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Public relies on board members for info about school matters
Mark Rosman IN THE NEWS During the school board election season in the fall of 2013, I half-jokingly instructed the reporters on my staff to ask the following question to residents who were running for a seat on their local school board: “If you are elected, will you do exactly what the superintendent of schools…
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Jackson administrator in race for post as Paterson mayor
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON —The future of the business administrator’s position in Jackson may be uncertain, as the man who holds the job, Jose Torres, is seeking election as the mayor of Paterson. Torres served as Paterson’s mayor from 2002-10, when he lost his bid for re-election bid to Jeffery Jones. The mayoral…
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‘Race to Educate’ returns in Howell
HOWELL — The Howell Township Education Foundation, in conjunction with the Freehold Area Running Club, will hold its fifth annual 5K Run/Walk event, “The Race to Educate,” on May 17 at Howell Middle School South. A turnout of about 500 participants is expected. In addition to the 5K run, there will be a 5K walk…
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Pair facing shoplifting charges
HOWELL — A resident of Neptune and a resident of Asbury Park were arrested on Feb. 24 after they allegedly attempted to shoplift merchandise from a local store and then tried to evade police. According to Howell police Detective Sgt. Eileen Dodd, police received a call from representatives of Walmart, Route 9, advising them of…
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Ordinance sets union salary range
HOWELL — The Township Council has adopted a salary ordinance for local employees of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and the position of coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management. The TWU represents Howell employees who are not department heads or police officers. The ordinance was introduced at the Feb. 4 council meeting and adopted…
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Assistance needed for Plumsted tire cleanup
PLUMSTED — On March 15-16, members of the Plumsted Youth for Nature and the Environment (PYNE) will revisit their effort to remove hundreds of discarded tires from local woodlands. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, PYNE members will remove tires from public land near Route 539 and East Colliers Mill Road. Officials estimate…
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He’s just trying to make Mom better
Lori Clinch ARE WE THERE YET When our first-born son left for college, it broke my heart. I cried when he packed his boxes, sobbed when he loaded the car, and I sniveled all over myself as I drove away and left that young man at a campus home far away from his loving mother.…
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Jackson should conduct police accreditation
We pleaded with Jackson Township Council members in September 2011 and again on several occasions from 2011-14 to authorize our Jackson Police Department to seek accreditation, a trend that as many as 200 other municipalities in New Jersey have taken to ensure their police departments are compliant with the best practices in the state, which…
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Support sought for Toomey-Manchin bill
I recently attended a meeting hosted by the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County that addressed the alarming number of school shootings in America. There have been 44 school shootings since the December 2012 Newtown, Conn., tragedy; 13 of those shootings have already happened in 2014. The auditorium was filled with uniformed and decorated law enforcement…
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