Category: Tri-Town News
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FARRAH MAFFAI Lakewood High School’s Herman Williams grabs a rebound over Neptune’s Frank Gonzalez during the state Group III semifinals on March 7 in Piscataway. In a matchup of the two Shore Conference powers, Neptune prevailed, 66-63.
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Zones for adult communities to be created Howell governing body identifies appropriate locations at two sites
Staff Writer By kathy baratta Zones for adult communities to be created Howell governing body identifies appropriate locations at two sites The Howell Township Council is ex-pected to adopt an ordinance that will create two zones for age-restricted adult communities. The areas of Howell that are expected to receive the new Planned Retirement Com-munity (PRC)…
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Hockey group seeks green light for start of programs
Staff Writer By dave benjamin Hockey group seeks green light for start of programs More than 250 parents and students, all ice hockey enthusiasts, came before the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education to ask that ice hockey programs be started at all six of the district’s high schools. The hockey group made…
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New school goes up for voter approval Cost of Plumsted work down $600K from first estimate
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen New school goes up for voter approval Cost of Plumsted work down $600K from first estimate The Plumsted Board of Education is putting the future of the community’s K-12 school district in the hands of residents by asking them to approve a $17.9 million construction package. Residents will have the…
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FARRAH MAFFAI Nicholas Shupin (l), 4, and Michael Shupin, 8, are enjoying Ernie Lackey’s medley performed on bagpipes, but Justine Fallon, 7, seems to think the music is a bit too loud. Lackey is the pipe major for the Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch, which performed at the Jackson library March 2.
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Veteran officer heading up new internal affairs division
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Veteran officer heading up new internal affairs division A revamped internal affairs division is operational in the Lakewood Police Department under the direction of Detective Sgt. John Marshall. According to Deputy Mayor Charles Cunliffe, who serves as the liaison between the Township Committee and the police department, the division slowed…
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Small number of state’s school districts have appointed boards Lakewood residents will have voices heard on referendum question
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Small number of state’s school districts have appointed boards Lakewood residents will have voices heard on referendum question LAKEWOOD — If the township’s elected Board of Education is ever replaced by an appointed board, Lakewood will become one of only a handful of towns in New Jersey to make that…
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Planners approve 37 homes
Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta HOWELL — An application for the development of 37 homes on Buckalew Road was approved by the Planning Board on Feb. 21. A compromise was reached over a sticking point, that being the construction of an access road with an inadequate buffer zone right to the property line of Buckalew…
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Conservation steps offered as state drought continues
Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Conservation steps offered as state drought continues HOWELL — Steve Taylor, an environmentalist, has drawn up a water conservation proposal for residents to follow. Taylor, who is the watershed manager for the Manasquan River Watershed Association, an Eatontown-based nonprofit environmental organization, did so following his attendance at a recent meeting…
