
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Courtesy busing at center of latest school flap
Lakewood boardasks residentsto delay questions BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer Lakewood board asks residents to delay questions BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer Residents attending Monday night’s meeting of the Lakewood Board of Education expected to discuss the future of courtesy busing. That is not what happened. Reading from a prepared statement, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ernest…
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New indictment names former Howell manager
BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer New indictment names former Howell manager BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — Former Township Manager Jacqueline Ascione has been indicted by a state Superior Court grand jury on charges of official misconduct and conspiracy. Also charged with Ascione were two township employees who had been previously charged in the same…
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GOP will try to take control in Lakewood
By Joyce BlayStaff Writer GOP will try to take control in Lakewood By Joyce Blay Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – For the second straight year, Republican candidates Hannah Havens and Menashe Miller will try to wrest control of the Township Committee from the Democratic Party. Only one Republican, Robert W. Singer, sits on the five-member committee…
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Freeholders under fire from Dem challenger
Pringle mounts stiffchallenge to GOPincumbent Narozanick BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Freeholders under fire from Dem challenger Pringle mounts stiff challenge to GOP incumbent Narozanick BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer Democrat Jeffrey R. Pringle of Tinton Falls came out swinging for the long ball in the race for the lone open three-year seat on the Monmouth County Board…
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Howell residents to vote on first aid benefits plan
BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Howell residents to vote on first aid benefits plan BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — Residents who turn out to vote election day will be asked to approve a pension plan for the township’s first aid squad volunteers. On Nov. 4, voters will be asked to approve a Length of…
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Lead paint leads to end of programs
Howell seeks estimatesto remediate issue atrecreation building BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Lead paint leads to end of programs Howell seeks estimates to remediate issue at recreation building BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — All children’s activities at the township’s recreation center have been canceled temporarily due to the detection of lead paint in the…
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GOP Assembly members try to fend off challenge
BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer GOP Assembly members try to fend off challenge BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer JACKSON — Incumbent Republicans Ronald T. Dancer and Joseph R. Malone are being challenged by Democrats Mitch Dolobowsky and Joseph Grisanti in the race for a pair of two-year Assembly seats in the 30th District. The race will…
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Master plan amended to reflect Fountains settlement
BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer HOWELL — The Planning Board recently approved a resolution to amend the land use element of the township’s master plan. The master plan, which governs how development will occur in the community, was amended to include two new zoning designations for residential development, R-5 and R-6,…
