Category: Tri-Town News
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N.J.’s Corey Wagar will share Pony stage with Dierks Bentley
Country music’s rising star Corey Wagar will come home to New Jersey and take the Stone Pony stage in Asbury Park when she opens for Grammynominated country artist Dierks Bentley at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 30. “After all the excitement this summer in Nashville, it’s nice to get a chance to head home and play…
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Jackson OKs 33-home project
Development planned for site off Pleasant Grove Road BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer An applicant’s plan to build 33 homes on a 170- acre site off Pleasant Grove Road in Jackson was approved by the Jackson Planning Board on June 18. The project includes 33 housing lots at a little more than 1 acre each…
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Pastor departing from St. Aloysius after 12 years
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON –— For the Rev. Scott Shaffer, 12 years of faithful service to the parishioners of St. Aloysius Church in Jackson came to an end on June 24. Father Shaffer had a chance to say his farewells as he prepared for his June 28 transfer to St. Joseph’s Church in…
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Sea Girt Lighthouse sheds light on Jersey Shore history
BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Bill Dunn, a volunteer trustee of the Sea Girt Lighthouse, explains how the beacon in the tower room helped mariners traveling along the New Jersey coastline navigate a safe passage to their destination. ERIC SUCAR staff I magine being a mariner traveling on a ship on the Atlantic Ocean along the…
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Howell native recounts immigrant experience
Lud Gutmann grew up on a local egg farm; went on to become a neurologist BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The home on Richard Road, Howell, that is featured in Lud Gutmann’s memoir still stands nearly 75 years after the Gutmann family purchased the residence after fleeing Germany in 1937. Lud Gutmann, along with his…
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Playground set to reopen
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — During the warm evening of June 18, families and friends were cheering on youngsters who were playing in Little League baseball games at the Jackson Justice Complex. Near the baseball fields, some children were ignoring “danger” signs that were posted on a playground that had been closed for…
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Tuition reimbursement was OK, state determines
BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A report issued by the New Jersey Department of Education Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance (OFAC) determined that the Freehold Regional High School District did not violate a state statute in regard to tuition reimbursement for staff members, Superintendent of Schools Charles Sampson said recently. Sampson said he was…
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Trust fund cash will help pay for rehab of homes
HOWELL— The Township Council formally approved Howell’s affordable housing spending plan through two resolutions to spend the more than $1 million remaining in the municipality’s affordable housing trust fund. The council approved the resolutions at its June 19 meeting. Howell has $1.15 million remaining in its affordable housing trust fund, according to the New Jersey…
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Jackson hopes to see savings from new deal with law firm
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — In a move that Business Administrator Jose Torres called “historic,” members of the Jackson Township Council have approved an agreement with the law firm of Gilmore and Monahan that could lower the municipality’s legal fees for the rest of the year. The firm represents Jackson and performs a…
