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      April 23, 2009  RSS feed

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      CHRIS KELLY staff Emma Schaale, 4, and Jamie Schaale, of Howell, work together to build a birdhouse during Earth Day activities at the Manasquan Reservoir, Howell, on April 18. More...
      Wal-Mart threats vex cops
      BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

      Astring of phoned-in bomb threats to the Wal-Mart department store on Route 9 south at Lanes Mill Road, Howell, has perplexed police and triggered financial consequences for the local retailer. "This is causing a lot of stress for the store," Howell Police Department Detective Lt. Don Neill said. More...

      Judge orders Jackson to OK apartments
      Windsor Crescent will help township meet affordable housing quota
      BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

      The Jackson Planning Board has been ordered by a state Superior Court judge to approve an affordable housing development that its members voted to deny in 2008. Judge Vincent J. Grasso directed the board to approve the Windsor Crescent development to be constructed on Solar Avenue, off County Line Road. More...


      Fitness is goal of state police program
      BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

      Seventh- and eighth-grade pupils at the McAuliffe Middle School in Jackson recently put their physical fitness on display for instructors from the New Jersey State Police Academy. The pupils took the Top Physical Challenge presented by the representatives of the state police. More...


      Personal items sought for military personnel
      BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

      JACKSON — A community effort is under way to support the nation's servicemen and servicewomen who remain in harm's way overseas. A collection bin has been placed in the lobby of the Jackson municipal building, 95 West Veterans Highway, and residents are being asked to help fill it with personal items that will be shipped to America's military personnel. More...


      National Day of Prayer to be held in Plumsted

      PLUMSTED — At 7:30 p.m. May 7, the National Day of Prayer will be observed in the courtroom of the Plumsted municipal building, 121 Evergreen Road, for the 16th consecutive year. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • New Egypt Elks to host 'Touch a Truck'
      The New Egypt Elks and the New Egypt United Methodist Church are sponsoring "Touch a Truck" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 25 at the New Egypt Elks, Lakewood Road (Route 528). Various modes of transportation will be on display to touch, climb and take pictures alongside. Details: 609- 758-8563 or 609-752-0272. More...
      • Knights golf tourney will benefit charities
      • JTMUA will break ground for new plant
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       Letters
      • Education center's entry road and trails need immediate attention
      The Forest Resource Education Center at 370 East Veterans Highway in Jackson bills itself as a service to state residents, "teaching and practicing forest stewardship." Yet visitors to this facility should be wary. In order to access this site, they must negotiate one of the most impassable, unmaintained and downright dangerous roads in the state. More...
      • Racetrack slot machines would provide much-needed revenue
      • Oyster Creek an accident waiting to happen
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       Editorials
      • Oyster Creek's new lease on life
      The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission handed Ocean County residents something to keep them up nights for the next 20 years by relicensing the oldest nuclear plant in the United States. The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township now has official permission to run until April 9, 2029, courtesy of the NRC's decision on April 8. More...
      • article has image Mama tried, but he still loves country
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Family vacation: the good the bad and the flat ugly
      When I was a kid, family vacations were a special level of hell reserved for the worst miscreants imaginable. And it wasn't the Hades we learned about in Bible class, the kind of place you go after a long lifetime of misdeeds. Nope, family vacations were a more immediate form of punishment for every bad thing we did during the year. More...
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       Schools
      • Teens alleged to have sold counterfeit bills in school
      COLTS NECK — Two Colts Neck High School students have been charged with forgery after allegedly making counterfeit money and allegedly selling the counterfeit bills to other students at the school. The students were charged on April 13. More...
      • Pupils link up on project
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       Sports
      • article has image Kuzma is wearing out opposing hurlers
      Colts Neck slugger from Howell Twp. has 6 HRs, 20 RBIs
      It's the bottom of the fourth inning and the Colts Neck High School softball team finds itself trailing Howell, 5-2. The bases are loaded, and up to the plate steps Kate Kuzma. The Rebels have no place to put the Cougars' slugger. More...
      • Roller Girls gearing up for Asbury Park action
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