Category: Tri-Town News
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Mentors give students’ self-esteem a little boost
Through weekly visits,adults build bonds,serve as role models By joyce blayStaff Writer Through weekly visits, adults build bonds, serve as role models By joyce blay Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Dwight Frazier, a fifth-grader at the Oak Street School, Lakewood, works with his mentor, Rita D’Alessio, of Brick, on a recent day at school. It’s said…
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GOP sweeps to victory in Howell
Tobasco, Malave,DiBella electedto Township Council By kathy barattaStaff Writer Tobasco, Malave, DiBella elected to Township Council By kathy baratta Staff Writer When the calendar turns to 2003, Republicans will take control of the Howell Township Council. Vic-tories by a three-man Republican slate on Election Day, Nov. 5, will give the GOP a 4-1 majority on…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI Lee Hopkins carries the ball for New Egypt High School during the Warriors’ 34-18 loss to Burlington City, Saturday.
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Cunliffe, Coles win new terms on Lakewood governing body
By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Cunliffe, Coles win new terms on Lakewood governing body By Joyce Blay Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Democrat incumbents Ray Coles and Charles Cunliffe won election to the Township Committee by overwhelming their Republican opponents Hannah Havens and Rabbi Menashe Miller by a more than 2-1 margin on Nov. 5. Had the…
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Residents of four towns seek voice in high school vote case
Residents of four towns seek voice in high school vote case Residents of the four smallest sending communities in the Freehold Regional High School District want their voices heard in federal court. To achieve that goal, the four citizens — Lynn Leisure of Colts Neck, Deborah Lynch of Freehold Borough, Jayne Carr of Englishtown and…
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Physicians decry rising cost of insurance
Medical malpractice feeshave doctors callingfor legislative reforms By linda denicolaStaff Writer Medical malpractice fees have doctors calling for legislative reforms By linda denicola Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Joan Raspantini of Howell holds a banner with a question many women in New Jersey may be asking in the future. Physicians are angry about the rising cost…
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Voters tap
Broderick,Reilly forcommittee By Joyce BlayStaff Writer Broderick, Reilly for committee By Joyce Blay Staff Writer JACKSON — Voters last week returned Democrat Michael Broderick to another three-year term on the Township Committee and elected Republican newcomer Josh Reilly to his first term on the governing body. In their winning bids, Reilly received 5,217 votes, followed…
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FRHSD board makes plans to update demographics
By dave benjaminStaff Writer FRHSD board makes plans to update demographics By dave benjamin Staff Writer In an effort to update demographic figures, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education is hearing presentations from firms that want to undertake that task. During a workshop meeting held Oct. 28, Superintendent of Schools James Wasser…
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Group opposed to environmental impact of Towne Centre
By Joyce BlayStaff Writer By Joyce Blay Staff Writer JACKSON — Developer Mitch Leigh’s retail-commercial-residential Towne Cen-tre development has yet to be formally proposed to the township Planning Board, but it has spawned a new organization dedicated to seeing that it never gets built. The organization is called Save, Preserve and Respect our Environment (SPARE)…
