Category: Tri-Town News
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Traffic concerns Howell residents
HOWELL – Two residents approached the Township Council on March 7 to discuss what they said is a speeding problem on their street, Hampton Road. The street is off of Salem Hill Road. Ken Coffey and Frank Lynch said motorists seldom travel the 25 mph speed limit, even when police place a portable radar box…
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Fifth annual Women’s Expo in Toms River
Oldies 100 WJRZ, a Greater Media radio station, and Deborah Heart and Lung Center in conjunction with Clayton Masonry Centers will present the fifth annual Women’s Expo, March 18 live from the Ritacco Center, 1245 Old Freehold Road, Toms River, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature an array of family oriented…
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County begins to focus on future landfill use
A bulldozer moves tons of garbage as it is processed at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center. The Monmouth County Reclamation Center (MCRC) in Tinton Falls currently handles more than 500,000 tons of solid waste each year, according to a report prepared by Larry Zaayenga, the county’s solid waste coordinator. The county owns approximately 1,000 acres…
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County sought incinerator as way to handle garbage
It’s likely that no issue has ever evoked more emotion, pro and con, in Monmouth County than the incinerator the county proposed to build at its Tinton Falls landfill about 15 years ago. The incinerator would have been used for the disposal of solid waste. The issue reached fever pitch during the summer of 1991…
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Solid waste coordinator has grown with job
Larry Zaayenga learned on the job and helped to build county operation BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Monmouth County Solid Waste Coordinator Larry Zaayenga oversees operations at the county landfill in Tinton Falls. Zaayenga has been with the county for 28 years. Larry Zaayenga jokingly refers…
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Board OK’s 5 new homes near air base
But news of increase in operations at Lakehurst troubles some in Jackson BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The Jackson Planning Board has voted 8-0 to grant preliminary approval to a six-lot subdivision on Toms River Road that is in close proximity to the Naval Air Engineering Station (NAES) at Lakehurst. The…
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Police officers honored
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer PHOTOS BY DAVE BENJAMIN Jackson Public Safety Director Christopher Dutton (r) presents awards to Police Officer Steven Scaglione (l) and Detective Scott Conover. The officers received their awards in recognition of their service in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. JACKSON – Recognizing the accomplishments of Jackson’s finest,…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Jackson Memorial High School sophomore Scott Winston takes his place on the podium after winning the 145-pound state title at the NJSIAA Wrestling Championships in Atlantic City on March 12. Winston has never lost a match in his high school career and was one of just two Shore Conference grapplers to win…
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Ocean County budget funds projects, services
Stressing the success of its ongoing conservative fiscal practices, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders unveiled its 2006 budget that again reduces the county’s property tax rate and comes with an austere spending forecast. The new tax rate under the budget will be 28 cents per $100 of equalized property value, down 4 cents, and…
