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Ordinance revises uses along Route 33 corridor
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council has introduced an ordinance that will result in changes regarding permitted uses in the Highway Development (HD-3) zone on Route 33. The ordinance was introduced on March 16 and proposes the revision of some principal uses in the zone. A public hearing on the…
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Millstone’s music man making documentary
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Christopher Bacchus MILLSTONE — Life could not be sunnier for Christopher Bacchus of Millstone Township. Bacchus will be featured along with his band Sunny Gang in a documentary film that is expected to be released this fall. The film focuses on the underground music scene in Newark through the lives of…
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Plumsted school budget includes new staff positions
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — New staff members will be joining the Plumsted Township School District in the 2015-16 school year. The positions are accounted for in the tentative 2015-16 budget the Board of Education has adopted. Administrators are planning to hire a third-grade teacher and a fourth-grade teacher at the Dr. Gerald…
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Daughter honors mother in cancer research walk
By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Nicole Tuscano of Howell lost her mother, Cleo, who was her best friend, in 2008 to a disease many people do not know much about. On May 31, Tuscano will honor her mother’s memory. Tuscano, 33, has once again teamed up with the Lustgarten Foundation to host a memorial…
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Plumsted administrators salute teachers of the year
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Four teachers in the Plumsted Township School District have been honored with a Teacher of the Year award. District administrators announced the teachers who had been selected for the recognition during a March 11 Board of Education meeting. Social studies teacher Tom Corby is the New Egypt High…
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DATEBOOK
At 7 p.m. April 16, the United Presbyterian Church of Millstone Township, 211 Millstone Road, will host certified health coach Jolene Hart, the author of “Eat Pretty: Looking Beautiful, One Bite at a Time.” Hart will discuss nutrition for beauty, foods to include in a diet this spring and elements of lifestyle, from sleep…
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New safe house will shelter victims of domestic abuse
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer During the past five years, 180 Turning Lives Around has provided safe shelter for more than 400 adult victims of domestic and sexual abuse and 500 children, but the nonprofit has had to turn away just as many individuals. To meet the growing need for safe shelter, the nonprofit…
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Suddenly, guilt trips are kind of fun
ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch I like to think of myself as a good person. I go to church, volunteer and have been known to hold the door open for others. I offer up greetings and salutations to folks I don’t know, yield when I clearly have the right of way, and slow down…
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ON CAMPUS
Scott Wedgeworth of Jackson has been named to the dean’s list for the 2014 fall semester at Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass.
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