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      March 11, 2010  RSS feed

      Mayor: Pouring millions into century-old buildings would not be cost-effective
      Don’t even think about asking Howell Mayor Robert F. Walsh for a peek at the basement in Town Hall. “You’re not going in there,” he recently told several visitors to the municipal complex. “Forget about it. It’s not happening.” More...
      Jackson council and mayor cannot get together on planned field improvements

      Jackson Township Councilman Ken Bressi and Township Council President Mike Kafton are charging Mayor Mike Reina with undermining planned improvements for a girls softball facility. Reina called the charges politically motivated. More...

      HOWELL — Administrators in the Howell K-8 School District have given the nonprofit Howell Police Athletic League (PAL) the go-ahead to begin a kindergarten wrap-around program this fall. “I would like to work with the Howell PAL to make it happen,” Superintendent of Schools Enid Golden told the Board of Education at a recent meeting. More...


      JACKSON — At 9:31 a.m. March 5, Jackson Fire District 3, Station 55 firefighters were dispatched to a fire alarm at the offices of Cablevision, 800 Brewers Bridge Road, Jackson. More...


      Experience the life of an Irish immigrant in the early 19th century at the Historic Village at Allaire on March 14 at 1 and 2 p.m. Admission is free. The Irish, one of the young nation’s largest immigrant groups, arrived on America’s shores by the tens of thousands as they escaped oppressive conditions in Ireland, according to a press release. More...


      National anthem tryouts for 2010 Lakewood BlueClaws baseball games will be held 6-9 p.m. March 24 at Monmouth Mall, Eatontown. All interested performers must fill out an application in advance of the auditions. Applications are only available in the BlueClaws executive offices and must be returned by March 19 at 5 p.m. More...
      Despite acting Commissioner of Education Brent Schundler’s admonishments that school districts prepare for state aid reductions of anywhere between 5 and 15 percent, the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education voted 6-1 (Tim O’Brien casting the dissenting vote) to present a budget that assumes a 0 percent decrease in state aid. More...
      One thing I can say about my readers: they’re not shy about writing me concerning something I’ve opinionated over in this column. More...
      JACKSON — The Jackson Liberty High School Key Club, a club that fosters community service and leadership, will host “Walking With the Stars” 3-7 p.m. March 21 on the track at Jackson Liberty High School, 125 N. Hope Chapel Road. More...
      BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer
      It did not take very long for the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional boys basketball tournament brackets to get blown up. On the first night of the tournament, March 1, coach Brian Quick’s Howell High School Rebels produced one of the biggest wins in school history when the Rebels shocked No. 2 seed Trenton Central, 48-47, in Trenton. More...
      Good cranberries, it turns out, are like SuperBalls: they bounce. Cranberry growers were turned on to this useful tidbit about the little red fruit by a forerunner from the 1840s: a New Jersey grower named John “Peg Leg” Webb. The oft-repeated story, with slight variations, details how Webb and his peg leg had difficulty bringing a barrel of cranberries down some steps. More...