Category: Tri-Town News
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Underage drinking will be focus of town meeting
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – On May 17, the Commu-nity Alliance for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the issue of drinking by people under the age of 21. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the…
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N.J. State Chili & Salsa Cook-Off set for May 20
What do “Mad Kats Chili,” “No Antidote Chili,” “Slim’s Buzzard Breath Chili,” “Silly Hilly Billy Chili,” and “No Fear Salsa” have in common? All were among winning recipes served up at last year’s New Jersey State Chili & Salsa Cook-Off in downtown Toms River. Anyone who thinks his or her chili or salsa is hot…
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Town could poll residents on program for road repairs
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – One week after officials unveiled a list of roads that are earmarked for repairs, Township Council members discussed the idea of proposing a nonbinding referendum that would ask residents if they want to pay for repairs to all of Howell’s roads. A…
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Officials still revising, discussing hotel code
BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer HOWELL – The Township Council has made a clear statement – a hotel will only rise on its terms. At their May 2 workshop meeting, the council members once again discussed an ordinance that would clear the way for a hotel, meeting and conference…
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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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Greater Media Newspapers wins 42 NJPA awards for 2005
“Willie,” first place, Portrait, Miguel Juarez With a total of 42 editorial, photography and advertising awards, Greater Media Newspapers had its best showing ever in the weekly division of the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2005. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 12 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, and…
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Resident asks for assistance in fighting Howell commercial project
Here they go again. More development for an already overdeveloped Ramtown section of Howell. And this time, a bar. Yes, just what our section of town needs, a bar serving alcohol and more traffic. Here are the details. The applicant and owner of the Quail Creek shopping mall has a small parcel of land adjacent…
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Relay for Life pushes purple
JACKSON – The executive committee of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, to be held at New Egypt High School, Plumsted, June 10-11, has launched a key awareness and fundraising event called “Paint Your Town Pur-ple.” Local relay chairwoman Anita Pfef-ferkorn of Millstone Township rolled out the program at the team captains’ meeting stating,…
