Category: Tri-Town News
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County services aid seniors
Ocean County’s 2008 Aging Services Plan includes 51 programs with 21 service providers throughout the county that assist in the delivery of community support, home support, nutrition support, caregiver support and access services to the county’s senior population. “This Board of Freeholders wants to make sure older adults have the programs and services that will…
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Officials pay tribute to soldier
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Luigi Marciante JACKSON – Township Council members paid tribute last week to a fallen American serviceman. “Tonight we are remembering and honoring the bravery of Spc. Luigi Marciante Jr., who died last month while serving with the Army in the conflict in Iraq,” Councilman Angelo Stallone said at the Oct.…
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Jackson adds drop box for payment of property taxes
JACKSON – Just as banks have a drop box so that people can make night deposits, the township’s tax collector has announced the installation of a drop box for tax payments. Tax collector Michael W. Campbell said the box is at the front entrance of the municipal building, 95 West Veterans Highway. The drop box…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Dominique Ambrozian, 8, is wrapped in toilet paper as participants play the mummy-wrap game during the second annual Pumpkin Festival held at the Greenville School, Howell. The event featured games, refreshments, a pumpkin-carving contest and a haunted house.
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Train show coming to Lakewood
LAKEWOOD – On Oct. 20-21, the Lakewood Historical Society and the Lakewood Heritage Museum will host “Catch the Blue Comet at the Train Show!,” a model railroad show for the benefit of the Lakewood Heritage Museum featuring the Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders. The hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on…
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Jackson seeks to identify teen drivers
Officials will ask parents to place sticker on vehicles BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Jackson officials are asking parents with children who are licensed under New Jersey’s provisional driver’s license program to voluntarily identify their vehicles with a sticker. “After recent tragedies in our township where three teenage women and a brother and sister were…
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Jackson horse euthanized after contracting West Nile
Ocean County has recorded its first case of equine West Nile virus since September 2006. A 21-yearold mare from Jackson became sick on Sept. 26 and was euthanized the next day due to deteriorating health conditions. Blood samples later confirmed the presence of the virus. The horse was not vaccinated for the virus, according to…
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Archives and History Day returns to Monmouth library
Through the years, a dedicated group of men and women have meticulously preserved many of the historical records of Monmouth County dating back to 1665. This month, on Archives and History Day, Oct. 13, the county’s past will be celebrated once again at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan. Visitors will be treated…
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Assault charges lodged at youth football fracas
Parent accused of striking coach after game in Colts Neck BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Charges and countercharges have been filed in the wake of a Sept. 30 physical altercation between a Colts Neck Pop Warner youth football coach and a parent of one of the coach’s players. No court appearances will…
