Category: Tri-Town News
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New Jersey at heart of independent film
‘Greetings From the Shore’ with Paul Sorvino to be released Sept. 12 BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer “Greetings From the Shore,” a film shot in New Jersey and starring Kim Shaw, Paul Sorvino and David Fumero, will be released Sept. 12. Filmmaker Gabrielle Berberich drew upon her own experiences at the New Jersey Shore when…
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Fairfield Rd. warehouse gets preliminary approval
HOWELL HOWELL — Salvatore Barbagallo, the applicant and owner of Fairfield at Howell, was granted preliminary approval by the Planning Board on Aug. 21 to consolidate and reconfigure two lots into a multi-tenant flex building in the Special Economic Development zone on Fairfield Road. According to a report prepared by the board’s engineer, Ernest Peters,…
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Economic development panel may get new life
JACKSON — Township Council President Mike Kafton wants to pump new life into the township’s Economic Development Advisory Committee. Speaking at the Aug. 26 council meeting, Kafton said, “A few years ago the (governing body) decided to form the Economic Development Advisory Committee to seek out commercial ratables. It also gave commercial developers the ability…
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New principal in place at Woehr elementary
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer PLUMSTED — School is back in session for children in Plumsted. Approximately 1,850 students returned to class in the Plumsted Township School District on Sept. 3. “This is a very exciting time,” new Superintendent of Schools Mark C. DeMareo said. “I am very eager to start working with the students,…
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‘Nightmare’ has happy ending for girls
Howell parents express relief after daughters rescued BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Tea-h Evans clutches her daughters Ashley, 7, and Sophia, 3, very tight and promises never to let them go. JEFF GRANIT Tea-h Evans holds her daughters, Ashley, 7, and Sophia, 3, in their Howell home on Aug. 29. The girls were the focus…
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The buzz about honeybees
Threatened state insect necessary for ecosystem and agriculture BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Beekeeper Angelo Trapani, who operates Trapper’s Honey in Millstone Township with his wife, Anna, checks to see if his honeybees have made any progress on two new honey frames. They thrived with the dinosaurs, ancient Egyptians and…
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Dress code will be enforced in Lakewood public schools
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD LAKEWOOD — Administrators and staff members in the Lakewood School District are working toward their goal of self-improvement. On Sept. 4 part of that effort will come to fruition when 5,142 pupils in kindergarten through 12th grade begin the new school year and a dress code for students is…
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Building dept. will stay under Jackson’s control
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Following months of uncertainty about its future, the Jackson Building Department was granted a reprieve by municipal officials last week. The department will remain open with fewer staff members who will continue to conduct construction-related inspections in the township. A private firm will not be hired to conduct…
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Howell pupils return Sept. 4
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL — Classes will reconvene for pupils in the Howell K-8 School District on Sept. 4. District administrators said 30 new staff members have been hired to replace retirees and to fill in for staff members who are on maternity leave. As the 2008-09 school year begins, class time in…
