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Kent Road due for upgrades
HOWELL — The Township Council has taken action that is expected to address troublesome issues on Kent Road. The council will submit a grant application and execute a grant contract with the state Department of Transportation (DOT) for a road improvement project on Kent Road, according to a resolution that was passed on Oct. 21.…
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Smiling princess
MATT DENTON Arianna Catanzarite,7, of Howell, smiles as she reaches into a bowl of Halloween goodies during the Howell Police Athletic League’s annual Truck or Treat event held in the Target parking lot at Lanes Mill Marketplace, Route 9, Howell, on Oct. 30.
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Photos highlight Alaska ‘state treasure’
IN THE ARTS “Yukon” Photographs by Kim Levin of the Alaskan landscape and those who call Alaska home will be on display at the Eastern Branch Library in Shrewsbury throughout November. Levin, a photographer who specializes in pet portraiture, took the images on a recent trip to Alaska. She focused many of the photographs on…
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Plumsted educators receive grants for special programs
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The only grants from the New Jersey Education Association Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education that were awarded in Ocean County this year went to educators in the Plumsted Township School District. Rita Williams of the New Egypt Primary School, and Caitlin Walsh, Tara Melchior and…
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Seer Farms earns special grant
JACKSON — The owner of an animal foster care operation has been awarded a $10,000 grant as part of a competition to help increase volunteerism throughout the nation. Laura Popel, the owner of Seer Farms, West Veterans Highway, earned the grand prize and top honors in the Timberland Serv-a-palooza Challenge for raising $17,601 from Aug.…
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Full-day kindergarten examined in Jackson
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Kindergarten in the Jackson School District may eventually become a full-day program. To that end, officials have started the process of gathering financial and demographic information that will help them determine if the move is a viable one to make. The district has been conducting an online survey…
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Farmingdale property cited in grand jury indictment
A Monmouth County grand jury returned a five-count indictment on Oct. 6 charging a West Virginia woman and a Georgia man in a conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud on a Farmingdale property, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Vanessa Hoey, 37, of West Virginia, and Joseph Lantier, 37, of Georgia, are charged with…
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Republicans sweep in Howell
ELECTIION 2014 By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — A trio of Republicans won the race for three four-year terms on the Howell Township Council in the Nov. 4 election. Vote totals posted by the Monmouth County Board of Elections show incumbents Robert Nicastro, Pauline Smith and Robert Walsh winning re-election with 6,161, 6,364…
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‘War of the Worlds’ to be performed
Come hear the radio play about alien invaders that scared a nation in 1938. Arts Horizons, a nonprofit arts-in-education provider, will sponsor a free performance of “War of the Worlds: A Staged Radio Play,” presented by Raconteur Radio, at 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. The play, which…
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