Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Bill leaves no loopholes, ensures safety of students, faculty
Iam writing this letter in regard to the story titled “Background Check Bill Clears Senate” that appeared in the Nov. 13, 2008, issue of the Tri-Town News. The article indicates that the New Jersey Senate has passed a bill that will advance the background checks on school administrators, bus drivers and any other employees who…
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High schools are ready to welcome class of ’13
In the News • MARK ROSMAN Next week will be quite a milestone in my life and in my son’s life. The two of us will be meeting with a guidance counselor from the high school he will be attending next year and choosing the courses he will take as a freshman. I cannot believe…
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Newspaper article highlights need for local volunteers
Ihave read your newspaper regularly and would like to give a thank you for your articles and pictures on “Volunteer Opportunities Abound” by Dave Benjamin (Tri-Town News, Feb. 5, 2009). As part of the Dr. Martin Luther King birthday celebration at the Jackson library, our Cornerstone Presbyterian Church of Jackson had a display on our…
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Sandra “Sandi” Lynn Faucett Forfar
56, of Howell, an accountant for the Tri Town News Sandi was born in Annapolis, Maryland and had lived in Jacksonville Florida, Panama Canal Zone, Annapolis Maryland, Norfolk Virginia, Albuquerque New Mexico, Newark Delaware, Quantico Virginia, Pensacola Florida, LeJeune North Carolina, and Toledo Ohio before moving to Howell in 1983. EMPLOYMENT: She worked as…
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Jackson Educational Foundation fundraiser Feb. 21
JACKSON — The third annual fashion show and gift auction luncheon sponsored by the Jackson Educational Foundation is ready to roll. The afternoon of fashion, food and fun will take place on Feb. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at La Bové Grande at Circle Landmark, Route 70, Lakehurst. Tickets are $30 per person…
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Resident apologizes for taking a shot at school board
Imust apologize to the members of the Jackson Board of Education for the way my letter in the Tri-Town News came out (“Biggest Thieves in Town are Running the School Board,” Tri-Town News, Feb. 5). did not mean to infer or imply that the members were taking anything that they were not personally entitled to.…
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Union president dismayed over furloughs
Howell Township has implemented a plan to “force furlough” its blue collar and white collar employees for up to 12 weeks over the 2009 calendar year. The 125-plus employees are members of the Transport Workers Union Local 225, Branch 4, and are very angry, dismayed and totally opposed to any furlough or layoff plan. We…
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Helen Gronski Turback
Mrs. Turback, 91, of South River, died Jan. 13, 2009, at home. Her husband, Benjamin Turback, died in 1976. Surviving are two daughters, Shirley Cadmus, and her husband, Glen, of Jackson, and Joyce Davis, and her husband, Glenn, of South River; six grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. A Mass was offered at St. Mary of Ostrabrama…
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Lower cost of distance learning helps schools
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – A group of 18 pupils at the Newbury School recently traveled through outer space without leaving the classroom. They were able to accomplish this challenging feat by using a distance-learning program with NASA called “Planet Hopping.” Pamela Gawron, the computer lab teacher at the school, was able to…
