Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Parents want uniform application of recess
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – More than two months after the Howell Board of Education first addressed the issue of daily recess, some parents are still unhappy with the discretionary guidelines that have been established for recess in the Howell K-8 School District. Parents brought their concerns to a meeting of the board…
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John Albert Kolbe Jr.
Mr. Kolbe, 71, of Jackson, died Nov. 7, 2007, at home. He was born in Clearfield County, Pa., and had traveled the eastern United States during his career before settling in Jackson. Mr. Kolbe began his career as a standardbred horse trainer and driver. He later owned and operated Kolbe Horse Transportation. He was a…
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Ignatius Joseph Salerno
Mr. Salerno, 68, of Freehold, died Nov. 7, 2007, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he had lived in Mount Laurel before moving to Freehold 10 years ago. Mr. Salerno was a senior technical researcher for General Foods Corp., Cranbury, for 25 years. He then worked at Campbell Soup Co.,…
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University professor has role in research
Dr. Michael Palladino, of Howell, associate professor in the Biology Department at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, is a co-investigator with Dr. Geoffrey Capraro, assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, for a $68,591 grant from Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass., for research on near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for the evaluation and management of acute…
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Show pays tribute to famous films
HOWELL – On Nov. 28-29 and Dec. 1, Howell High School will present a musical extravaganza “Hooray for Hollywood” in the school auditorium. Show time is 7 p.m. each evening. The performance will highlight some of the most famous movies of the past 50 years. Musical selections featured in the show are from films such…
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Mysterious sewer charge, lack of explanation irk resident
Guest Column JAMES J. GERARD New Jersey American Water Company (NJAWC) continues to bill Howell residents (in the Toscana development and elsewhere in other Howell communities) outrageous sewer charges. Then it fails to even provide adequate explanations about the nature of these charges. Seems like they just want you to pay and be quiet. It…
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Red State/Blue State
If you look outside, you might see pigs in flight DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: In the…
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Coda
Savor those magical and special moments in time GREG BEAN Igave up big-game hunting decades ago when I moved away from the state where I was born, a place where most people filled their freezers for the winter and fed their kids from the bounty of the land. And even though it’s been a long…
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Volunteers and donors help Red Cross effort
As Thanksgiving approaches, family and friends gather to give thanks for their good fortune over the past year. The Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross gives thanks to our volunteers who so generously give their time, energy and spirit and to our financial donors who enable us to effectively carry out our mission…
