Category: Tri-Town News
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District faces preschool mandate
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — One component of New Jersey’s new school funding formula has mandated that all school districts offer fullday preschool for all eligible 3- and 4-yearold children by the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. This directive by the state is aimed at assisting at-risk pupils prepare to enter kindergarten…
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Mom delivers emotional message
Alcohol poisoning claimed the life of her daughter at Colorado State University BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer In the summer of 2004, alcohol claimed the life of a young woman. Samantha “Sam” Spady, a 19-year-old college student at Colorado State University, was found dead inside the Sigma Pi fraternity house after a night of too…
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On Campus
Jeanette L. Cook, Jackson, was named to the spring dean’s honor list at Arcadia University, Glenside, Pa., requiring a grade point average of 3.67 to 3.89. Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, has named Jackson resident Alexandra K. Gill to the dean’s list for the spring semester. Her major is creative arts and technology.
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Tax bills causing concern
Residents of Jackson townhouses & condos worried about increases BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Residents of the 60 Acre Reserve, Crystal Brook and Threepence Brook condominium and townhouse developments in Jackson are facing an increase in their property taxes, and they are worried about it. They brought their concerns before the Jackson Township Council at…
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Christmas village is family tradition
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Louis Palermo of Freehold Township takes great pride in creating a Christmas village each year. Buildings that make up the display hold special meaning for Palermo and his family, and he says that his creation represents the true meaning of the holiday. Acascading waterfall, turreted castles, quaint villages nestled in valleys,…
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State adds 25K to grant
PLUMSTED — Joe Doria, the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, has notified the Plumsted Township Committee that an additional $25,000 has been awarded to increase the New Egypt Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) grant total to $450,000. The NPP grant provides funding for housing rehabilitation, business incentives and community enhancement projects, according…
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Howell identifies sites for affordable housing
New Jersey town are required to file plan with state agency by Dec. 31 BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL HOWELL — Municipal officials are working to meet a Dec. 31 deadline to submit a third-round affordable housing plan to the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). The Howell Planning Board held a special meeting…
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Drunken driving on police radar during 2008 holiday season
PLUMSTED — Law enforcement officers from Plumsted will be cracking down on drunken drivers as part of the holiday season’s Over the Limit, Under Arrest campaign. The campaign began Dec. 8 and will continue through Jan. 2. During that time, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, looking for…
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On Campus
Shannon Tellier, Jackson, has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at St. John’s University, Queens, N.Y. The 2004 graduate of Jackson Memorial High School is majoring in pharmacy. She is the daughter of Debbie and Mike Tellier.
