Category: Tri-Town News
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Climber’s success is up among the treetops
Mark Chisholm sets world record at event in Hawaii BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Mark Chisholm gives new meaning to tree climbing. While many youngsters like to climb trees, he has become an international tree climbing champion and recently set a new world record. Over many years of competition, Mark Chisholm of Howell has come to…
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In the Service
1st Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Paul R. Wainwright III, son of Diana L. Wainwright and Paul R. Wainwright Jr., both of Howell, recently graduated from the Navy’s Nuclear Power School with Nuclear Power Training Unit, Ballston Spa, N.Y. During the six-month course, Wainwright received fundamental training in several technical fields related to the nuclear…
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Resident questions plan for emergency services
Claims Jackson mayor seems to be rushing into a new operation BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – Residents have started to ask questions about a plan put forth by Jackson officials that would create a municipally operated emergency medical response unit. Paul Mayerowitz, a resident of the Westlake adult community, raised the issue at…
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All together now
CHRIS KELLY staff The Howell High School vocal group Rebel Yell performs for the crowd at Howell Day, Sept. 29, at Oak Glen Park, Howell.
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Freeholder will help study issues of teenage driving
Monmouth County Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow has been appointed to the Governor’s Teenage Driver Study Commission. “I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to tackle the issues that face young drivers, their peers, their families and their community,” McMorrow said in a press release issued by Monmouth County. “I want to ensure that our young…
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Recycling efforts paying off for Ocean towns
Municipalities participating in Ocean County’s recycling program will share more than $555,000 as part of the county’s ongoing recycling revenue sharing program. “This is a great return for the recycling efforts put forth by Ocean County’s residents,” Freeholder Director John P. Kelly said. “Recycling continues to provide both economical and environmental benefits in the county.”…
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MONOC offers response to change in first aid unit
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – A representative of the MONOC paramedic service has responded to a plan put forth by Jackson officials to eliminate MONOC’s Basic Life Support BLS) responses in town and to replace it with a municipally operated BLS unit. MONOC paramedics would continue to respond to Jackson and provide Advanced…
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Board’s Oyster Creek decision due in late fall
Citizens coalition questions safety of nuke plant’s drywell An advisory board for the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission will rule by late November on a contention that the drywell surrounding the reactor at the Oyster Creek nuclear plant is unsafe. The three judges of the Atomic Licensing and Safety Board listened to two days of testimony…
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New food pantry opens in public works building
Community effort led to distribution being held as scheduled BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON – When a fire forced the closure of the Jackson Food Pantry on Aug. 29 many people may not have believed that the pantry would have all of its food replaced and been up and running at a new location…
