Category: Tri-Town News
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New Royalty one of five finalists in radio contest
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Alocal band seeks community support in fulfilling a dream to play at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The New Royalty, a band of young musicians from Millstone Township, Monroe Township, East Brunswick and Milltown, made it to the final round of the Z100 Jingle Ball Hometown Hero Contest.…
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Romance and love are not reserved only for the young
Ioften wonder what young people think of us over-50 crowd who are involved in romantic relationships. I know when I was younger when someone older had managed to find a companion, I’d think to myself, “Oh, isn’t that sweet.” At that time, however, I was imagining a kind of relationship without real substance, like beans…
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Deputy mayor called for service in Iraq
Menashe MIller LAKEWOOD — Shortly before Thanksgiving, Lakewood Deputy Mayor Menashe Miller, a captain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, was deployed to Iraq to provide military mission support. His tasks will include counseling, giving ministry to people of all faiths, even those not religiously affiliated, and accompanying convoys to provide moral support. Miller was…
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Howell High School football players run onto the field as they prepare for a Thanksgiving eve clash with Colts Neck. The Rebels concluded the 2010 season with a 27-21 victory over the visiting Cougars on Nov. 24 in Howell. More photos, www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Howell may consider dress code for students
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL — Superintendent of Schools Enid Golden said the initial reaction to her mention of the possibility of implementing clothing guidelines for pupils in the Howell K-8 School District was favorable. Golden raised the subject at a recent meeting of the Howell Board of Education’s community relations committee. She said…
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Girls hoops does not make cut
Howell PAL is now running sports teams at schools BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Interscholastic girls basketball will not be offered at Howell’s three middle schools this winter. Participation levels did not meet the minimum requirement (15 players) established by the Howell Police Athletic League (PAL), which is running the sports programs under a contract…
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Athletes run, bike, swim for good cause
More than 800 participants, spectators and volunteers gathered in celebration of the Friends of Dottie’s House third annual triathlon and duathlon on Oct. 10 at Island Beach State Park in Ocean County. This year’s event also featured an aqua velo, which consists of swimming and biking. The race is an annual event held during October,…
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New bridge planned in Cassville
Sidewalks and wider shoulders will be part of a new bridge proposed to replace the Route 571 bridge in Jackson that is known locally as the Rova Farms Bridge on Cassville Road. “The original span was constructed in 1929 and has served the motoring public well,” said Ocean County Freeholder John P. Kelly, director of…
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Museum celebrates water as art world inspiration
Water is the subject and title of a far-reaching exhibition at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, this fall. Ranging from a 17th-century Chinese landscape to Bill Viola’s 2005 visceral video work, “Ablutions,” works on display are drawn from the museum’s own collections of French, American, Russian and SovietNonconformist art,…
