Category: Tri-Town Opinion
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Guitar show returning to Brookdale
90.5 The Night is teaming up with Raritan Bay Guitar Repair of Adelphia and Music Makers of Wall Township for the award-winning 90.5 The Night Guitar Show, the only guitar show on the Jersey shore. The show is a combination of vendors selling guitars and accessories, plus local artisans, live music and guitar clinics. The…
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Course at college will train substitute teachers
The Office of School Relations at Ocean County College is offering courses for those interested in becoming substitute teachers. OCC’s Faculty Development Institute (FDI), in cooperation with the school districts in Ocean County, is offering a 20-hour training seminar to prepare and certify substitute teachers, as well as a refresher in-service program for substitute teachers…
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Officials will have a chance to reduce sprawl in Howell
On Jan. 7, Howell unveiled the proposed amended Fair Share Plan for Howell prepared by Maser Consulting. This document is basically a report to the state on how a municipality intends to address the needs of affordable housing. In the latest report, Maser Consulting makes a compelling argument for removing Site 7 (The Fountains) from…
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YMCA swim programs ranked top in the nation
The Ocean County YMCA, Toms River, has been named as having one of the top aquatic programs in the United States by the U.S. Water Fitness Association for the year 2002. The Ocean County YMCA’s aquatic program was ranked 15th nationally. It was also named as having one of the top water fitness programs in…
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New vote is needed in historical society tussle
Now that the holidays are over many members of the Howell Historical Society are considering what to do about the sad state of affairs their organization is in. The article by Kathy Baratta in the Tri-Town News in early December left issues that need to be addressed. It was not the fact that, as reported,…
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Director has LHS band marching to a winning beat
By Joyce BlayStaff Writer By Joyce Blay Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI Branden Scott, 16, plays the alto saxophone during music class at Lakewood High School. The school’s marching band will perform in the National Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington, D.C., in April. LAKEWOOD — Life can sometimes seem like an unfinished symphony, with…
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Land use code in Jackson Township remains unchanged
I am writing in regard to the recent attempt by the Jackson Township Committee to change the land use code, a change that would have restricted the right to farm. First, I would like to thank the residents and taxpayers of Jackson. Their persistent protests defeated a potentially devastating new law. Second, I would like…
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JENNIE E. AQUINO, 84, of Jackson, died Jan. 9 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Puerto Rico, she lived in Queens, N.Y., before moving to Jackson in 1994. Mrs. Aquino was a dressmaker in Manhattan, N.Y., and a member of the International Ladies Guild Workers Union. She was a communicant of St. Thomas…
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Commuter likes idea of passenger rail service in region
I read the article about the proposed (Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex) rail line with great interest. I thought that it was a dead issue as the last pamphlet that I received about this issue was so old that Christine Todd Whitman was still listed as governor. This rail line is a vital link and a sorely needed transportation…
