Category: Tri-Town News
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TV show wants walls that can’t keep secrets
Area residents with historic homes sought for HGTV program Home and Garden Television is seeking historic homes with intriguing pasts to be featured in one of its most popular shows. “If Walls Could Talk,” a long-running series on Home and Garden Television (HGTV), features homeowners who have made amazing discoveries about their homes while renovating…
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NJNG plan wins approval
HOWELL – Members of the Planning Board have reviewed the New Jersey Natural Gas liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Lakewood-Farmingdale Road and found it to be operating safely and in a neighborly manner. As such, at its April 20 meeting, the board unanimously approved a plan the company submitted to build a new metal…
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County: Take precautions to prevent Lyme disease
They could be anywhere. Only the size of a pinhead, their bite is cruel and lasting. It is the tick that causes Lyme disease and, according to an Ocean County Health Department spokeswoman, statistics show that more than 100 county residents will be infected this season. “Lyme disease is an infection caused by the bite…
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Rite Aid plan in Jackson has many questions
Applicant may revise proposal by June 19 meeting BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Planning Board members in Jackson are trying to figure out what is right about a Rite Aid application. Plans call for an 11,500-square-foot Rite Aid pharmacy to be built at the intersection of Bennetts Mills and Cooks Bridge…
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Renovations completed at county animal shelter
JACKSON – Ocean County Freeholder Director Gerry P. Little joined with members of the Ocean County Board of Health, the Health Department, shelter volunteers and a few furry occupants in cutting a ribbon marking the completion of renovations at the Northern Ocean County Animal Shelter facility at 615 Freemont Ave. “More than 5,000 animals annually…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Professional jazz artist Randy Brecker performs with the Lakewood Jazz Ensemble during the 19th annual Spring Musical Spectacular on May 2 at the Strand Theater.
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DiBella, Walsh squabble over Pinnacle purchase
Ballot question on increase in open space tax appears dead in ’06 BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – For a second straight week, the Pinnacle open space land purchase drove a wedge between members of the Township Council. This time, although absent of name-calling, Councilman Robert Walsh removed…
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Shopping center addition raises concerns
Residents upset with plan for restaurant/bar BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer Sifting through waivers, variances and a bevy of concerns, a developer’s proposal to construct an addition to the Quail Creek shopping center was adjourned for further testimony at the May 4 Howell Planning Board meeting. Parker Partners LP…
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Greater Media offering HD2 format on 2 stations
Greater Media Inc. has announced details of its HD2 multicast channels in the New Jersey market. HD radio is a digital signal that provides CD-quality sound and has the ability to display more text information than a traditional radio. It eliminates the static, hiss, pop and fades associated with analog signals, so AM-band broadcasts sound…
