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      September 28, 2006  RSS feed

      Howell's blue belles
      Members of the Howell High School color guard perform during a marching band competition held at Brick High School, Brick Township, on Sept. 23. More...
      Budget will take bite out of taxpayers
      Jackson spending plan calls for $392 increase on $200,000 assessment
      BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

      Budget predictions became a reality on Sept. 19 as the Jackson Township Council approved a 2006 budget that will increase the municipal tax rate by 19.6 cents of assessed valuation. More...

      'Dress Up': A look at the fashions of yesteryear
      Historical Association stages exhibit of special occasion finery
      BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer

      Elizabeth Dubois Smock married in 1870. She wore an ivory satin gown with glazed cotton lining. Her dress along with many other special occasion outfits are featured in a new museum exhibition at the Monmouth County Historical Association on Court Street in Freehold. More...


      Events aim to service immigrant population
      BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer

      LAKEWOOD - For Mexican nationals who live in Lakewood, two important events will occur in the coming weeks. More...


      Detention basin draws close look from board
      Howell panel approves facility to go with new homes in Freehold Twp.
      BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer

      HOWELL - After a four-hour hearing complete with passionate outbursts, technical lingo and extended diatribes, the Planning Board on Sept. 14 unanimously approved an application filed by Apostle Acres Development, LLC, to place a detention basin in Howell. More...


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      + The American Red Cross Holo-caust and War Victims Tracing Center will be discussed at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Temple Beth Or, 200 Van Zile Road, Brick. Attendees will learn how the Red Cross can help people search for family members missing since the Holocaust and World War II. The service is confiden More...
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       Letters
      • Howell resident seeks support in objection to planned cellular tower
      The residents of Howell need to attend the zoning board meeting on Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. to speak out against the building of a cell tower in Ramtown. More...
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       Editorials
      • Dems, GOP wrangle as tax rate skyrockets
      No matter which political party you believe is responsible for this year's very bad budget news in Jackson, one thing cannot be overlooked: property owners are getting socked with an increase in municipal taxes the size of which is rarely, if ever, seen in this region. More...
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       Schools
      • Primary school receives grant
      PLUMSTED - The New Egypt Primary School has been awarded an $8,000 school grant by the New Jersey Education Association Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education and was awarded the Edithe Fulton Grant for the Arts, which was named in honor of NJEA past president Edithe Fulton, who is More...
      • Car wash boosts JEF
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       Sports
      • Hawks off to 4-0 start, look ahead to NEC play
      WEST LONG BRANCH - Facing off against Colgate University in their last nonconference game of the 2006 season, the Monmouth University Hawks football team defeated the Raiders 17-12 on the road to move to 4-0 on the year on Saturday - the first time since 2003 that the Blue and White have started out More...
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      • Boland has Hawks aiming for championship
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