Category: Tri-Town News
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Condolences, kind words help family begin healing
Staff Writer By kathy baratta Members of the Driscoll family, who lost a husband and father on United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, say that kind words and condolences from their neighbors and government representatives, including President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, have helped them begin the long process of healing.…
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Board begins process of master plan review Topics Howell officials to address include zoning, tree replacement
Staff Writer By kathy baratta Board begins process of master plan review Topics Howell officials to address include zoning, tree replacement With a goal of "acquiring, conserving and preserving township land," Howell planner Tom Sheehan is working on proposed amendments to the community’s master plan for review by the Planning Board and ultimate adoption by…
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FARRAH MAFFAI Howell’s Zac Cunliffe and his wrestling coach, John Gagliano, celebrate Cunliffe’s 80th career win, the new school record, on Jan. 16. Cunliffe beat Middletown North’s Derek Torchia 17-2 for the record-setting win at Howell High School.
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DEP and military set to clean up BOMARC Series of open houses reveal details of plans to the public
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen DEP and military set to clean up BOMARC Series of open houses reveal details of plans to the public Officials from the 305th Air Mobility Wing held a series of open houses recently to discuss the proposed cleanup of the Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (BOMARC) missile accident site in…
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Parties settle Internet harassment complaint
Staff Writer By kathy baratta HOWELL — A civil suit filed by former Township Manager Jacqueline Ascione against resident Ginger Hoff-meier, of West Farms Road, has been settled. Ascione filed the action last year after Hoffmeier posted statements on a privately owned Internet site alleging impropriety and favoritism on Ascione’s part toward male employees of…
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Juvenile charged in middle school bomb threat
Staff Writer By kathy baratta HOWELL — An eighth-grade student at Howell Middle School South, Ramtown-Greenville Road, has been charged by police with being responsible for the posting of a bomb threat at the school on Jan. 16. According to police, the male juvenile who was charged was the person who reported to a staff…
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Entry road to project concerns neighbors
Staff Writer By kathy baratta Entry road to project concerns neighbors HOWELL — The proposed development of 37 homes on Buckalew Road is drawing opposition from neighboring homeowners who may have to contend with a road built alongside their home with no buffer zone. Patty and Mike Wagner, whose home would abut a proposed road…
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Jackson students find key to helping others Club projects include children’s story hour and toy drive
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Jackson students find key to helping others Club projects include children’s story hour and toy drive JACKSON — These volunteers have held coat drives for the Salvation Army, raised money for Providence House and Harbor House, some of them even before they have earned the right to drive a car.…
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Saving yesterdays for tomorrow
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli JERRY WOLKOWITZ Ira Matthews Jr. (l) and his son, Ira III, help to preserve bits of history in their Farmingdale workshop by restoring and reproducing historic landmarks in the area. A recent project was the restoration of a gatekeeper’s house, which was returned to the spot at the Red Bank…
