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     The Blue Moon Kruizers Classic Car Club of Howell has announced its schedule for the 2013 cruise season. The cruises will be held on the first and third Saturdays of each month from April 6 through October, 5-8 p.m. at Chick-fil-A of Howell in the Lowe’s shopping plaza on Route 9 north. The Wheels…

  • Residents object to site for proposed cell tower

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — A message of discontent from residents regarding a proposed cellular communications tower was heard loud and clear at the Jackson Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting on Dec. 19. The applicant, Wireless Edge Towers LLC, is expected to return in February to consider making its case for the cell…

  • IN THE NEWS

    What are we hiding? MARK ROSMAN I have taken my head out of the sand and I would like to invite the Ocean County juvenile court and law enforcement authorities to do the same. On May 13, 2011, a motor vehicle accident in Lakehurst resulted in the death of two people — James Volpe, 17,…

  • Patricia D. Burtt

    Mrs. Burtt, 81, of Middletown, died Jan. 6, 2013, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was born in Rumson and lived in Fair Haven before moving to Middletown in 1987. She was an avid artist who worked in acrylics and etchings, but her main passion was watercolor. For more than 30 years, she entered…

  • Jerry “Wiggs” Duhigg

    Mr. Duhigg, 75, of Howell, died Dec. 27, 2012. He was born in Scranton, Pa., and lived in Newark, East Orange, Linden and Edison before settling in Howell in 2004. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Prior to retiring in 2009, Mr. Duhigg owned Seasons Restaurant & Sports Bar in Edison. Surviving are his wife,…

  • Robert A. “Bobby” Desmond

    Mr. Desmond, 75, of Howell, died Dec. 31, 2012, at home. He was born and raised in Rumson, had lived in Manalapan and Jackson, and raised his family in Englishtown before moving to Howell in 2007. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Signal Corps on Governors Island, N.Y. He retired from the…

  • Daniel Paul Kelleher

    Mr. Kelleher, 63, of Howell, died Jan. 7, 2013, at home. He was born in Scranton, Pa., and moved to Howell in 1985. Prior to retiring in 2011, he was employed for 28 years as a railroad conductor for New Jersey Transit. Mr. Kelleher was predeceased by a son, Craig Kelleher; and his parents, Jack…

  • Clarence C. Hoven

    Mr. Hoven, 84, of Jackson, died Jan. 5, 2013, at home. He served as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Prior to retiring in 1989, he was employed as a physical design engineer for Alcatel-Lucent for 37 years. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Charlotte, of Jackson; a…

  • Brian McDonough

    Mr. McDonough, 22, of Howell, died Dec. 24, 2012, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was a graduate of Howell High School, class of 2009, where he excelled as a member of the varsity soccer and varsity basketball teams. A senior at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Mr. McDonough was on…

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