Category: Tri-Town News
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ROTC brightens holiday with toy drive
Jackson students learning lessons of caring for others BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Air Force Junior ROTC cadets from Jackson Memorial and Jackson Liberty high schools are gaining a great deal of self-satisfaction from their participation in the program. DAVE BENJAMIN Students in the Jackson School District ROTC program wrap presents that were collected and…
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Students deliver special holiday meal
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – For the 10th consecutive year families from Howell’s Ramtown Elementary School joined with the township’s senior services department and a local restaurant to bring homebound seniors a hot meal on Christmas Eve. On Dec. 24 approximately 15 homebound seniors received a dinner that included a split half chicken,…
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Cheerleading coach asks for job back
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Lisa Rizzo-Troxell, Manalapan High School’s former cheerleading coach of 11 years, asked the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education on Dec. 17 to reinstate her to her position. The board met at Howell High School. Rizzo-Troxell offered to return as the cheerleaders’ competition coach free of charge. Rizzo-Troxell…
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County offers assistance with Medicare part D
With the deadline to sign up for Medicare Part D fast approaching, the Ocean County Office of Senior Services is reminding residents that help is available. “The Ocean County Office of Senior Services, under the direction of Freeholder Joseph Vicari, has done an outstanding job in helping Ocean County’s seniors with navigating the paperwork and…
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Board OKs commercial plan
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON- The Planning Board has approved the construction of a bank, a restaurant and a retail store at the corner of County Line and Harmony roads. Board members voted 9-0 on Dec. 13 to approve the application submitted by CNLRS. The first phase of the project will be the construction…
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Photographic artists’ submissions sought
The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch is announcing a two-part call to artists for photographic submissions for two projects. The first is a planned publication titled “Roadside Sculptures and Topiary Delights [as created by the Utility Companies].” Photographs are also being accepted for inclusion in the upcoming exhibition titled “Sprawl,” which…
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Congressmen secure funds to advance rail line study
The U.S. House of Representatives passed funding for the Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line on Dec. 19, said Congressman Chris Smith (RN. J.) and Congressman Jim Saxton (R-N.J.), who had worked throughout the year to have the money included in the 2008 federal budget. According to a press release from Smith and Saxton,…
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Former Brick mayor given prison sentence
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BRICK TOWNSHIP – Former Mayor Joseph C. Scarpelli will be spending 18 months in jail beginning Jan. 28. That is the day Scarpelli has to turn himself in to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to serve his term on corruption charges. He remains free on $50,000 bail. Scarpelli will…
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Soldier’s family enjoys holiday cheer at party
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer This will be a very special Christmas for the Connelly family of Brick Township. Why? Because Spc. Daniel Connelly is home. CLARE MARIE CELANO Freehold Borough Patrolman John Reiff (l) and Patrolman Darnell Esdaile (back) present a basket of holiday gifts to the Connelly family at the annual Family…
