Category: Tri-Town News
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Jacob Landau’s ‘Holocaust Suite’ to be exhibited in April
The late Jacob Landau’s set of lithographic prints known as “The Holocaust Suite” will be exhibited at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. Commissioned by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the seven lithographs were published in Albert Friedlander’s collection of Holocaust writings “Out of the Whirlwind” in 1968, according to the Jacob Landau Institute of…
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Health care bill for 9/11 responders advances
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Advocates of a federal bill guaranteeing health care for life for Sept. 11 first responders breathed a collective sigh of relief last week as the bill took a crucial step forward. The House Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and…
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Music a big part of Jackson teen’s life
Katelyn Tran planning to teach piano to children at local library this summer BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Katelyn Tran JACKSON — Katelyn Tran, 16, a sophomore at Jackson Memorial High School, loves music and at an early age started winning piano competitions and awards. She started studying piano at the age of 4 with Veda…
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State commission aims to cut red tape
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer C ivil service regulations and interlocal agreements were some concerns voiced during the second of three public hearings about simplifying state government at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, on March 9. The Red Tape Review Commission, a bipartisan effort led by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, listened to testimony from state and…
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In the Service
Air Force Airman 1st Class Mark A. Wiedemann, son of Gary A. Wiedemann of New Egypt, has graduated from the Ground Radio Communications Equipment Apprentice course at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss. The course is designed to train airmen to employ a diverse combination of radio communications equipment, which includes fixed and mobile, low-…
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Teacher will be sentenced in May
COLTS NECK — A former social studies teacher at Colts Neck High School faces a sentence of noncustodial probation and forfeiture of future public office stemming from a theft by deception scheme. Megan Laboy was charged with pocketing money from her students that the students believed would be donated to various charities. Laboy allegedly told…
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Howell board names Sanasac business administrator/secy.
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Ronald Sanasac no longer has the word “acting” in front of his job description. Sanasac got a round of applause at the March 16 Howell K-8 School District Board of Education meeting after board members voted unanimously to appoint him as the district’s business administrator and board…
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Upgrades planned at JTMUA
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Improvements will be made at the Manhattan Street headquarters of the Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority (JTMUA). Representatives of the water authority appeared at the March 15 meeting of the Jackson Planning Board to outline the improvements. The board granted a courtesy approval to the municipal agency. The…
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Metro PCS antennas to be added at 2 sites
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Two applications that were submitted by Metro PCS, N.Y., LLC received Planning Board approval on March 15. Both applications proposed the addition of antennas on existing communications towers in Jackson. The first Metro PCS application called for six antennas to be placed on an existing monopole at 735…
