Category: Tri-Town News
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Chamber rejects Corzine’s plan
JACKSON – The Jackson Chamber of Commerce has issued a resolution denouncing Gov. Jon Corzine’s toll hike plan. According to a press release, the Jackson Chamber of Commerce’s action is in response to the State Chamber of Commerce’s decision to endorse the governor’s plan. According to the press release, the Jackson Chamber of Commerce has…
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Play about Parks spurs talk of tolerance between races
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Dawn Meredith Smith, as Rosa Parks, and E. Talley II perform the play “Rosa’s Ride” for pupils at the Ardena School, Howell, on Feb. 19. The play recounted the events that led to a boycott of the Montgomery, Ala., bus system by black Americans in 1955-56. For…
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Jackson considers hiring firm for second spraying
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Jackson Councilman Scott Martin JACKSON – Gypsy moths flying over Jackson this spring better look over their shoulders (if they have shoulders). After signing up for an aerial spraying program provided by the state that will seek to mitigate property damage from an expected gypsy moth infestation, township officials are…
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Board member: Mistakes made in special ed.
Jackson administrators still trying to replace occupational therapists BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Amember of the Jackson Board of Education said she is still trying to find the real reason why a group of occupational therapists who were working with special education pupils left the Jackson School District this year. Between October and January, five…
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Loyal following makes band the people’s choice
Freehold resident Jim Garcia brings fun to Nerds shows BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Jim Garcia seems like a typical family man living in Freehold Township. But on Aug. 15, 1985 something happened that changed his life. Ever since that day, whenever he goes to work he becomes – a Nerd! And his family couldn’t…
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Fire damage confined to basement
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – No injuries to residents, firefighters or other emergency personnel were reported to have occurred during a fire at a home on West Veterans Highway on Feb. 20. Firefighters from the Cassville Volunteer Fire Company Station 56 and the Jackson Mills Fire Company Station 54 responded to a call…
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Plumsted officials seek $75,000 grant for park
PLUMSTED – The Township Committee has approved the submission of a grant application requesting $75,000 in funding to construct the township’s fourth park from the federal government’s Community Development Block Grant program administered by Ocean County. Mayor Ron Dancer said the Main Street New Egypt organization has been at the forefront of spearheading efforts, including…
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Child’s plight inspires outpouring of help
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer What started out as a community effort to find a miracle for one Marlboro boy has spread across the nation. Marc Weinstein Born with the rare blood disorder Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH),Marc Weinstein, 9, is in need of a bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant. According to the Histiocytosis Association…
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Youngsters show heart with a special donation
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – In response to a request for yarn from Tangled Threads, a Howell senior citizens group that knits and crochets garments and blankets for agencies that help the needy, the Howell Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) donated $100 worth of yarn on Feb. 14. The children of SEPAC…
