Category: Tri-Town News
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Congregation Ahavat Olam will host a membership drive and open house at the synagogue, 106 Windeler Road, Howell, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 11. Guests will have the opportunity to meet Rabbi Michael Klein and Cantor David Amar. Light refreshments will be served. Congregation Ahavat Olam is a Conservative Jewish synagogue. Details: 732-363-5190. A coin…
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Photo contest to capture five decades of open space preservation and park development
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but how many pictures would it take to capture the beauty of preserving 650,000 acres of open space and parks in New Jersey over the past 50 years? That is the challenge the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is putting into the shutter-happy hands of residents…
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Town planning to use former school for rec programming
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— More ways to use space in the former Southard School are finally coming into play as the Howell Township Council and the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education enter into a shared service agreement. School administrators closed the 50- year-old Southard School, Kent Road, in 2009 because of…
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Officials: Beware of scams
For residents who are facing the task of clearing debris, repairing homes and draining flooded property in the wake of Hurricane Irene, officials are warning them to be wary of suspicious offers of assistance. “It is an unfortunate fact that disasters attract their share of con artists and frauds, from fly-by-night home improvement contractors to…
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Join the Moment of Remembrance
A mericans are being encouraged to come together as a nation for the Moment of Remembrance at 1 p.m. EDT on Sept. 11, 2011. The event will memorialize the lives lost during the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, with one minute of reflection marked by the ringing of bells, sounding…
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After two decades of self-reliance, animal sanctuary seeks help
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Above: Storm, a Siberian husky who loves to play and run, awaits adoption at Kind Heart Rescue in Upper Freehold Township. Below: Bam, a brown agouti rabbit who was saved from slaughter, is among the animals up for adoption. UPPER FREEHOLD — Times are tough for Kind Heart Rescue. Donations…
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Young man faces tough road in coping with loss
Corbin Mayo was 11 when his dad was killed at the World Trade Center BY JENNIFER LILONSKY Rutgers University Student Corbin Mayo Until the body of his father, Robert, was recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center a month or two after his death, Corbin Mayo of Marlboro could not accept the loss.…
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Residents absorb hit from Irene
Heavy rains were first punch; hurricane made situation worse at Moors Landing BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Some residents in the Moors Landing development off Strickland Road in Howell have lost their homes after Hurricane Irene ripped through Mariners Cove and demolished what was already a damaged area of the neighborhood. Prior to the hurricane,…
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Jackson Liberty High School’s Ahmed Shalabi is brought down by a Red Bank Regional High School defender after catching a pass for a first down during a football scrimmage in Little Silver on Sept. 1. For a preview of Jackson Liberty, see page 52. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
