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Jackson council establishes employees’ salary ranges
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The pay scale for more than 160 municipal employees was unanimously approved through the adoption of a salary ordinance earlier this month by the Township Council. The annual ordinance updates the minimum and maximum pay of existing and new employees for the 2014 fiscal year. Although five part-time…
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Dealing with age, one list at a time
Lori Clinch ARE WE THERE YET A s I approach the age of 50, one thing is becoming quite obvious to me: I miss my youth. Don’t get me wrong, I would never want to be 20 again. Sure I was footloose and fancy-free. Yet, quite frankly, a lot of work had to be done.…
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Protecting America
U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3rd CLASS CHASE HAWLEY/RELEASED Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuels) Airman Donald Garrell of Jackson visually checks a jet fuel sample in the JP-5 pump room for impurities aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan in the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 19. The Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group is deployed…
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Residents will have option to leave energy program
HOWELL — Municipal officials want residents to have the information they need before an energy aggregation program is put in place. To that end, John Fish, a representative of Commercial Utilities Consultants (CUC), attended the Feb. 18 meeting of the Township Council. Fish offered answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ), including one that asks how…
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Starlight Road homeowners wait for road repairs
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — Starlight Road, whose deteriorating condition has been a source of frustration for residents, is expected to be improved in the near future. Starlight Road is off Maxim-Southard Road. “They are telling me this road never should have been built and that it is built on a swamp,” resident…
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Fitness trail, spray park on town’s drawing board
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — The Township Council has approved a plan that will use grant money to construct a fitness trail and a water spray park in Jackson. Jackson Senior Center Program Administrator Sheri Silversmith discussed the plans at the council’s Feb. 11 meeting. The construction is expected to bring a 1.5-mile…
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Search of Howell residence results in one arrest
HOWELL — A Howell resident is facing drug charges following his arrest on Jan. 29. Police said Tokeeyyo Hamilton, 33, of Seattle Slew Drive in the Oak Hill development, was arrested after a search warrant was executed at his residence. The search warrant was the result of a two-month investigation into quality-of-life complaints at the…
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Mayor upset with lack of input on settlement
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — Mayor Bill Gotto has expressed his dismay with the way a recent settlement in a lawsuit that was filed against the township was handled. The $1.3 million settlement was the result of a harassment lawsuit filed against former Howell Municipal Court Administrator Dominick Pondaco by four former Municipal…
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New nutritional guidelines put focus on school lunches
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Lunches in the nation’s public schools have undergone a change in recent years, following the implementation of federal guidelines that dictate the suggested nutritional value of those meals in an effort to deal with the growing concern of childhood obesity. While the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 aimed to…
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