Category: Tri-Town News
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Local dog club members selected for world team
Local dog club members selected for world team The Bayshore Companion Dog Club (BCDC), one of Monmouth County’s oldest dog clubs, recently announced that two of its members have been selected for the American Kennel Club (AKC) 2002 Agility World Team, representing the United States and the AKC at the World Agility Championship in Dortmund,…
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Jackson teachers want action on contract talks
School board may have Jackson teachers want action on contract talks decision on new supt. at upcoming meeting By joyce blay Staff Writer JACKSON — The Board of Education met Monday night without naming a new superintendent of schools, as had been expected. The board agreed to defer announcing any of its roster of personnel…
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Water resources association gets word out about drought
Members of the Monmouth County Water Resources Association (MCWRA) appeared before the Board of Freeholders seeking assistance in expanding public understanding of the long-term drought that the county is now experiencing. According to a press release from the county’s Department of Public Information, Harry Conover, the county’s emergency management coordinator and a member of the…
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Towns to reflect on 9/11 and remember victims
By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Workers complete a memorial at the Freehold Township municipal complex. A year has passed. While the nation has worked hard to overcome the devastating blow dealt its people on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans have also had to contemplate just how they will commemorate the…
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A year later
Small airports feel pinch of tightening regulations By karl vilacobaStaff Writer By karl vilacoba Staff Writer At two local general aviation (GA) airports, several planes sat unguarded on recent afternoons, tied down with cord to turnbuckles in the ground. The only barrier between them and a visitor were short fences which could be walked around…
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A year later
Gone soldiering: Parents wait for son By linda denicolaStaff Writer Gone soldiering: Parents wait for son’s return Dorney among first to be deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom By linda denicola Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Mary Beth and John Dorney proudly display a photograph of their son, Capt. Michael Dorney, who served as a logistics officer…
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FARRAH MAFFAI Kathryn Felt, 12, leans on her mom Sandra at the Monmouth County Remembering September 11, 2001 at Brookdale Community College. Edward Felt, Kathryn’s father and Sandra’s husband perished on Flight 93.
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A year later
County agencies preparingfor future terror incidentsResponse teams trainedfor radiation, biologicaland chemical weapons By alison granitoStaff Writer County agencies preparing for future terror incidents Response teams trained for radiation, biological and chemical weapons By alison granito Staff Writer For local county officials it is not a question of if, but when, their resources will be tested…
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A year later
By clare MARie celanoStaff Writer Sept. 11 widow still haunted by events of that fateful day JERRY WOLKOWITZ Maria Teresa Boisseau of Freehold Township lost her husband, Lawrence, in the World Trade Center attacks. She finds comfort in the many remembrances of her husband, such as the photo behind her on the right. Freehold Twp.…
