• Donations sought for school’s gift auction

    HOWELL — The Howell High School PAT is seeking donations of items and funds for its annual fashion show/gift auction, “Spring Has Sprung.” This event, the PAT’s largest and most successful fundraiser of the year, is scheduled for March 24 at the Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. Proceeds from the event will continue to provide…

  • Marilyn Michaels to appear on the Strand stage

    The historic Strand Center for the Arts will present “Funny Ladies Revisited” starring Marilyn Michaels with Marion Grodin. Winner of an Outer Critic Circle Award and a Drama LeagueAward for her debut in “Catskills On Broadway,” Michaels is a well-known funny woman of a thousand faces and voices. From the time she starred as Fannie…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    On the road with five 17-year-old boys LORI CLINCH A s a mother of four boys, I thought I had experienced darn near everything this side of the sandbox. Our kids have thrown rocks, run with scissors, and been known to go outside without a sweater on chilly days. Darn near makes you shudder to…

  • Plumsted introduces $3.15M municipal budget for 2012

    PLUMSTED — Municipal officials have introduced a $3.15 million budget to fund the operation of Plumsted in 2012. The 2012 municipal budget represents an increase of $13,266 more than the 2011 budget. Officials are calling for the collection of $1.6 million in a local tax levy in 2012. The tax levy in 2011 was $1.4…

  • Monmouth County to realign Adelphia-Farmingdale Road

    Many accidents attributed to challenging ‘S’ curve near Our House Tavern BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — Monmouth County officials have presented the Howell Township Council with plans for road improvements near the intersection of Adelphia-Farmingdale and Ketchum roads. The improvements, which involve realigning Adelphia-Farmingdale Road (county Route 524), are designed to address safety…

  • CODA

    Tax cheats: you’ll know ’em by the fancy cars they drive GREG BEAN I t took me a long time to understand why the Republican presidential candidates — and others in that party — are dead set on protecting the 1 percent of rich people they’re so worried about from having to pay a fair…

  • DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

    Skeletons of 1964 World’s Fair LIZZ DINNIGAN I ’ve always been enchanted by the 1,255- acre Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, home to the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. Historic relics from this famous exposition include the massive, stainless-steel Unisphere globe; ghostly silhouettes of giant metal columns topped with futuristic flying saucer-like discs called…

  • Jackson library hosts prom dress giveaway

    The Jackson library, 2 Jackson Drive, will host a Prom Dress Giveaway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 24. The library will be giving away free dresses for the eighthgrade dance, the junior prom or the senior prom. One dress per student will be distributed. Registration is required. This program is free and open…

  • Bowling ‘Funraiser’ slated for March 25

    A Bowling “Funraiser” hosted by the Howell-Farmingdale Lions Club will be held at 5 p.m. March 25 at Howell Lanes, Route 9 south, Howell. Tickets will be sold in advance only, for $25 per person, and include two games of bowling, shoes, refreshments and a door prize ticket. Trophies will be awarded. Raffle tickets and…

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