Category: Tri-Town News
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Nonprofits will not be charged for school use
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Kill it. That sums up Howell K-8 School District Board of Education member Timothy P. O’Brien’s take on a policy amendment that would have allowed administrators to charge nonprofit groups a fee for using school facilities. “The community has made it quite clear,” O’Brien said before a…
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Jackson panel members named
JACKSON — After some delay, the members of Jackson’s Going Green Committee have officially been appointed to terms that will end in June 2011. The committee members were appointed by the Township Council during the Aug. 10 meeting of the governing body. At a previous council meeting, Councilwoman Bobbie Rivere asked that the appointments be…
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Church youths complete mission
JACKSON — Twelve members of De- Bows United Methodist Church in Jackson recently traveled to Illinois to take part in a youth mission trip that was sponsored by Group Workcamps of Loveland, Colo. The group of local residents, along with 380 other people, descended upon Centralia, Ill., to help repair homes during a week that…
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Moms busy collecting school supplies
PLUMSTED — The New Egypt MOMS Club has begun its “Pack the Sack” campaign to collect school supplies for students who are in need of assistance. The club is asking community members to donate school supplies such as notebooks, folders, pencils, pens and backpacks. The supplies that are collected in the “Pack the Sack” campaign…
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Full moon hike returns to Jackson
JACKSON — People of all ages are invited to take part in the upcoming Full Moon Hike to be held at the Forest Resource Education Center, Don Connor Boulevard, Jackson. The annual event is hosted by the New Jersey Forest Service and the Jackson Pathfinders. The hike will start at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 23. “The…
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‘Charter and Early Members’ show celebrates guild’s 50 years
The Guild of Creative Art, 620 Broad St., Shrewsbury, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a special exhibit honoring its founders and early members. Portrait of founder Yvonne Aubert by Roberta Carter Clark Many of the 49 exhibitors in the guild’s “Charter and Early Members” show have received regional and national awards; some have earned…
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Naming of administrator pulled from council agenda
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — A resolution that would have appointed a new business administrator for Jackson was pulled from the Township Council’s Aug. 10 agenda on the morning of the meeting. The naming of a replacement for the previous administrator, Phil Del Turco, is now expected to take place on Aug. 24.…
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Questions still unanswered in June state trooper death
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — More than two months after New Jersey State Police Trooper Marc K. Castellano was struck down by a motor vehicle on Interstate 195 during a police search, authorities are still not ready to release the details of the accident that took his life.Police have charged Robert Swan,…
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Schoolhouse offers glimpse of the past
Ardena Public School No. 2 stands as a reminder of era before consolidation BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Even as far back as 1939, school consolidation was a dirty word. Parents in Howell wanted nothing to do with consolidation, and many were not happy when the one-room schoolhouses that were scattered throughout various sections…
