• Slate tosses hats into the ring

    JACKSON — Mike Kafton, Sean Giblin and Marvin Krakower have announced that they are running as a team in Jackson’s municipal election in May. Kafton will be running for the four-year term for mayor and Giblin and Krakower will each be running for four-year terms for Township Council. In a press release, Kafton said, “It…

  • Emotions come to fore at budget meeting

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Residents packed the cafetorium at Howell Middle School North on March 24 to find out how the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education was planning to trim the 2010-11 school year budget. PATRICIA A. MILLER HOWELL — Longtime Howell K-8 School District Board of Education member Patricia Blood’s…

  • Howell board tackles budget cuts

    Residents will vote on $66.2M tax levy in April 20 election BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Howell Board of Education member Patrick Dowling’s 10-year-old son had a message for him before Dowling left for a March 24 board meeting. “He said, ‘Daddy, do what you have to do and tell these people to save…

  • Residents to have say on school tax levy

    Jackson board proposes $135M budget for 2010-11 BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Staff and programs in the Jackson School District took what Board of Education Vice President Sharon Dey called “a global hit” last week. The board on March 23 introduced a budget for the 2010-11 school year that totals $135,929,266. A public hearing on…

  • Jackson Memorial High School baseball players

    Jackson Memorial High School baseball players cheer for their teammate James Volpe (1) as he crosses home plate during a scrimmage between the Jaguars and the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Bulldogs on March 25 in Rumson. The 2010 high school baseball season opens today, April 1. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Teachers’ $30,000 salary increase is shocking to Howell resident

    Irecently attended the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education budget hearing. The board’s total budget proposed for 2010-11 is $108.2 million and they want a 3.75 percent raise in the tax levy. The board proposed budget reductions on paper only of about $8 million and of course as usual, the board voted to pass…

  • New Jersey’s gravy train has come to a halt

    Iam sitting in my home, one day after Gov. Chris Christie’s budget address, listening to the street sweeper go up and down my street. Now, as nice as a clean street may be, is it really a necessity? I doubt it, particularly because the drenching rains of the past couple of days probably washed away…

  • Residents say private dog park lacks a permit

    At the March open condo meeting, the Board of Trustees of Surrey Downs, Howell, with a 4-1 majority, voted to install an off-leash dog park in the development. The following information has come to our attention: • The Board of Trustees was not even aware that a Howell Township permit was necessary in order to…

  • Jackson band shines in NYC

    JACKSON — The joint bands of Jackson Memorial and Jackson Liberty high schools put their musical skills on display in the 249th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City on March 17. “It was a beautiful day in Manhattan,” said Suzanne Rogalsky, vice president of the Jackson Memorial Band Parents Association. “The crowds…

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