Category: Tri-Town News
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Checklist answers may cost Jackson state funds
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — A municipal official believes Jackson will lose about $33,000 in state aid this year following the township’s submission of the Local Government Best Practices checklist. Municipalities throughout New Jersey were recently provided with the checklist and were required to fill it out and submit it to the state…
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Board member: Facebook could help during budget prep
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Howell Board of Education member Timothy O’Brien is pushing for the Howell K-8 School District to get its own Facebook page up and running before next year’s budget vote. “We need to address the fact that we failed at 13 out of 15 budgets,” O’Brien said at a recent…
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Actor Chris Mulkey to appear at Manalapan film festival
Chris Mulkey MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Arts Council will host a gathering of independent film artists, moviegoers, industry professionals and community members on Oct. 16-17 when the Manalapan Independent Film Festival makes its debut in town. The event, slated to take place at the Manalapan municipal complex, 120 Route 522 (at Taylors Mills Road), will…
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Oct. 15 is Pretty in Pink Day
The Ocean County Health Department in collaboration with the Ocean County Cancer Coalition and the Long Beach Island Health Department has announced that Oct. 15 will be celebrated as Ocean County’s eighth Pretty in Pink Day. “Most of us are aware that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” said Freeholder Gerry P. Little. “Over the…
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Brookdale will host job fair on Oct. 26
Individuals who are looking for a job are invited to attend a job fair to be held 4-7 p.m. Oct. 26 at Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road (Route 520), Lincroft. Job fair attendees will have access to companies seeking talented residents in every discipline, from hospitality and health care to telecommunications, computer science,…
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Anglers have a good day
The Howell Recreation Department’s annual Baxter’s Fishing Derby at Echo Lake Park, Maxim-Southard Road, brought out local anglers on Oct. 2. John Patchett (r) holds a fish that his son, Stephen, 13, caught. FRANK GALIPO
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Convenience store wins approval from planners
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — The Planning Board has approved an application that will permit the opening of a 2,464-square-foot convenience store on Freehold Road between Thompson Bridge and Cassville roads in the Cassville section of Jackson. The application submitted by Robert Devino received preliminary and final major site plan approval in an…
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‘Art From Found Objects’
The Monmouth Museum in Lincroft is hosting an exhibit of artwork that focuses on art created from the undisguised, but often modified, use of common found objects that are not normally considered art, often because they already have a non-art function. Seventy-five percent of the media used by artists to create works for this exhibition…
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9/11 responder bill heading for Senate vote
House approves James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — After months spent garnering support and votes, Monmouth County Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and 9/11 first responder John Feal finally have a victory for the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act (H.R. 847). The bill was…
