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      January 15, 2009  RSS feed

      Special school election could be held
      Board reserves date in case referendum questions are needed
      The Howell Board of Education may ask voters to decide one or more public questions during a special election on March 10. On Jan. 7 the board voted 4-2 to reserve the March 10 date in case it is needed for referendum votes. Board members Sherry Roses, Stephen Levine, Joseph Moscato and Valerie Rosenberg voted to save that date. More...
      Mega-base will bring new flights
      Jackson residents have concerns after recent fighter crash in San Diego
      BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

      Last August when Operation Group Commander Col. Scott Hill told a group of Jackson residents at a public meeting that there will be 80,000 flights a year over the region when McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst merge to become one U.S. military mega-base, some people became concerned. More...

      Motocross has local racer flying high
      Teenager prepares for 09 after stellar '08 season
      BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

      While many high-schoolage boys play baseball, basketball, football or soccer, Chris Duymich competes in a completely different kind of sport that often takes him hundreds of miles away from home. More...


      NAACP marks 100 years of fighting for civil rights
      On brink of Barack Obama's presidency, organization honors its history
      BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer

      For 100 years, one organization has worked toward the goal of political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. That organization is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)). More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Alternate route certification offered
      For those who have a bachelor's degree and would like to become a teacher, the Alternative Route to Teaching program offered at Ocean County College can help them to become licensed without completing a traditional teacher-training program. More...
      • Knights to host youth free throw contest
      • Lakewood library to host blues concert
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       Letters
      • Hard to understand raise in difficult economy
      Iam writing because I am still wondering why in the world the Jackson Board of Education agreed to renegotiate the superintendent's contract and grant him a fairly sizable pay increase while the economy tanks and people all around town are losing their jobs, or worse, losing their house. More...
      • Being a first aid squad member has benefits
      • Children are the real victims of a failing United States economy
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       Editorials
      • article has image Runway madness
      Iam sitting in an airplane on a runway at Hollywood International Airport in Florida as I write this column. It is Christmas break and I'd rather be outside in the sun before returning to frigid New Jersey. After waiting 90 minutes to board our delayed flight, we were cleared for takeoff. More...
      • article has image It could be worse: You could love school
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image After Obama's inauguration, Cheney will be out in the cold
      The winter my wife and I packed our family and moved from my hometown in Casper, Wyo., to take a newspaper job in the relatively balmy climes of Illinois had been a tough son of a gun. For starters, in January of that year, 1984, the temperature hadn't risen higher than 15 below zero for over a month. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Dorothy Dombrowski Nixon
      Mrs. Nixon, 73, of Matawan, died Dec. 24, 2008, following a battle with cancer. She was a registered nurse at The Hospital Center at East Orange, and Martland Medical Center, Newark, for more than 40 years. She was predeceased by a sister, Barbara, and a brother, Joseph. More...
      • Sebastian J. Miluzzo
      • Rose Marie Pasquale Brooks
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       Sports
      • article has image Jackson pins down victory against Brick Memorial
      Top: Jackson's Tyler Wilton tries to turn Memorial's Corey Manafra at 160 pounds. Jackson won the match by a score of 35-28, in a battle of two of the top teams in the Shore area. Left: Jackson Memorial High School's Doug Hamann works Brick Memorial's Noel Reyes for backpoints during their 140-pound match on Jan. 10. More...
      • Sports Shorts
      • Howell swim teams eye winning campaigns
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