• CODA

    Get your motor runnin’, then sit in the recliner GREG BEAN Bummer alert: If you need one more reason to feel old, there’s nothing better than a commercial selling Medicare supplement insurance to the tune of Steppenwolf’s 1968 rock anthem, “Born to Be Wild.” By now, you’ve probably seen the commercial, and if you come…

  • Library will follow holiday schedule

    All branches of the Ocean County Library will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 23 and will remain closed on Nov. 24 for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Nov. 25, Lakewood and Jackson brancheswill be open from9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All library branches will resume normal branch hours on Nov. 26. The library website, www.theoceancountylibrary.org…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Vernon, quit hacking your little brother! LORI CLINCH A lthough most of the up-and-coming generation has their finger on the pulse of technology, you’ve never seen a young man quite like our Vernon. He possesses all the latest software and knows how to link his laptop with his iPad via his iPhone. In short, the…

  • Tech review committee could ease site plan process in town

    HOWELL HOWELL— At its meeting on Nov. 22, the Howell Township Council may introduce an ordinance to create a technical review committee and streamline the approval process for some minor site plan applications. On Nov. 1, council members and municipal officials discussed the technical review committee and its role in reviewing minor site plans. According…

  • Clean Sweep volunteers help clear garbage-strewn roads

    BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer HOWELL — Approximately 250 volunteers, including families, service groups and local businesses, participated in the sixth annual Clean Sweep event that was hosted by Howell’s Clean Communities program on Oct. 22. Clean Communities is a statewide litterabatement program created by the passage of the Clean Community Act in 1986. The…

  • First area of memorial dedicated in Jackson

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer The first phase of the Veterans Memorial Garden in Jackson was dedicated on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Brick pavers, memorial benches and flags representing all the branches of the armed forces will eventually have a place of honor at the memorial. A lthough the wind that swept through the intersection…

  • Plumsted plans to issue bonds to pay tax appeals

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A significant increase in successful property tax assessment appeals has Plumsted officials scrambling to get a bond ordinance in place before the end of the year. The bonding is necessary in order to refund money to property owners who successfully challenged the assessed value of their property. A property owner’s…

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    Veterans Bob Dultz (red hat) and Bill Allmann (r) offer a salute as the American flag is raised during Veterans Day services on Nov. 11 at the new Veterans Memorial Garden in Jackson. For the story by staff writer Andrew Martins, see page 3. JEFF GRANIT staff

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