Category: Tri-Town News
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Residents invited to serve on school budget panel
JACKSON — The Jackson Board of Education is creating a Community Budget Committee (CBC) to provide input during the budget building process. The board is also inviting all residents to attend a budget workshop on Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m. to learn more about the CBC and the budget process as a whole. “Creating the…
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Grand jury indicts woman in state trooper’s death
Events of June unfolded along I-195 in Howell On Nov. 17 a Monmouth County Grand Jury returned an indictment against Diana Hoffman, 30, of Blackwood, Camden County, for her role in the death of New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc Castellano on June 6, 2010. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s…
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Chrise’s Dare to Dream 5K honors 1997 FTHS graduate
Proceeds will support research in fight against lung cancer BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Chrise Briggs Murrell, a 1997 graduate of Freehold Township High School, was only 31 years old when she died from lung cancer in June, leaving her husband, Andy, and their son, Drew, 6, in Katy, Texas, where she lived. In her memory,…
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Council approves plan to buy new equipment
Ordinance adopted in Jackson after several months of debate BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Abond ordinance that provides for capital improvements and the acquisition of equipment has been adopted in a 5-0 vote of the Jackson Township Council. The ordinance allows for the issuance of $2.1 million in bonds and notes, and reappropriates $865,000 in…
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DEP lifts drought watch in Monmouth and Ocean
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin recently announced the lifting of the drought watch for the coastal north region of the state, including nearly all of Monmouth County and northern Ocean County. Evidence of a return to more normal rainfall, cooler temperatures and diminished water supply demands led to the decision to…
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Equine massage therapist helps rescued, retired horses
Gaining a horse’s trust after it retires from the racetrack or is rescued from auction, abuse or neglect is no easy feat. Loreen Pantaleone provides massage therapy to Angel, a 20-year-old horse who gives preschool children with disabilities riding lessons at Riding High Farm in Allentown. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Loreen Pantaleone uses sports…
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Communication scholarships available
The Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association is seeking applicants for its annual James R. McCormick Memorial Scholarship Awards program. The scholarship is open to sophomore, junior or senior college students who are residents of Ocean or Monmouth counties and are pursuing a degree in communications, public relations, journalism, advertising, and radio and/or television…
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Residents have enjoyed a good life in Roosevelt M
Monmouth County town was built in 1930s by United States government BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Six longtime residents of Roosevelt shared stories about living most of their lives in the little historic and artistic town that is nestled in the woods and farmlands of western Monmouth County. Roosevelt is on the south side of…
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Late soldier’s son to light tree
More than 1,000 lights will come to life when members of the Ocean County Board of Freeholders come together to officially light the county’s tree on Nov. 30 at 4:45 p.m. on the west lawn of the county administration building at 101 Hooper Ave., Toms River, said Ocean County Freeholder Director James F. Lacey. Freeholder…
