Category: Tri-Town News
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Live auctions will benefit Monmouth Academy
Live, silent and gift auctions will be held at Monmouth Academy’s Judith S. Lenk Gymnasium, 152 LanesMill Road, Howell, May 17. Preview and silent auction will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by the live auction at 7:30 p.m. Fine art, sports memorabilia, music memorabilia, student art and more.Admission of $25 per person includes buffet dinner,…
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Howell youth wins competition
HOWELL – Stephanie Hanvey, 10, of Howell, outsang, outshined and ultimately outdid the competition to win the 6- to 11-year-old age category in the NJ Fame Game. The statewide singing contest to benefit Prevent Child Abuse – New Jersey (PCANJ) was held April 13 in Spring Lake Heights. According to a press release, Hanvey’s rendition…
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A day to honor service, remember sacrifice
Vets who served country honored at Vietnam Veterans’Memorial BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Peter Van Rixoort never met his father, but all his life he has known just how special his father’s sacrifice for World War II really was. Staff Sgt. John Van Rixoort Van Rixoort’s father, Staff Sgt. John Van Rixoort, who was…
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Chorus to perform in Jackson
JACKSON – The Liberty Oak Chorus, an award-winning Freehold-based chapter of Sweet Adelines International, will be performing its “Red Hot” spring show at Jackson Memorial High School, 101 Don Connor Blvd., Jackson, at 3 p.m. May 18. For ticket information call (732) 364- 1975 or visit www.libertyoakchorus.org. The Liberty Oak Chorus sings a cappella four-part…
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Applicant seeks approval for 4-home subdivision
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – No decision was reached last week after the Planning Board heard testimony for a four-home subdivision off Clearstream Road, just east of Brewers Bridge Road. The application filed byMichael Rottenberg was carried until July 7, at which time another hearing date will be assigned. Planning Board engineer Douglas…
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‘Cole Porter’ comes to Lakewood
LAKEWOOD – “Mrs. Edith Gould” has entertained many a musical luminary from the GildedAge and beyond, but songwriter Cole Porter may be her brightest star yet. A giant in the American musical lexicon, Cole Porter interwove his musical genius into the culture of the 20th century along with contemporaries George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Richard…
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Dealership will host blood drive
LAKEWOOD- The JimCurleyDealership, 1399 River Ave. (Route 9), is “revving up” this year’s blood drive with an incentive for parents of elementary school students to give blood. Parents who donate blood can enter a drawing in “The WJRZ Blood Drive Challenge Donate for Disney,” a trip for four to Disney World in Orlando, Fla., paid…
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Call animal control first if rabies is suspected
BRICK TOWNSHIP – A Brick Township woman and a Jersey Shore Animal Center animal control officer both received rabies shots after they were scratched by a rabid cat recently. The woman had been feeding the adult feral cat, which was found in the area of Ashwood Drive, the Birchwood Park section of the township, said…
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Boardmember faces charges in connection with election
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Scott Sargent JACKSON- A Jackson Board of Education member who was elected to his first term on the panel one month ago, has been charged with two counts of disorderly conduct and has received summonses for two traffic infractions. Scott Sargent, 44, of Knolls Drive, who has been employed by…
