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Residents await latest home values
HOWELL — The Monmouth County Board of Taxation has directed municipal officials to reassess all properties in Howell in time for the 2012 tax year, according to a township press release. The press release states that the reassessment of properties is designed “to provide uniformity and equality in the distribution of the property tax burden…
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Seminar to focus on horse ownership
The theme of a horse management seminar to be hosted by the Rutgers Equine Science Center and the Rutgers Cooperative Extension on Feb. 4 will be “Responsible Horse Ownership in a Tough Economic Climate.” The seminar will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Rutgers University Cook College campus center in New…
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ARE WE THERE YET
The heartbreak of family time texting (FTT) LORI CLINCH I f there is one thing I’ve noticed lately, it’s the way that our family is plugged in. Not with extension cords protruding from our bodies as they reach into the nearest outlet, mind you, but heaven forbid that we don’t have the latest technological advancements…
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54-acre tract slated for preservation
A t a meeting in December, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders approved the purchase of 54 acres of environmentally sensitive lands by West Turkey Swamp Park in Jackson to preserve the tract as open space. “The consolidated properties comprising West Turkey Swamp Park in Jackson currently encompass about 672 acres of countyowned property within…
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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. Jan. 13 at the lodge. The cost for a fish dinner is $9 (two pieces) and $10 (three pieces). Chicken will be available for $8 (two pieces) and $9 (three pieces). All children’s dinners are…
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Basin improvements planned
BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON— A$1.3 million bond ordinance that is needed to pay for storm-water basin improvements near Don Connor Boulevard was adopted by the Jackson Township Council on Dec. 27, kick-starting the projects for 2012. The upgrades, which include the installation of a bio-retention system that is designed to reduce nitrogen runoff…
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DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS
The stars are aligned at area planetariums LIZZ DINNIGAN I n my youth, my family spent summers at the Pine Knoll bungalow colony in Monticello, N.Y., a small town in the heart of the Catskills’Borscht Belt. Itwas the late ’70s, and we had tremendous freedom to run around barefoot and scamper about our private community…
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Gov. Christie thanked for crackdown on fraudulent contractors
Following the freak October snowstorm of 2011, as well as Hurricane Irene, tens of thousands of New Jerseyans suffered significant property damage requiring extensive repair. Backlogs of work among many reputable and well-established area contractors led many people to seek out secondary or perhaps even tertiary options via word-of-mouth, telephone directories, online searches or even…
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Resident touched by efforts to aid victims
The living of life in this wonderful country is so firstrate. What a thrill and joy one early Sunday afternoon when my doorbell sounded and as I opened the door, there stood a lady, who held folded papers in her hand and told me of a collection that was being held for the people whose…
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