Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Public invited to watch radio controlled planes
Irepresent the Ocean County Modelers, an organization of radio-controlled model airplane enthusiasts that meets at 7:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Manchester town hall on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Our club has access to an abandoned landfill site, courtesy of the township of Jackson, which we put to good use as…
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Mary D. Schobert
Mrs. Schobert, 85, of Freehold Township and formerly of East Brunswick, died April 29, 2008, at Monmouth Crossings, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, JohnA. Schobert, in 2001.Mrs. Schobert is survived by three sons, JohnA. “Jack” Schobert Jr. of East Brunswick, George Schobert of Monroe and Raymond Schobert of Burlington; three daughters, Barbara…
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Teen names lake, receives award
JACKSON – Nicole Way, a ninthgrade student at Jackson Liberty High School, is the winner in the Whispering Grove “Name the Lake” contest. She is the author of the original name, Iosca, of the lake situated on the site of Whispering Grove, a new residential community in Jackson. Paramount Homes, the Jackson-based developer/ builder for…
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Michael “Mickey” W. Sagan
Mr. Sagan, 65, of Farmingdale, died May 3, 2008, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was a plant supervisor for DiSanti Concrete Products, Howell, for more than 30 years. Mr. Sagan was predeceased by his father, Michael Sagan, in 1989. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Margaret; four sons, Blain,…
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Writer makes plea to keep state park open
Iunderstand with some dismay that (New Jersey officials) intend closing the Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan. Writing as I am from “across the pond,” I find it incomprehensible that you should find it necessary to close one of the few historic sites that puts the state of New Jersey on the worldwide map –…
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Howell Middle School North to perform ‘Aladdin Jr.’
HOWELL – Seventh-grader Ethan Riepe and sixth-grader Alina Zimmerman will play the roles of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine in the Howell Middle School North Drama Club’s production of Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” The show will be presented May 15- 16 at 7 p.m. at Howell Middle School North, 501 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road. “Aladdin Jr.” is based on…
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Gov. Corzine should not close Brendan Byrne State Forest
The 36,000-acre Brendan Byrne State Forest in Ocean and Burlington counties is an outdoor enthusiast’s haven. This state park is also on the list of nine New Jersey parks to be closed by the governor on July 1 to save the state money. The park is the focal point for many outdoor activities and attracts…
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Senior has made most of high school career
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer LAKEWOOD – In a search to escape what he said was the “monotonous, dull” scholastic life East Brunswick High School had to offer, Armand Rook Reyes, 17, transferred from that Middlesex County school to Lakewood High School as a freshman four years ago. In his discovery for diversity, Armand, who…
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EMS volunteers are urgently needed throughout New Jersey
The approach of national EMS Week (May 18-24) provides a timely opportunity to remind the public of the need for EMS volunteers. Every day illnesses, New Jersey’s aging population and congested roads tax our already-overstretched emergency health-care system, and the demand for frontline responders will only increase. Now consider the nationwide shortage of EMS responders…
