Category: Tri-Town News
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Smart Future grant awarded to Plumsted
PLUMSTED – The governor’s office and the state Department of Community Affairs has informed the Township Committee that Plumsted has been awarded a $50,000 Smart Future grant to further implement smart growth strategies that provide new jobs while preserving open space, farmland and environmental resources. According to Mayor Ron Dancer, this grant will also provide…
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Pathfinders preserve Jackson’s hidden jewel
One can discover a bounty of nature just off main road BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – Improvements are being made to the Metedeconk Preserve Nature Hiking Trail off Frank Applegate Road. The rough trail is open to the public while improvements are being made. “The New Jersey Conservation Foun-dation…
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Airport authority elects officers
LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Town-ship Airport Authority (LTAA) met recently for its annual reorganization meeting. The authority approved the meeting schedule for 2007 and elected the following officers: Richard T. Orne, chairman; Mitchel E. Dolobowsky, vice chair; Samuel Flancbaum, treasurer; Mark A. Seigel, secretary, and Glen H. Harrison, assistant secretary. Other members are Michael Sernotti…
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Results on bird confirm West Nile has returned
A dead blue jay collected from Jackson has tested positive for the presence of West Nile virus, according to an Ocean County Health Department spokesman. Edward Rumen, the department’s public information officer, said the dead bird was sent to the state lab in Trenton and the health department was subsequently notified that the bird had…
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Del Turco named new business administrator
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Phil Del Turco JACKSON – A former acting administrator in Jackson has been hired as the town’s new business administrator. Municipal officials recently announced the hiring of Phil Del Turco to replace William Santos, who resigned as Jackson’s business administrator to accept a new position elsewhere.…
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Howell VFW seeks help finding permanent home
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – Four walls, a roof, electricity and running water is all that the members of Howell Memorial Post 9691 Veterans of Foreign Wars want. For years they have been operating with no central meeting place to call their own. The constant tussle of what VFW…
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Jackson alumni will gather
JACKSON – Jackson Memorial High School alumni will be gathering for their first picnic. The JMHS picnic will be held Aug. 19 from noon to 5 p.m. at Frogbridge Day Camp, 7 Yellow Meetinghouse Road, Mill-stone Township. The fundraiser will benefit the Jackson Educational Foundation, which supports the Jackson School District. “The first annual alumni…
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Oyster Creek’s time is up, residents tell board
Many worried about accidents, terror attacks on aging nuclear plant BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer TOMS RIVER – Should the nearly 40-year-old Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey Township be allowed to operate for another 20 years? No. That was the overwhelming response of many of the several hundred…
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New mobile County Connection unveiled
With almost 640 square miles to cover, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders now has a second mobile unit to deliver services and programs right into the community. In a brief ceremony outside the Ocean County Administration Building, Toms River, members of the Board of Freeholders gathered recently with the county staff and members of…
