Category: Tri-Town News
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Jackson set to launch local cleanup effort
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — With spring cleaning just around the corner, the call is going out for members of local nonprofit organizations to roll up their sleeves and help get Jackson’s roads into spiffy condition. Trash for Cash is being run by the township in conjunction with a New Jersey Clean Communities…
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County’s newest park opens in Beachwood
Nestled in the Pinelands, a swath of 400 acres, peppered with pine trees and a variety of flora and fauna, is now Ocean County’s newest park called Jakes Branch County Park, Beachwood. In front of a room full of well-wishers and members of the Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department staff, Ocean County Freeholder Director…
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Church schedules fundraising dinner
HOWELL — The Church of the Master, 110 Salem Hill Road, has announced a series of upcoming events. The Church of the Master Senior High Youth Group is sponsoring a baked ziti fundraising dinner on March 29 at 6 p.m. The cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children; under age 5 will be admitted…
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Support group opens Howell chapter
Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in which one person chooses to assert power and control over an intimate partner or household member. According to a press release from 180 Turning Lives Around, it is a destructive learned behavior that negatively affects all family members and is against the law. Survivors of domestic…
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State expands Plumsted gypsy moth spray area
PLUMSTED — The state Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant, Pest and Disease Control has approved an additional 451 acres of wooded property in Plumsted for inclusion in this spring’s gypsy moth aerial suppression spray program, according to Mayor Ron Dancer. The Township Committee hosted an informational public meeting regarding the proposed gypsy moth spray…
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Women hold key Howell positions
Study hard, have thick skin are words of advice from those who serve township BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Her path in life was already predestined. From early on, she was told she was to become a lawyer. Her late father, William J. White Sr., taught her the simple principles of life that would help…
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Two perspectives on the Holocaust
On March 15, the opening of “The Exhibit: A Journey to Life” at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft brought to life the world that was lost during the Holocaust. Suitcases, scrapbooks, family photographs and other memorabilia are part of the multimedia exhibit, “A Journey to Life,” which documents the life experiences of Holocaust survivors, and…
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New signs show way to avoid congestion
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN A yearlong lobbying effort put forth by Michael Kaufman of Jackson has resulted in signs that direct motorists away from a traffic bottleneck in Lakewood. LAKEWOOD — A lobbying effort to improve conditions at a township traffic bottleneck has led to action being taken by the state Department…
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Crafters continue service to community
The Happy Crafters at the Orchards at Bartley, Jackson, is a group of creative residents who gather twice a week to make various arts and crafts items and develop opportunities to sell them. For more than two years, they have been working to raise money for organizations and families in need in the Jackson community.…
