Category: Tri-Town News
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ERIC SUCAR staff A group of youngsters from the Griebling School, Howell, sit together after performing a musical in the school auditorium on March 7. The Dr. Seuss music program with choral music teacher Michael Olender is an assembly that celebrates music in schools and children’s author Dr. Seuss. The youngsters sang songs and acted…
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Turner encourages women to aspire to career success
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Debbye Turner LAKEWOOD – Members of the Georgian Court University community gathered on March 4 to hear Dr. Debbye Turner, a CBS television correspondent and former Miss America, present a lecture “On Being a Woman in a Man’s World.” Turner was brought to Georgian Court by the Office of Conferences…
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Enrollment decline expected to continue
Demographer says Howell K-8 numbers will fall to 6,772 pupils BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer AHowell K-8 School District enrollment projection report prepared by Stan Slachetka of T&M Associates has revealed that Howell’s public schools will continue to experience a decline in enrollment over the next five years. At the present time, enrollment in the…
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Parent mentors available for overwhelmed moms
Parent Mentors, a free program of the Monmouth County Division of Social Services, can lend positive support to moms who are overwhelmed by the responsibilities that accompany being a mother. A mentor is an experienced mom who becomes a special friend to a newer mom. She can help find solutions to problems, find resources in…
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Spraying will be limited to one time in Jackson
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – There will be no second round of spraying provided by the township to kill gypsy moth caterpillars this spring. Residents will have the option of spraying their property themselves or hiring someone to do if for them. Jackson will participate in the state’s aerial spraying program to combat…
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Can-do attitude helps teen meet challenges
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Anthony Charette of Howell is in the midst of a special year at Marlboro High School, one that is filled with the typical activities some high school seniors may take for granted, but not this young man. Anthony Charette Anthony, 21, has Down syndrome, but he has not let that…
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From generation to generation
ERIC SUCAR staff Norma Cohen listens to Aldrich School, Howell, fifth-grader John Fallon describe the stories behind his photographs during a generation project held recently at the school. “A Basket Full ofMemories” allows pupils to interview senior citizens about their lives in order to write a biography about the individual.
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STEPS continues effort to put people in homes
Affordable housing remains vexing issue in cental New Jersey BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer The dream of buying a home has finally come true for Tamika Lewis, 30, of Ocean Grove. Lewis, who has waited patiently for four years, was expecting to finally move her three children into a three-bedroom, one-bathroom ranch house in Neptune…
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Lakewood board may consider sale of 1912 school building
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – The Board of Education is considering selling a building that was home to generations of Lakewood school children and now serves as the school district’s administrative offices. A legal notice that was published in a local daily newspaper onMarch 13 states that the Lakewood Board of Education is…
