Category: Tri-Town News
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Ford Road plaza to be renovated
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — In one of its final acts of 2008, the Howell Planning Board approved an applicant’s plan to renovate an existing shopping center in the Highway Development 1 zone on Ford Road. Ford Road is off Route 9 south, just north of Howell’s border with Lakewood. The plan was…
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Couple committed to finding answers
Toddler doing well two years after heart transplant BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Just two years ago, Christopher Ennis of Howell was an infant recovering from a fetal cardiac intervention procedure that was performed by surgeons of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). JEFF GRANIT staff Christopher Ennis, 2, is doing well two years after…
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Beck tells gov.: Abandon COAH legal defense
State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) has called on the Corzine administration to abandon its legal defense of the failed subsidized housing policies of the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and to work with legislators of both political parties on a bipartisan solution to the escalating COAH issue. The New Jersey State League…
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Parents want all options examined
Howell TRUTH gets involved with school budget issues BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer For more than a year, members of the Howell Board of Education have been contemplating the possibility of closing one or more schools in order to close a projected $5 million deficit in the 2009-10 school year budget. Some members of the…
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Phun with the Phillie Phanatic
ERIC SUCAR staff A good time was had by all when the Philadelphia Phillies World Series Trophy Tour made a stop at the Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood on Jan. 13. More than 400 fans turned out to support the team and have their picture taken with the World Series trophy. The Phillie Phanatic was…
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Groups have high hopes for community building
Head Start director and community center head await new Lakewood facility BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — Two organizations in Lakewood share the same problem: they have both outgrown their facilities and they are seeking more space. Head Start, a delegate of Ocean Community Economic Action Now Inc. (OCEAN Inc.), and the Lakewood Community…
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Residents warned about increase in burglaries
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Police are reminding residents to lock their homes and their car doors. “During the past two years, residents in our community have experienced an increase in burglaries to their homes and vehicles,” Jackson Police Department Sgt. Russell Scialpi said. “In 2007 there were 100 reported burglaries to motor…
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Doctor brings rustic charm to animal care
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — While most small-animal veterinarians just treat dogs and cats, Dr. Susan Spreat’s patients also include rabbits, pocket pets and small ruminants like sheep and goats. After years of working for other veterinarians and operating a house call service, Spreat has opened her own office and surgery facility…
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Area man joins state council
Andrew McGeady JACKSON — The New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD) — a federally funded state agency that educates policymakers about how best to develop and expand public and private supports for people with developmental disabilities and their families — recently announced that Gov. Jon Corzine has appointed Andrew McGeady of Jackson to the…
