Category: Tri-Town News
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Police foundation director hopes to save teen’s sight
Youngster in Ecuador awaits trip to America for surgery in New York BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent Joe Occhipinti, founder and director of the National Police Defense Foundation (NPDF), based in the Morganville section of Marlboro, is a man on a mission, a medical mission to restore the eyesight of teenage girl who lives in Ecuador. He…
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Husband, wife plead guilty
Michael and Melissa Rudow, a married couple from Jackson who own and operate a construction company, both pleaded guilty on Jan. 4 to federal tax violations, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and John A. DiCicco, principal deputy assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, announced. Michael Rudow pleaded guilty to an indictment charging…
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Hamburger event to honor child’s memory, help others
BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Mark Levine TheAshley Lauren Foundation and the owners of 709, a restaurant at 709 Arnold Ave., Point Pleasant Beach, have joined forces to honor a child from Marlboro who had a passion for hamburgers and who lost his battle with cancer in 2010. The foundation and the restaurant will raise funds…
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Mum’s the word in Allentown
Community contributions help make couple’s campaign for local produce a success BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Lauren Jasionowski, Dan DeLuca and their Great Dane Romeo stand on their property at Evil Monkey Farm in Upper Freehold Township. The couple held a successful Kickstarter campaign to provide a retail outlet for local produce in Allentown’s downtown.…
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Jackson, unions reach settlement regarding furlough dispute
Workers to be compensated with time off Andrew Martins JACKSON — A potential unfair labor practice ruling that threatened to put the Jackson municipal budget in jeopardy has been avoided through a settlement with two local unions, officials announced during the Jan. 24 Township Council meeting, bringing to an end the dispute over the 2010-11…
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Fire districts will be permitted to amend budget
Gov. Chris Christie has signed into law legislation sponsored by Republican state Assemblyman Ronald Dancer that will permit a fire district to use additional revenue received after the adoption of its annual budget to purchase needed fire protection items. The measure also makes the protocol for the insertion of a new appropriation in a fire…
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Howell High School’s Monet Masters competes in the pole vault at the Monmouth County Indoor Track and Field Championships held Jan. 20 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. Masters finished second in this event. For more photos, see the Photo Galleries at www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Route 571 in Jackson due for improvements
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — An estimated $4 million road improvement project planned for Route 571 near Francis Mills in Jackson is among a list of 21 pending projects scheduled to be completed during the next decade, according to documents released by the New Jersey Department of Transportation . According to the FY2012-21…
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Catholic bishops address poverty in New Jersey
BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent Eighteen Catholic bishops who represent seven dioceses in New Jersey, a state often ranked as the second or third richest in the nation, have pledged to tackle the issue of the growing number of people living in poverty in the state, which has nearly 800,000 residents struggling to make ends meet. The…
