• Music video gets teens’ best effort

    Country singer Corey Wagar’s latest offering comes courtesy of Jackson Liberty H.S. crew BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — As the final bars of country singer Corey Wagar’s latest single, “I Hate My Boyfriend,” rang out and the last day of shooting on the set of the song’s music video came to an end,…

  • CODA

    A bag of ganja may have cost a young man his life GREG BEAN Here’s a story that made my blood boil, and I’m guessing it’ll do the same to yours. According to the stories from several news sources, police in Wakefield, a suburb of the Bronx, thought they saw an 18- year-old man named…

  • Bridge repair in Howell does not appear to be showing any progress

    I am writing to complain about the inconvenience and unbelievable amount of time it has taken to replace the bridge at Echo Lake Park on Maxim-Southard Road in Howell. This so-called replacement work was initiated last summer and, per the Howell website, was supposed to be completed by Dec. 31, 2011. We drive up Maxim-Southard…

  • Panel furthers goal to preserve resources

    The Howell Lake Restoration and Wildlife Management Committee must be complemented for its Natural Resource Inventory for the Bear Swamp Natural Area. The committee members have advanced a primary goal of the Howell Planning Board, which is the preservation and enhancement of critical township resources. The committee ensures that our strategies for growth include the…

  • Legislature, not electorate, should decide issue

    The governor’s recent choice of a black gay person, living with his partner of more than 30 years, for the state Supreme Court, shows that the governor, when he wants to, can look beyond the bigotry that characterizes the so-called “social value” discourse in too many other states. New Jersey, thankfully, is more forward looking…

  • Architect’s bill irks board

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Members of the Jackson School District Board of Education have apparently had enough of an architect’s additional charges for work being performed. The board voted 4-3 on Jan. 17 not to pay a $2,405 increase in a contract with DiCara Rubino Architects for its work on kitchen renovations…

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    • A fish fry sponsored by the New Egypt Elks, 105 Lakewood Road, New Egypt, will be held 6-8 p.m. Feb. 10. A fish dinner is $9 (two pieces) or $10 (three pieces). Chicken will be available for $8 (two pieces) and $9 (three pieces). All children’s dinners are $5. Take-out will also be available.…

  • Caregivers invited to workshop

    JACKSON – Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation is hosting a free six-hour caregiver workshop on Feb. 29 beginning at 9 a.m. and invites members of the community who are caring for an elderly loved one at home to attend. The workshop will be held in Bartley’s newest addition at 175 Bartley Road, Jackson, and will…

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