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      October 11, 2007  RSS feed

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      ERIC SUCAR staff Dominique Ambrozian, 8, is wrapped in toilet paper as participants play the mummy-wrap game during the second annual Pumpkin Festival held at the Greenville School, Howell. The event featured games, refreshments, a pumpkin-carving contest and a haunted house. More...
      Jackson seeks to identify teen drivers
      Officials will ask parents to place sticker on vehicles
      BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

      Jackson officials are asking parents with children who are licensed under New Jersey's provisional driver's license program to voluntarily identify their vehicles with a sticker. More...

      Archives and History Day returns to Monmouth library

      Through the years, a dedicated group of men and women have meticulously preserved many of the historical records of Monmouth County dating back to 1665. This month, on Archives and History Day, Oct. 13, the county's past will be celebrated once again at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan. More...


      Assault charges lodged at youth football fracas
      Parent accused of striking coach after game in Colts Neck
      BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer

      COLTS NECK - Charges and countercharges have been filed in the wake of a Sept. 30 physical altercation between a Colts Neck Pop Warner youth football coach and a parent of one of the coach's players. More...


      All God's creatures are blessed in tribute to St. Francis
      BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer

      LAKEWOOD - Outside of the Arts and Science Center at Georgian Court University, animals were being blessed on Oct. 4. Dachshunds, golden retrievers, rats, rabbits and love birds were all in attendance with their owners to receive a special blessing to coincide with the Feast of St. Francis, which honors St. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Arbor Day Foundation offers 10 free trees
      Ten free trees, all of which are autumn classics, will be given to each person who joins The Arbor Day Foundation during October. The free trees are part of the nonprofit foundation's Trees for America campaign, a program dedicated to environmental stewardship through the planting of trees. More...
      • Jackson will provide rabies shots to pets
      • Beginner computer class offered in Lakewood
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       Letters
      • Feral cats need humane help
      Oct. 16, 2007, will mark the seventh annual National Feral Cat Day. To learn how to save the lives of feral cats and to humanely trap, spay, neuter, vaccinate, treat and help adopt out strays and kittens in the feral population, please contact the Web site www.wildaboutcats.com or write 7920 Norfolk Ave., Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814. More...
      • Committeeman Francis was a fine representative of Plumsted
      • Ambulances could be based at Jackson's firehouses
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       Editorials
      • article has image Without bedrock voters, the party's all but over
      Afriend of mine, who's also a newspaper columnist, lives in one of those red states, and is about as conservative as they come. I've always figured I was fairly conservative, but this guy's dedication to the core philosophy puts mine to shame. Even mention Ronald Reagan's name in his presence and he gets all misty-eyed. He loved Bush, both of them. More...
      • article has image Sometimes in relationships things are just 'meant to be'
      • article has image They're a real tough crowd at the table
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       Obituaries
      • Harriet L. Kemble Good
      Mrs. Good, 60, of the New Egypt section of Plumsted, died Sept. 22, 2007, at Capital Health System's Fuld Campus, Trenton. Born in Mount Holly, she grew up in Bordentown and graduated from Bordentown Regional High School in 1966. She moved to New Egypt in 1968. Mrs. Good had worked as a home health aide for Visiting HomeCare of Ocean County. More...
      • Dorothy G. Fauser
      • Joseph Posid
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       Schools
      • Flaherty appointed to seat on school board in Howell
      HOWELL - Members of the Howell Board of Education have chosen David Flaherty to fill an open seat on the school board. Flaherty, a sergeant with the Howell Police Department, was sworn in to office at the Sept. 26 board meeting. He was appointed to fill the seat of former board member Elizabeth O'Connell until April 2008. More...
      • Career night, open house at automotive academy
      • Guidelines for recess put in place
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       Sports
      • article has image Howell and Manalapan are fit to be tied ... at 2
      Teams remain tied for first in A North soccer after playing to a draw
      Ties generally leave teams with an empty feeling. In the case of the 2-2 draw between Howell and Manalapan last Wednesday, enough good things happened for both soccer teams for them to think positively about the outcome. For the visiting Braves, it was another affirmation that they are back playing at a very high level again. More...
      • article has image Weakfish abound along the Raritan
      • Shorts
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