• Residents must be involved on tax issues

    On July 17, I, like many Howell residents, was up in arms and ready to lynch the township administration for the recent property revaluation. I, like many others, was given the opportunity to speak to the mayor and Township Council and voiced my dislike for the new tax adjustments that raised my property taxes. I…

  • Annual school-supply drive set to begin

    PLUMSTED — The New Egypt MOMS Club will hold a school supply drive for children in the community who cannot afford to purchase school supplies. Donations may be dropped off at the Plumsted Library, Evergreen Road, and the New Egypt post office, Main Street. Items will be collected through Aug. 24. For more information, call…

  • Environmental group envisions local nature education facility

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Before video games and iPads ruled the attention span of America’s youth, there was a time when youngsters played outside from breakfast to dinner during the summer months. It is a memory that many adults today look back on fondly. That is something William Joe Lewis, the chairman…

  • See the Intrepid with the Republican Club

    The Plumsted Township Republican Club is sponsoring a bus trip to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City on either Aug. 8 or Aug. 14. A date will be selected once 45 participants sign up. If interested, email [email protected] and select a date. The fee is $50 for adults, $47 for…

  • Municipal offices could be in Global building in Sept.

    Work continues at site of Howell’s new town hall BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Construction workers are continuing to retrofit portions of the second floor of the former Global office building in Howell, which is being converted into Howell’s new municipal building. Shown here is the space that will become the main meeting room. JAMES…

  • National Night Out event set for Aug. 7 in Jackson

    JACKSON — The Jackson Police Department will hold its annual National Night Out Against Crime event 6-9 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Jackson Plaza shopping center at North County Line and Cook roads. National Night Out is a community awareness and police awareness event that is celebrated in communities and at military installations around the…

  • Blood donors sought during slow summer

    Phlebotomist at Howell facility appreciates regular donors, welcomes all to lend a vein BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Leah Cinman, a phlebotomist at the Howell Donor Center, collects blood from Maryann Pucilowski of Howell, who is a longtime donor to the center. JAMES McEVOY A s temperatures rise during the summer months, so does the…

  • Plumsted school board names principal for Woehr school

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Tara Beams, who has been a teacher for 11 years, has been appointed by the Plumsted School District Board of Education as principal of the Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School. Beams has taught in Long Branch, Monmouth County, and Sayreville, Middlesex County. She was appointed principal during a board…

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