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      July 30, 2009  RSS feed

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      Gary Lowe Jr., 3, of Lakehurst, plays some tennis during the 15th annual "Funtasia Festival" that was sponsored by the Ocean County Department of Parks and Recreation and held at Ocean County Park, Lakewood, on July 24. More...
      Board member offers to step down if mayor will reappoint Krubner
      By Dave Benjamin

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      School upgrades discussed
      No date scheduled for Jackson referendum
      BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

      Jackson Board of Education members and Jackson School District administrators are focusing on the future. Their examination of the district's needs could eventually lead to a multimillion-dollar construction referendum being placed before voters. More...


      Administrators' raises guaranteed
      Howell resident raps deal in face of current economic meltdown
      BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

      The approval of three Howell Board of Education administrators' contracts drew skepticism from residents who objected to pre-stipulated raises. At the July 15 meeting of the board, the one-year contracts for Herbert C. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Kafton & Tilis will run in Nov.
      JACKSON — Township Council President Mike Kafton and Township Councilman Howard Tilis have announced their candidacy for mayor and councilman, respectively. Because of resignations and appointments that occurred in Jackson's local government within the past year, residents will go to the polls in November to vote on these two municipal races. More...
      • Howell resident awarded scholarship
      • Church youth group will go on mission
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       Letters
      • Animal rescue desperately needs donations
      My name is Linda Gress, and I am the founder of All About Them Giant Breed Rescue, a 501(c)3 organization located in New Egypt. We rescue large-breed dogs, mainly Great Danes, Irish wolfhounds and English mastiffs. More...
      • Government-run health option will not serve the United States
      • Christie shows leadership with selection of Guadagno for Lt. Gov.
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       Editorials
      • article has image Choices can help people find the possibilities in life
      Icome from a generation of women who fell asleep at night dreaming of white knights and rescues from castles by handsome princes. After falling in love, we'd find a wildflower, pull off the petals, and begin chanting, "He loves me. He loves me not. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Arrghhhh! Why did you pour milk on the cereal?
      The emails started coming in from out-ofstate friends yesterday: "Rabbis and mayors in a corruption probe? Some of which included the sale of body parts? Sounds like you newspaper guys are going to have fun with this." "Have you gotten your bag of cash yet?" another began. "If you haven't, what's wrong with you? More...
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       Obituaries
      • Leopolda Miluzzo
      Mrs. Miluzzo, 94, of Jackson, died July 18, 2009, at home. She was born in the Bronx, N.Y. She was predeceased by her husband, Sebastian, in 2008. Mrs. Miluzzo is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Bernard and Julie of Bristol, Conn. More...
      • Lillian "Murray" Griffin
      • Michael David Gaudious II
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       Schools
      • Swine flu is on the mind of school superintendent
      JACKSON — School administrators in Jackson have joined forces with several health agencies in an attempt to combat the spread of H1N1 influenza (also known as swine flu). The topic was discussed at the July 21 meeting of the Jackson Board of Education. More...
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       Sports
      • article has image Libonati ready to make mark at Rutgers
      Football players generally do not look forward to the start of preseason practice. It means two-a-days in the heat and humidity of August. The experience is similar to going to military boot camp. There is one local player, however, who cannot wait for preseason football practice to start in August, and that is Howell High School graduate Nicholas Libonati. More...
      • Holbrook all-stars win Section 3 championship
      • article has image Hurler seeing relief duty for Fort Myers Miracle
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       Business
      • Business Briefs
      The Lakewood Development Corporation, the administrative arm of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), is offering the public a free small business seminar, "Doing Business With the Government: How to Get Your Foot in the Door," on Aug. 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room C at the Lakewood municipal building, 231 Third St., Lakewood. More...
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