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Council puts finishing touches on property maintenance code
BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — After months of debate among municipal officials and complaints from residents, the Howell Township Council unanimously adopted amendments to the community’s property maintenance ordinance. Through the amendments adopted at the April 24 council meeting, the governing body struck out previous size requirements for recreational vehicles in Howell’s property…
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Howell officials respond to school’s focus designation
BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — Howell K-8 School District administrators said they would welcome state intervention at Howell Memorial Middle School, Route 524, which was designated as a focus school under New Jersey’s new accountability system. The system, created after New Jersey received a waiver from the requirements of the federal No Child…
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Improvements planned at Strickland Rd. & Route 9
HOWELL — Municipal officials have announced that the state Department of Transportation will enhance the intersection of Strickland Road and Route 9 with new signs, signals, crosswalks and altered lanes. The intersection has an extensive history of accidents, according to Howell officials. The DOT will make the improvements at Strickland Road in conjunction with a…
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Firm’s drivers committed to keeping an eye on town
JACKSON— Apartnership between the Jackson Police Department and Waste Management is being touted as a first in New Jersey and one that could make Jackson safer. Using Waste Management’s “Waste Watch Program,” all current and future garbage truck drivers will be trained to deal with a number of illegal activities and emergency situations they may…
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CODA
This ‘grassroots’ protest is a long way from the grass GREG BEAN The far-right group One Million Moms was back in the national news last week, calling for yet another boycott of J.C. Penney, this time for running an ad in a Mother’s Day catalog that featured two women in a presumably same-sex marriage (they…
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Writer supports the idea of a flat federal income tax
Notice the way many of our elected officials created a divide between the socalled 99 percent and the 1 percent in the amount paid in federal income tax? How did our country get into such dire straits? Here are some facts to consider. In the 1950s and the 1960s, 70 percent of all federal income…
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Emergency volunteer comments on user fees
A lot of dust has been kicked up of late concerning an old idea that may suddenly be applied to certain community and municipal services for the first time. The idea of “user fees” for emergency medical or fire response has many folks up in arms. Acknowledging the fact that for most property owners, more…
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Helicopters are subject of ongoing exhibit
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Museum and Educational Center is hosting “Legacies of Valor: The Roles Helicopters Played in Vietnam,” an ongoing exhibit on display through Aug. 10. The Vietnam War is often called the Helicopter War. Helicopters, including Huey and Cobra models, played important roles in every aspect of the conflict. The heavy reliance on…
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