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Police seeking robbery suspect
James Warthen PLUMSTED — The hunt for a young man who is suspected of holding a Plumsted resident at gunpoint late last month is still ongoing after a second individual was arrested for his alleged role in the robbery, according to police. Officials said they are looking for James Warthen, who was allegedly one of…
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Howell will grant builder $150,000 from trust fund
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — The developer of the Akabe Village apartment complex on Wyckoff Mills Road has been granted money by the Howell Township Council so that work on the project may begin. Akabe Village is a 32-unit affordable housing complex that is expected to be built on a 7.4-acre parcel on…
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Church seeking to rent, renovate township tract
By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Representatives of the Cornerstone Presbyterian Church are attempting to negotiate an agreement with Jackson municipal officials that would permit the religious organization to refurbish the Harmony Church (pictured) and then to use the building as a house of worship. ANDREW MARTINS JACKSON — A difference in opinion about the value…
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Tolstoy’s book should be required reading
Leo Tolstoy’s “The Kingdom of God is Within You” is a book relatively unknown by the vast majority of Americans. But here is what Mahatma Gandhi of India wrote about this book: “[When] I was passing through a severe crisis of skepticism and doubt … I came across Tolstoy’s book ‘The Kingdom of God is…
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Time to reflect on issues of gun violence
Dec. 14 will mark the one-year anniversary of the devastating tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. For many people, that day served as a final wake-up call to the senseless violence that has been claiming the lives of this nation’s children and adults alike for years. Although no life is more…
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County freeholder touts fort’s opportunities
There are those very rare occasions when even the most extreme superlatives just aren’t enough. The opportunity now being made available to the public to participate in the historic restoration of Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook is just such an occasion. It is simply an incomparable, once-in-a-lifetime invitation. This is a chance to locate in…
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It is up to each of us to help shape our future
For those of us who grew up in Jackson during the 1940s and 1950s and who are still around, many changes have taken place over the years. But a few things have not changed, at least as far as I am concerned. To this day, I still turn out lights upon leaving an empty room.…
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Matawan author turns childhood idea into book
By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer MATAWAN — Matawan resident John Schafer has been writing the same book in his mind since he was in college, but only recently put it down on paper for others to read. “A Northern Rebel,” which was published this year, is set during the Civil War and centers on Jameson…
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Greg Wall performs with Klezmerfest at the Jackson library, Jackson, on Nov. 21.
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR
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