• Female Mayors of Howell

    Suzanne Veitengruber 1991 Phyllis Kavett 1979

  • History of Women Leaders in Howell

    Alice Alatalo Township Committee, Jan. 1976 first woman elected to the governing body Phyllis Kavett Township Committee, Jan. 1978 Mayor Jan. 1, 1979 – Dec. 31, 1979 Sally Fox Township Committee, Jan. 1982 Maryanne Bancroft Piatkowski Township Committee, 1st term Jan. 1983 re-elected to 2nd term 1986 to Dec. 31, 1988 Served as deputy mayor…

  • Women hold key Howell positions

    Study hard, have thick skin are words of advice from those who serve township BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer Her path in life was already predestined. From early on, she was told she was to become a lawyer. Her late father, William J. White Sr., taught her the simple principles of life that would help…

  • Manalapan Symphony Orchestra to perform

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Arts Council will present the Manalapan Symphony Orchestra’s spring concert at 3 p.m. April 19 at Manalapan High School, Church Lane. The Manalapan Symphony Orchestra will perform two orchestral masterpieces presented with a Latin flair. The program will include Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony” and the Brahms Violin Concerto. “Angelica,” a piece by…

  • The perfect note

    MATT DENTON Tara Blick (l), select orchestra director, and MEMS eighth-grader Caroline Smith perform with the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Select Orchestra in concert at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School on Feb. 26. The concert also featured performances by the district’s Select Percussion and Steel Pan Ensemble and the Select Jazz Band.

  • No idling, please

    The League of Women Voters of Monmouth County has launched a campaign to stop unnecessary and unlawful idling of vehicles as a public health issue. “Vehicle idling wastes gasoline and money and is a detriment to our health and planet,” according to a press release announcing the initiative. To help curtail vehicle idling, the league…

  • TLC show features area family of 12

    Upcoming episode filmed at Special Strides in Monroe BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer If they weren’t famous already, the Hayes family of Marlboro will soon be known by Americans everywhere who tune in to the cable network TLC. PHOTO COURTESY OF TLC The Hayes family of Marlboro is the focus of “Table for 12,” a…

  • Collection of change helps Open Door

    FREEHOLD — Pupils at the Freehold Learning Center elementary school, Dutch Lane Road, have discovered that every penny really does count. According to a press release, students at the school raised $527 for the Freehold Area Open Door through a “Change for Change” program. The Freehold Area Open Door operates a food pantry that serves…

  • Book tells story of promise made & kept

    Title: “Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg Mortenson and the Three Cups of Tea” Author: Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers 2009 This story is about children in Korphe, Pakistan, who did not have a school, paper or pencils. They had to write in the dirt…

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