Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Parents told of change in Jackson school times
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – The times they are a changing. Parents and pupils should be aware that a new school bus schedule will become effective in September. The new time schedule was announced at the June 4 meeting of the Board of Education. “A review of all bus…
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Obituaries
Nancy M. Kelly Parker-Morgan Mrs. Parker-Morgan, 51, of Middletown, died May 25, 2007, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Newark, he resided in Laurence Harbor for 10 years before relocating to Middletown six years ago. She was a waitress at Cornucopia Diner, Keyport, the past 20 years, and was also a dental assistant…
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Some people always see the tank as half empty
Greg Bean Coda Greg Bean Coda We all have our special martial arts talents. My kids say that my wife, for example, is a black belt in Nag-Fu. They say I’m a grandmaster at Crotch-E-Tay. A good friend and fellow columnist who lives out in one of the Red States and whose name I’m withholding…
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Howell school budget fiasco needs close look
Confusion is a word that does not begin to tell the story of the Howell K-8 School District 2007-08 budget. It was several months ago when a Greater Media News-papers reporter and editor initially called the Howell school offices to ask when the budget would be introduced and other details about the spending plan. The…
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Pupils learn key points of making calls to 911
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer TOYNETT HALL Adelphia School first-grader Emma Dronne practices making a 911 call during a program presented by the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. HOWELL – Emma Dronne, a first-grader at the Adelphia School, helped her classmate Scott Wetzel in a pretend emergency situation by showing him how…
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Middle school graduations set for June 19
HOWELL – Eighth-graders in the Howell K-8 School District will complete their elementary careers on June 19 when graduation ceremonies are held. Howell Memorial Middle School graduation is scheduled for 6 p.m. June 19. The school will be graduating its third class. Students expected to speak at the ceremony are Christopher Payette and Amanda Maisonaze.…
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On Campus
Marguerite Spellman, of Howell, received the Dramatic Writing Chair’s Award at the recent 25th annual Student Awards Ceremony at Purchase College, Purchase, N.Y. The Theatre Arts & Film Chair’s Awards are presented to students who have achieved professional levels of artistic work at Purchase. Spellman was recognized as a wonderful playwright and screenwriter who writes…
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Middlesex freeholder wrong on MOM rail line
In a May 24 Tri-Town News article, “Middlesex Freeholder Raps Funding for MOM Study,” statements made by Middlesex County Freeholder Director David Crabiel are so outrageous that it is puzzling why they would be published verbatim in Monmouth and Ocean county newspapers without a single word to the contrary. The Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail project…
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Jackson Memorial seniors set to conclude high school
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer JACKSON – More than 700 seniors in the Jackson Memorial High School Class of 2007 will celebrate their graduation at 4 p.m. June 15 with a ceremony at the school’s John Munley Field. In case of inclement weather, the graduation will be divided into two groups…
