Category: Tri-Town News
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VOTE effort still has life
Clerk: Not enoughregistered voterssigned petition;more names sought By joyce blayStaff Writer Clerk: Not enough registered voters signed petition; more names sought By joyce blay Staff Writer Members of VOTE have failed in their initial bid to get certification of the required number of petition signatures they need to place a question on the November ballot…
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Survey shows support for MOM train proposal
Survey shows support for MOM train proposal At its meeting on Aug. 27, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders was presented with the results of a survey conducted to learn more about residents’ attitudes toward the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) rail passenger project. A similar briefing was scheduled for the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders meeting…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI Timmy Dee and his son, Peter, 5, get set to try their luck as they participate in a fishing derby held at Echo Lake Park, Howell, on Sept. 6.
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Rabbi to be honored Sunday for 60 years of service
By Joyce BlayStaff Writer By Joyce Blay Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Rabbi Pesach Z. Levovitz is a man of God, but he is also a man of the people. On Sept. 14, his 60 years of service to the community of Lakewood will be celebrated at the Eleanor Levovitz Senior Citizen Apartments at 500 Clifton…
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Homeowners urged to test private wells
Test results showradium contaminationin Cohansey aquifer By kathy barattaStaff Writer Homeowners urged to test private wells Test results show radium contamination in Cohansey aquifer By kathy baratta Staff Writer Anyone using a well as a potable water source should have it tested for gross alpha radiation contamination, a state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) scientist…
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Lakewood firm targeting health, financial services
New company hopes toassist growing populationof Mexican immigrants By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Lakewood firm targeting health, financial services New company hopes to assist growing population of Mexican immigrants By Joyce Blay Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — In a time of recession and increased unemployment, Rafael and Lisette Caraballo have a simple but direct message: charity begins…
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Education chief approves
Lakewood busing policyActivist to appeal rulingthat allows boys, girlsto be bused separately By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Lakewood busing policy Activist to appeal ruling that allows boys, girls to be bused separately By Joyce Blay Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — The school district has won its second legal victory in defense of its courtesy busing policy. The…
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Liberty Oak Chorus still producing sweet sounds 45-member group will perform at Toms River
middle school Sept. 20 By linda denicolaStaff Writer Liberty Oak Chorus still producing sweet sounds 45-member group will perform at Toms River PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Kathy Feher, musical director of the Liberty Oak Chorus, directs the 45-member group. middle school Sept. 20 By linda denicola Staff Writer How sweet it is, the sound of beautiful…
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Residents come to offer aid to immigrant’s family
Man Man’s widow in Mexico grateful for donations FREEHOLD — The life of Fulgencio Sosa-Cortes, an immigrant to the United States who was fatally injured by a felled tree while working on a job site in Jackson Township on June 12, has touched people he will never have the opportunity to meet. Several of these…
