Category: Tri-Town News
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Gotto, Smith Nicastro start 4-year terms
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer William Gotto was sworn in to begin serving a four-year term and was elected by his fellow members of the Howell Township Council to serve as deputy mayor for 2011 during the governing body’s reorganization meeting held Jan. 1. Pauline Smith was sworn in to begin serving a four-year term…
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Nick Volpe goes after a loose ball during a Howell recreation basketball game played at Howell Middle School South on Jan. 8. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Suspect reported to be in custody
JACKSON — The third suspect in the Dec. 9 theft of jewelry from a home in the Four Seasons Metedeconk Lakes adult community has turned himself in to police. Stephen Spizzirri, 25, of Freehold Township, surrendered himself at 2:45 p.m. Dec. 30 at Jackson Police Headquarters and was arrested. “Mr. Spizzirri turned himself in on…
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Plan for 315 homes still alive
Developer has been before Jackson Planning Board for several years BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer A developer who wants to build a 315-home adult community on South Hope Chapel Road near Ridgeway Drive in Jackson was back before the Jackson Planning Board recently. Diamond Developers at Miele Farms LLC has been seeking approval for a…
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C-Bunny lives to dance and inspire others
TV appearance bolsters confidence of hearing-impaired dancer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Christine Sarni has embraced her disability through dance. The 25-yearold Millstone Township resident who calls herself C-Bunny recently appeared on “Live to Dance,” a prime-time dance competition series on CBS. She danced her way through the preliminary auditions and earned a chance to…
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Family ‘overwhelmed’ by gifts
Howell home receives a very special delivery BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Retired New York Jets defensive lineman Joe Klecko paid a visit to the Riccio family in Howell on Dec. 23, bearing gifts that made the holidays a little brighter. On the day after Klecko’s visit, representatives of the Howell Police Department’s Traffic Safety…
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Insurance payout replaces equipment
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — Equipment that replaced an inventory of items that were destroyed in a Sept. 16 fire at a public works yard on Old Tavern Road arrived in time for municipal employees to use after a blizzard dumped 2 feet of snow on Howell on Dec. 26. The fire four…
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Westlake Men’s Club of Jackson raises funds for good cause
JACKSON— The Westlake Men’s Club of Jackson sponsored a benefit doo-wop concert on Dec. 9 in the clubhouse at the Westlake Golf and Country Club. The featured performers were the Antiques and Friends, a group of four singers and five band members from The Renaissance in Manchester, many of whom have professional backgrounds in music.…
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GCU donation to be unveiled by Lakewood Heritage Museum
On Jan. 19 the Lakewood Heritage Museum will reveal the latest additions to its collection — two postmaster uniforms and the Civil War-era trunk in which they were stored— that were recently donated to the museum by Georgian Court University. LAKEWOOD — On Jan. 19 at 2:30 p.m., the Lakewood Heritage Museum will reveal the…
