Category: Tri-Town News
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Youngster turns change into donation for supplies
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Anthony Scalera JACKSON — Some youngsters save their pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters in a piggy bank so they can buy something special for themselves, but Anthony Scalera, 8, of Jackson, recently had a better idea. “Throughout the 2009-10 school year I gave Anthony $4 a day to buy lunch…
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Zumba Session
Roxann Palestis leads women of all ages in one of the dances during a Zumba class that was held at the Echo Lake pavilion in Howell on Sept. 2. The Howell Recreation Department sponsors Zumba and other classes for residents throughout the year. More photos, gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Increases continue to shrink
Teacher salary settlement rates are continuing their downward trend, with the 83 contracts negotiated since January providing average raises of 1.91 percent for 2010-11, the New Jersey School Boards Association reported on Sept. 1. In mid-August, NJSBA reported that salary increases in 73 districts that reached agreement since the first of the year averaged 2.03…
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In words and drawings, soldiers leave their mark in time
Vietnam Graffiti Project tells story of soldiers en route to Vietnam BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Vietnam veteran Dan O’Leary still remembers the day he departed from the western shores of the United States on a packed troopship to Vietnam, a 7,000-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean almost 45 years ago. “We were all gung-ho…
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Police, EMS to mark 9/11 with community safety day
HOWELL — Patrolman Riaz Motani had originally planned to hold Howell’s community safety day on June 6. The events had been arranged. Major sponsor Chick-fil-A had volunteered the restaurant and its parking area for the program. Motani started his day early at a law enforcementmass casualty drill held at the Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold…
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Quid pro quo
OCEAN VIEWS PATRICIA A. MILLER Ocean County voters slogging through these sour economic times need to pay attention to what is going on behind closed doors in their towns and county government, because deals are being made, jobs are being created, and jobs are going to people who do not deserve them, all at your…
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Worship for Life honors Jackson resident
Antoinette Adams, a resident of Jackson, was honored as a “Prestigious Woman of New Jersey” at a luncheon held recently by Worship for Life Community Outreach Inc., a Jackson based nonprofit organization. The event, held at the Metuchen Golf and Country Club, Edison, recognized the community service and accomplishments of women throughout the state. Adams…
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American Legion post seeking new members
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — American Legion Post 504, which was chartered in 1976, is welcoming all wartime-era veterans to join in on a partnership that will benefit past and present veterans and their families, as well as increase community service. Post 504 meets at 7:30 p.m. every other month on the second…
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Walk honors late Howell teen
On Sept. 12 at 3 p.m. on the boardwalk at Pier Village in Long Branch, Prevention First will be hosting the fourth annual Amanda Faith Reo Memorial Walk. The event aims to raise $10,000 in Amanda’s name to support Prevention First’s programs to prevent violence and substance abuse, and to raise awareness among teens about…
