Category: Tri-Town News
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Newspaper group takes home 30 awards in NJPA contest
Greater Media Newspapers received 30 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for excellence in writing, photography and advertising in the NJPA’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2007. Eric Sucar, “Reindeer,” Independent first place, Feature BobWaitt, advertising director for Greater Media Newspapers, said the Classified Department, and Production Department, which designs many of the ads, are…
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State grant to fund study of shared services possibilities
JACKSON- The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has awarded Jackson a Sharing Available Resources Efficiently (SHARE) grant. The $29,880 grant will be used to conduct a feasibility study into services that may be able to be shared between the township and the Jackson Board of Education. “We are very pleased that we have been…
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Volunteers will help clear Jackson’s streets of litter
JACKSON – On April 12 more than 400 volunteers, all members of several Jackson nonprofit organizations, will participate in Jackson’s community cleanup day. The event’s theme is “Litter Free, You and Me” and is sponsored by the New Jersey Clean Communities Grant and Mayor Mark Seda. The event will be headquartered at the Jackson Justice…
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Soaring to new heights
Gina Lupi, of Freehold, rehearses for her role as Peter Pan in the Strand Theater, Lakewood, production of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale of imagination and never growing up. “Peter Pan” continues its run at the Strand on April 12 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and April 13 at 2 p.m. For more information, call…
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Guitar pickin’
Brieanne Data, 8, plays her electric guitar during “Jackson’s Got Talent,” a talent show featuring Jackson residents that was sponsored by the Jackson Optimist Club on March 29 at the Jackson Memorial High School Fine Arts Center. CHRIS KELLY staff
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Couple intent on helping cats, dogs find nice home
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Mitch Geier and his wife, Betsy Lane, went to the Northern Ocean County Animal Shelter in Jackson to adopt a dog and a cat. They came home with Jack, an 8-year-old dog, and Tiberius, a 3-year-old cat, and something more – a project to increase pet adoption at the shelter. “There…
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Study will examine uniting fire districts
Jackson solicits firm to conduct first phase BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Jackson officials have taken the first step toward determining whether sharing services with or consolidating Jackson’s fire districtsmight serve the community better than the present system of four separate fire districts. A legal notice published in a local daily newspaper last week is…
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Critter Corner
Breed American Satch Staffordshire terrier Color brindle Age three years Sex neutered male Description loves to play;weighs 59 lbs., a “kisser”; very active; good for a home with older children; good companion Breed domestic shorthair Color white with black spots & tail Age two years Sex male Description lap cat; enjoys being petted; small; a…
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Photo
Cowboy Larry Zwickel of Howell demonstrates in front of the State House in Trenton April 1 during a rally sponsored by the New Jersey Farm Bureau. Garden State farmers are lobbying their legislators not to go along with Gov. Jon Corzine’s plan to eliminate the N.J. Department of Agriculture. See story, page 46. JEFF GRANIT…
