Category: Tri-Town News
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Residents asking: Can’t you smell that smell?
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – Residents of Howell’s Freewood Acres section off Route 9 near Interstate 195 appear to be caught up in a web of bureaucracy in their ongoing attempt to get rid of something that stinks in their neighborhood. What stinks, according to the residents, is a…
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Monmouth County Fair returns for its 33rd year
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Monmouth County Fair has returned to the East Freehold Park showgrounds on Kozloski Road between Business Route 33 and Route 537. The county fair remains a tradition, with this year marking its 33rd year of providing family fun. With the Monmouth County 4-H Association remaining a key part of the fair,…
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Council appoints Schlegel as interim town manager
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – Deputy Township Manager Helene Schlegel has been appointed by the Township Council to serve as Howell’s interim manager. Schlegel will begin working as the interim manager on Aug. 7 and serve in that capacity until the council hires a replacement for departing Township Manager…
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Master composter training program set
The Ocean County Master Composter program is now accepting applications for fall 2007 training. The 12-hour training program will be held, subject to demand, at the Ocean County Recycling Center at the county’s Northern Recycling Center in Lakewood. Each year, the program trains a knowledgeable core of citizens who then teach the residents of Ocean…
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Plumsted administrators accept positions in Brick
Two administrators in the Plumsted school district will be leaving for new positions in Brick Township. Richard V. Caldes, who spent the last two years as principal of New Egypt High School in Plumsted, has been selected by the Brick Board of Education to become the principal at Brick Memorial High School. The board members…
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Budget gets final OK in Howell
HOWELL – The Township Council has given final approval to a $44.8 million municipal budget for 2007. The municipal budget in 2006 amounted to $40.5 million. According to information provided by municipal officials, revenues to support the 2007 budget will come from the following sources: surplus, $7 million; miscellaneous revenue, $18 million; receipts from delinquent…
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Howell technology pupils attend national conference
HOWELL – From June 24-28, middle school Technology Student Association (TSA) members Brent Bovenzi, Channing Huang, Shaila Huq, John Kelly, Craig Hatch, Bryan Howard, Brian Blood, Tyler Ornstein, Robert Rubiano and Andrew Runyon attended the 29th annual National TSA Conference in Nashville, Tenn. The competition hosted nearly 5,000 technology education students from more than 30…
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Incident at Jackson home leads to arrest of 3 people
JACKSON – An 18-year-old boy, an 18-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were arrested on June 26 after a brawl brought police to a Jackson Mills Road home. Police said Christopher Kiraly, 18, of Brewers Bridge Road, was arrested and charged with obstruction of the administration of the law after leading officers on a foot…
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Family stays positive in face of challenges
Manalapan residents want others to know about rare disease BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer BY AMY ROSENStaff Writer Lisa Reinish embraces her daughter, Shelby, during a recent parents’ day visit to the performing arts camp Shelby was attending. The Manalapan mother and daughter are both battling the effects of von Hippel-Landau disease. The Reinish family…
