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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst event draws a crowd
Visitors from New Jersey and surrounding states gathered at Joint Base McGuire- Dix-Lakehurst in south-central New Jersey for the 2014 Open House and Air Show on May 10-11. The Open House and Air Show exceeded attendance expectations with more than 300,000 spectators over two days. “It is amazing to see all of our planning come…
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Demographer will begin enrollment examination
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education Facilities Committee has met with its demographer to begin discussing a plan that is expected to result in the redrawing of school attendance areas. Wayne Verderber of Applied Data Services worked with the school district in 2013 when a redistricting…
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Howell establishes new police hiring criteria
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — The Township Council has adopted an ordinance that changes the residency, age and education criteria regarding the hiring of police officers in Howell. Mayor Bill Gotto, Deputy Mayor Robert Nicastro, Councilwoman Pauline Smith and Councilman Bob Walsh voted to adopt the ordinance at the May 6 council meeting.…
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County selling helicopter
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that a Jet Ranger helicopter will be available for purchase through an online auction that began May 17 and will continue through June 17. “The sale of this helicopter is a rare and exciting opportunity for the county and potential buyers,” Freeholder Deputy Director Gary J. Rich…
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Howell police arrest man wanted in recent burglary
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — An area man who was wanted by police in connection with a recent residential burglary in Howell has been apprehended. Howell police said Gerald Snyder, 31, of Farmingdale, was arrested at 4 a.m. May 2. Police Officer Jonathan Woolley located a U-Haul truck that had been rented by…
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County asks residents to help reduce mosquito population
The Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission has created a checklist to help residents identify and eliminate places in their yards where mosquitoes live and breed. “Eliminating the sources of standing water outside your home is an effective way to control the local mosquito population,” said Freeholder Serena DiMaso, liaison to the commission. “This new checklist…
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Fair to open on July 23
The Monmouth County Fair will return to the East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, July 23-27. Hours are 5-11 p.m. July 23-26, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. July 27. “This is an especially exciting year as we celebrate the 40th annual Monmouth County Fair,” said Helen Fiore, fair chairwoman. “Every year, we add something new,…
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Bills call for expansion of N.J.’s vocational schools
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer A package of bills unveiled last week would increase funding to vocational and technical schools across the state to expand facilities and programs that help students develop workplace skills. The bills were announced May 19 in Trenton by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Assembly Education Committee Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan…
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Students heading to Monmouth U. earn scholarships from freeholders
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders awarded scholarships to 11 students at a recent scholarship luncheon at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. The freeholders sponsor a $50,000 annual scholarship program that benefits Brookdale Community College graduates who elect to continue their college education at Monmouth University, according to a press release. The scholarship recipients are…
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