Category: Tri-Town News
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Cape May and dolphin watch trip June 17
LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Community School has tickets available for a bus trip to Cape May and a dolphin watch scheduled for June 17. The bus will depart from the Lakewood municipal building at 7:30 a.m. and arrive in Cape May about 9:30 a.m. for a “Two-Whale and Dolphin Watch” cruise. The next stop will…
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Foundation taps Girl Scouts as beneficiary of fundraiser
The Charles Lafitte Foundation, which has raised more than $2 million for various New Jersey charities to date, has selected the Mon-mouth Council of Girl Scouts to be the beneficiary of its fourth annual Charity Golf Classic, which will be held June 5. The classic will include breakfast, a cocktail reception, awards for first, second…
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Shakespeare comes alive at annual h.s. festival
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Howell High School freshman Rebecca Van Nosdall, 15, portrays a scene from William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” during the Freehold Regional High School District’s Shakespeare Festival at Marlboro High School on April 27. MARLBORO – The Freehold Regional High School District hosted its annual…
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Parents warned parties and booze do not mix
Speakers relate stories of liability and loss at Manalapan event BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Ari Solomon looks like a typical 19-year-old college student. In reality, he is anything but just that and unless you already knew his story, you would meet him and think he was just another nice young…
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Participants sought for Howell talent show
The Howell Cultural Arts Committee is sponsoring its first talent show and needs the gift of song to make it a success. The event will be held July 9 at Oak Glen Park (rain date July 30). Performers will take the stage at 4 p.m. doing their best to win over the judges. Prizes will…
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Transplant recipients race to give others a 2nd chance
Four organ transplant recipients and a donor mother will run as part of the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network (NJ Sharing Network) team in the Spring Lake 5-Mile Run on May 27. “There is no more compelling message about the life-saving benefits of organ donation than seeing these men and women, healthy and…
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Officials decry bickering at Howell town meetings
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Joseph DiBella HOWELL – The bell has sounded for another round of action, and Mayor Joseph DiBella has come out swinging. According to DiBella, the prevailing attitude of Howell seems more akin to a heavyweight fight at Madison Square Garden than respectable Township Council…
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Drug dealer’s car will be put to use by police
Carlson Auto Body is transforming vehicle into new DARE unit BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer DAVE BENJAMIN Employees at Carlson Auto Body, Jackson, are converting a 1985 Ford Mustang that was seized from a drug dealer into the Jackson Police Department’s new DARE car. JACKSON – Vehicles seized in drug crimes…
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In the Service
Air Force Tech Sgt. Robert T. Gavin is currently deployed overseas at a forward-operating location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the official name given to military operations involving members of the U.S. armed forces and coalition forces participating in efforts to free and secure Iraq. Mission objectives focus on force…
