Tag: Howell
-
Aldrich School pupils win $2,500 grant for creation of ‘Strechers’
HOWELL – During an awards assembly on Nov. 7 at the New Jersey Education Association convention in Atlantic City, a team of students from the Aldrich School was awarded first place in the U.S. Army/New Jersey School Boards Association STEAM Tank Challenge and received a $2,500 grant. The STEAM Tank Challenge, created and sponsored by…
-
Election winner will not take seat on Howell school board
HOWELL – The Howell K-8 School District Board of Education will fill an anticipated vacancy after board member-elect Joseph Tate informed district administrators he will not be able to serve on the panel. In the Nov. 5 school board election, incumbents Cristy Mangano, Mark Bonjavanni and Laurence Gurman, and newcomer Tate, sought three three-year terms.…
-
Tri-Town News election wrap-up, Nov. 20
Voters in Farmingdale went to the polls on Nov. 5 and elected a mayor and two members of the Borough Council. There was no municipal election in Howell or Jackson this year. Voters in Farmingdale, Howell and Jackson elected members of local boards of education. Voters in Farmingdale and Howell also cast their ballots for…
-
Howell public schools achieve sustainability certification
HOWELL – All 12 schools in the Howell K-8 School District have met the requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification. These schools form part of a group of 108 schools that achieved the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification in 2019. The 12 Howell schools that have achieved certification are Adelphia Elementary School, Aldrich…
-
Historic Howell cemetery has fresh look following cleanup in wake of storm
HOWELL – The Abner Thorp Cemetery at 300 Southard Ave. is looking better these days after it was cleared of debris following a violent summer storm. Several graves at the cemetery date from the Revolutionary War era. A wind and rain storm during the early evening hours of July 22 came up fast, hit hard…
-
Howell Township Council adopts affordable housing ordinances
HOWELL – Members of the Township Council have adopted several ordinances that are expected to help Howell comply with an obligation to provide opportunities for the development of affordable housing in the municipality. Affordable housing is defined as housing that is sold or rented at below market rates to individuals and families whose income meets…
-
Jackson resident recounts saving woman from burning vehicle
On the morning of Sept. 16, Barry Whalen of Jackson was driving his dump truck on Interstate 78 in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, Somerset County, when he saw a car that had overturned and a woman trapped inside. The woman, who was later identified as 46-year-old resident of East Brunswick, Middlesex County,…
-
Howell council shines light on Metastatic Breast Cancer awareness
HOWELL – The members of the Howell Township Council have issued a proclamation to raise awareness of Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) in memory of Monica Zealand Hill. Hill, 35, of Maplewood, grew up in Howell and died on April 16 from MBC. She raised $350,000 in less than two years while she fought the disease.…
-
Howell council OKs sale of property to New Jersey American Water
HOWELL – Officials in Howell have voted to authorize the sale of property at 198-200 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road to the New Jersey American Water company. The property is owned by the township and is adjacent to a New Jersey American Water facility. Deputy Mayor Evelyn O’Donnell, Councilman John Bonevich, Councilwoman Pamela Richmond and Councilman Thomas Russo…
