Category: Tri-Town News
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Summer camp activities set
JACKSON – Fliers announcing registration dates for Jackson’s summer camp program will soon be distributed throughout the school system. This program, with a history of more than 30 years, offers supervised activities for resident children who have completed kindergarten through eighth grade. Last year camp hours were increased from four to six during which children…
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Howell twins answer call to serve America
Mark & Tony DeFeo seeing action in Iraq with U.S. Marines BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer Twin brothers Mark (l) and Tony DeFeo are serving in Iraq with the U.S. Marines. HOWELL – Twin brothers Tony DeFeo and Mark DeFeo of Howell are serving their country as they continue to fight…
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Code restricts sex shops to freestanding buildings
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – In an effort to stop more sexually oriented businesses from setting up shop in the community, the Township Council has introduced an ordinance to define and regulate this type of establishment. The ordinance was introduced on April 24. A public hearing and possible vote…
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New rec, senior services director comes on board
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Eric Schubiger JACKSON – A former recreation director in Warren Township, Roosevelt and East Windsor is Jackson’s new director of recreation and senior services. Business Administrator William Santos said Eric Schubiger began working in Jackson on April 9. He was selected for the position from a…
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Hearing on new homes rescheduled
JACKSON – For the second time in three months the Planning Board did not have time at its meeting to begin hearing testimony on an application that proposes the construction of more than 2,500 homes. Testimony on Jackson Mews, a multi-family housing development of 2,531 units, was initially scheduled to begin on Feb. 5. The…
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Collection of dead birds begins in Ocean County
Warmer spring weather may be welcomed by many persons this year. However, with the warming springtime weather and more frequent rainstorms comes the threat of exposure to West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne viral disease, according to an Ocean County Health Department spokesman. Crows and blue jays, part of the corvid family of birds native…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Jake Vesce, 6, a pupil at the Greenville Elementary School, Howell, stands in front of a galaxy of star balloons after his kindergarten class performed in the “K-Space Show” in the school auditorium on April 26. The children spent part of the school year learning about the solar system. Their projects about…
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Jackson budget totals $38.9M for ’07
Residents get a break as tax rate stays stable after large increase in 2006 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Jackson Township Council has voted to approve a $38,964,593 municipal budget for 2007. Following a year in which the municipal tax rate rose 20 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, the…
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Fire co. wetdown May 5
JACKSON – On May 5, members of the Cassville Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 will host a five-truck dedication, also known as a “wetdown,” and celebrate 68 years of service to Jackson. Cassville President Doug Velting said the event will begin with a firetruck motorcade from Six Flags Great Adven-ture to the firehouse on Miller…
