Category: Tri-Town News
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Friends find winery is just fine
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent PHOTOS COURTESY OF LAURITA WINERY Laurita Winery covers 250 acres in the New Egypt section of Plumsted. Friends Ray Shea (l) and Randy Johnson built the facility and are excited about its future. Skip the trip to a Napa Valley winery in California and instead head to the newly opened Laurita…
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‘Thanks for Giving’ gala set for Dec. 5
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ocean County will hold its fourth annual “Thanks for Giving” gala from 6-10 p.m. Dec. 5 at Crystal Point Yacht Club, Point Pleasant. Awards will be given to individuals or organizations that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to Big Brothers Big Sisters and the children in Ocean County. Board President Paul…
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Recess task force bill passes in Assembly
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer The state Assembly voted 76-2 last week in favor of a bill, A-467, which seeks to establish a task force to study the social and health benefits of student recess and to develop recommendations on the advisability of making student recess mandatory in all New Jersey school districts. The bill…
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State Supreme Court to hear Jackson case
JACKSON — The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that involves a Jackson ordinance that requires developers to provide recreational space within their developments. Township Council President Michael Kafton issued a press release on Nov. 20 to announce that the state’s highest court would hear the case. He provided a timeline…
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Board member keeps up focus on being ‘green’
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — With winter just around the corner, this may be a good time to stop and read up on some new ideas for making one’s next spring and summer garden and home environmentally green. Jackson Planning Board member Blanche Krubner recently reported on her attendance at a Green Building…
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Memorial park honors C-141 crew members
McGuire Air Force Base hosts Nov. 11 ceremony BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN A veteran lays a flower at a McGuire Air Force Base memorial that honors servicemen who died in crashes involving C-141 cargo planes. A chaplain who spoke at the Nov. 11 ceremony said, “We honor all of them with deepest…
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Internet helps provide support for charities
BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer With the economy in turmoil, many people are tightening their belts, and that slowdown in spending and giving may be bad news for nonprofit agencies that rely on donations as they strive to help individuals in need. Two philanthropic families have come up with a solution that can offer a…
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Friends say sale was success
PLUMSTED — When the doors opened on Nov. 7 for the Plumsted Township Friends of the Library used book sale, more than 75 people were waiting in line to take advantage of the bargains inside. More than 10,000 books, puzzles, videos and DVDs were neatly arranged on tables in the New Egypt High School cafeteria.…
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LHS students to stage ‘Laramie Project’
Play focuses on events surrounding murder of young gay man BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — On Oct. 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, was tied to a split-rail fence, beaten and left to die in a remote area of Laramie, Wyo., because he was homosexual. It has been 10…
