• Community responded with donations of food to pantry

    The Howell Emergency Food Pantry would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of the outpouring of donations from the community. As we all know, the economy has been tough and we are seeing an increase in needy families, coupled with a decrease in donations. Once we got the word out, an influx of…

  • CODA

    NJSPCA: Blame the media for furor over pet restraints GREG BEAN The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NJSPCA) got a lesson in public relations and the lawof unintended consequences last month — and handled the damage control in the usual bureaucratic fashion. They blamed the media. It all started with…

  • Police warn residents to lock car doors

    HOWELL— Arecent rash of car burglaries resulted in police responding to more than a dozen calls involving items that were stolen from unlocked cars in the Monmouth Riding development off Oak Glen Road, Howell. According to Howell police Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd, no witnesses have come forward and there are currently no leads in the…

  • Board ends salary freeze by approving pay hikes

    Some residents object to action taken by FRHSD representatives BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education has approved pay raises for several district administrators for the 2012-13 school year. The board took the action at its June 25 meeting. In total, the district will shell out nearly $47,000…

  • Community prepares for 40th annual Howell Day

    HOWELL— Residents and guests will enjoy food, rides, live music and more at the 40th annual Howell Day celebration. The popular community event will be held at Oak Glen Park, Old Tavern Road, Howell, on July 7 from 2 to 10:30 p.m. Steven Fecher, director of community relations, said the event was moved from September…

  • Summer Painters’ Show

    “Summer Sail” watercolor by Lisa Grob Featuring a vibrant selection of art created by all three levels of membership (exhibiting, associate, and general), the Guild of Creative Art’s “Painters Summer Exhibit” showcases paintings in acrylic, mixed media, pastels, and oil and watercolor on subject matter that includes landscapes, seascapes, portraits, still lifes and florals. The…

  • Voyagers’ Community School holds first peace conference

    Workshops promote alternate forms of conflict resolution BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Hayden and Nataleigh Flores, students at the Voyagers’ Community School in Howell, try their hand with a set of singing bowls, a type of bell that is used in Buddhist mediation. JAMES McEVOY Peace is often defined as the absence of war or…

  • Three residents named to zoning board

    Kafton supports reappointment of Maher & Burrows; objects to naming of his critic Hofstein BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer As the Jackson Township Council prepared to reappoint three members to the Zoning Board of Adjustment, a pair of conflict of interest accusations were leveled from both sides of the dais. During the June 26 council…

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