Category: Tri-Town News
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New recreation director excited to be in Howell
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer TOYNETT HALL Bryan Haltigan is the new parks and recreation director in Howell. HOWELL – Bryan Haltigan, a 34-year-old native of Brooklyn, N.Y., is Howell’s new parks and recreation director. Haltigan, who holds a master’s degree in physical education and athletics administration from Springfield College, said…
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Teen faces drug charges
JACKSON – A 17-year-old Jackson boy with suspected ties to the Bloods street gang was arrested by police on April 29. In a press release, Sgt. Steven Las-kiewicz reported that at 12:55 p.m. that day, Police Officer Eric Prosniewski stopped a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse for a speeding violation on Hyson Road near the Johnson and…
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First-class mail stamp price to rise to 41 cents
New postage rates go into effect on Monday, May 14, including a 2-cent increase in the price of a first-class mail stamp. Post offices nationwide are now selling the new 41-cent stamps and also 1- and 2-cent stamps for customers who still have a supply of 39-cent stamps, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Customers…
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Additional Oyster Creek hearing set for May 31
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has left the door open for two more public hearings on the relicensing application of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township. Residents who are not part of a coalition of groups that oppose the plant’s relicensing…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Howell High School sophomore Komal Thaakar performs an Indian dance for an audience at the school’s International Festival. Students from all grades took part in music, dance and various ethnic cuisines. For the story, see page 3.
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Book drive aims to help African youths
Goetz students preparing to ship books to Botswana BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Students at the Carl W. Goetz Middle School sort books that will soon be on their way to children in the African nation of Botswana. Students and staff members at the Carl W. Goetz Middle School…
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Plumsted officials working on school budget review
PLUMSTED – Administrators from the Plumsted school district informed municipal officials on May 2 that the school district had received $822,000 in federal impact aid just prior to a March 28 public hearing and adoption of the 2007-08 school budget. With voters rejecting three separate tax questions totaling $634,446 in the April 17 school election,…
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The treadmill that never stops – it’s motherhood
Amy Rosen Around Town Amy RosenAround Town When I was growing up, my mother stayed home and my father worked. I depended on my mom to wake me up in the morning, give me breakfast and drive me to and from school. She even picked me up for lunch, took me home, had a hot…
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McGuire Air Force Base to host annual open house
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer They’ll be flying high, those magnificent men and women in their flying machines, as the McGuire Air Force Base 2007 Air Expo and Open House gets set to roll off the runway. McGuire Air Force Base is on Wrightstown-Cookstown Road (Route 616), in Wrightstown, Burlington County.…
