Category: Tri-Town News
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Children of all ages put their best kick forward as they participate in a soccer activity during a Howell day camp that was held at Howell Middle School North on July 14. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Howell board checking option of restoring clubs
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education are hoping to restore clubs that have been cut from the fifth-grade and middle school levels over the past few years. Board member Albert Miller, who sits on the panel’s Education Committee, raised the topic at the board’s July 13…
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Girl Scouts come through with cookies
Left to right: Sarah Jones (Troop 1002), Steffanie Rosko (Troop 1190), Rachel Russo (Troop 1002), Mahe’ Khan (Troop 1002), and Stephanie Hood (Troop 1002) present Girl Scout cookies to Ronnie Micciulla, director of American Recreational Military Service. Girl Scouts from Monmouth and Ocean counties banded together this spring to donate cookies to military troops stationed…
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Ocean County will use Lakewood’s truck wash
I n its ongoing efforts to maintain environmental standards while saving time and money, Ocean County will enter into a shared services agreement with Lakewood for use of the municipality’s truck wash. “Ocean County is a big county covering almost 640 square miles,” said Freeholder James F. Lacey, who serves as liaison to Ocean County’s…
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Learn the secrets of soda at Toms River library
On Aug. 2 at 7 p.m., author Andrew Schloss will share soda-making secrets when he presents “Homemade Soda: 200 Recipes for Making and Using Fruit Sodas and Fizzy Juices, Sparkling Waters, Root Beers and Cola Brews, Herbal and Healing Waters, Floats and Other Carbonated Concoctions” at the Ocean County Library, 101 Washington St., Toms River.…
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Play will open with benefit for Rose’s Fund and MCSPCA
FREEHOLD — Center Players will present “Sylvia,” an adult comedy about a love triangle between a middle-aged man, the dog he adopts and his surprised and perplexed wife. The production includes an openingnight fundraiser to benefit two animal-loving organizations: Rose’s Fund for Animals and the Monmouth County SPCA. “Sylvia” was written by A.R. Gurney, the…
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Howell’s RAGE group continues petition drive
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— Members of Residents Against Global Entity (RAGE) are still seeking Howell taxpayers to get involved in their movement. RAGE was formed in response to the Howell Township Council’s recent 4-1 vote to set aside $6.9 million for the possible purchase of the Global office building. Howell officials have said…
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Man charged with burglary
JACKSON — A 19-year-old Jackson resident was charged with burglary and other crimes following his arrest earlier this month. According to a press release issued by the Jackson Police Department, officers responded to a pool house parking lot on Brookfield Drive at 5:40 a.m. July 9 for a report of a burglary and theft to…
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Mechanical problem KOs town meeting
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— A full agenda of business was not heard by the Howell Township Council on July 12 because an air conditioning malfunction in town hall caused the evening’s meeting to be canceled. Among the items on the agenda was a public hearing regarding a proposed change in the process of…
