Category: Tri-Town News
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Sewer project takes step ahead
Howell councilOKs bondingfor Route 9 plan By kathy barattaStaff Writer Sewer project takes step ahead Howell council OKs bonding for Route 9 plan By kathy baratta Staff Writer Following a lengthy public hearing that ran until after midnight Monday, the Howell mayor and Township Council voted 4-1 to bond $4.2 million to pay for sewer…
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Greater Media ad director wins national honor
Greater Media ad director wins national honor Sandy Theo Jonathan (Sandy) Theophilakos, advertising director for Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, has been named Advertising Director of the Year by Suburban Newspapers of America, a nonprofit professional trade association based in Traverse City, Mich. Membership includes approximately 2,000 suburban newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. The…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI Michael Tencza, 6, of New York, has a swinging time at Lake Carasaljo, Lakewood, on Saturday.
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Terror victims lobby for aid
LAKEWOOD — They are not famous, but their real-life tales of horror are as gripping as any fictional ones seen by audiences on movie theater screens or read in paperback. One Family, which is comprised of Israeli victims of terrorism, will tell their stories at an appearance they will make at Congregation Sons of Israel,…
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Lakewood appeal still pending on request for Abbott designation
Reversal of rulingwould bring moremoney to district By joyce blayStaff Writer Lakewood appeal still pending on request for Abbott designation Reversal of ruling would bring more money to district By joyce blay Staff Writer How much money should it cost to thoroughly and efficiently educate each and every public school child in Lakewood? More than…
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Construction, zoning officer remembered
By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Construction, zoning officer remembered By Joyce Blay Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — David Simpson, 54, Lakewood’s zoning officer and chief construction official for more than 11 years, died at his home on July 16. Simpson had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer shortly before his death. Born Nov. 25, 1948, at Lakewood’s Paul…
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Freehold VFW to host blues
festival Aug. 9 Freehold VFW to host blues festival Aug. 9 FREEHOLD — The Freehold Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4374 and the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation will present the first Old-Fashioned "Horse-shoes, Blues Barbecue" Festival on Aug. 9 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the VFW grounds at 50 Waterworks Road.…
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Flap over VOTE petition stirs debate at meeting
Issue centers on collectionof signatures at July 4event in Johnson Park By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Flap over VOTE petition stirs debate at meeting Issue centers on collection of signatures at July 4 event in Johnson Park By Joyce Blay Staff Writer JACKSON — The issue was free speech, the venue was Independence Day festivities at…
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Marlboro won’t appeal redistricting decision
By larry ramerStaff Writer By larry ramer Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has decided not to continue its legal fight against the Freehold Regional High School District over the district’s redistricting plan. Under the plan that is scheduled to begin in September, some high school freshmen who live in Marlboro will be assigned…
