June 10, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Tax hike looming in Howell

Owner of home assessed at town average is facing a $152 increase
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

Howell Township Council members reluctantly voted to introduce Howell’s 2010 municipal budget, which calls for a 4.3-cent increase in the municipal purposes tax rate. More...

Diner provides home for Jackson car meet

BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent

JACKSON — The public is invited to view cool cars, enjoy great food and possibly win prizes by participating in the monthly Sunday cruiser car meets that are hosted by the Clifmar Diner in the Brook Plaza Shopping Center, 2010 West County Line More...

Council OKs purchase of 16 new radar units

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — There will be 16 new Stalker radar units installed in Jackson police cars in the near future. Members of the Township Council approved the purchase of the new equipment during a May 12 meeting. More...

Volunteers sought for cleanup at Colliers Mills in Plumsted

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

Acleanup at the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area in Plumsted will be held on June 19, rain or shine. Participants are asked to meet at 10 a.m. at the Ocean County Vocational Technical School, 850 Toms River Road (Route 571), Jackson. More...

Honoring America’s armed forces

Members of Girl Scout Troop 1017 from Howell participated in the 2010 Farmingdale Memorial Day parade. The girls spent more than three weeks planning and building their prairie wagon float. More...

Advisory boards seek members

JACKSON — Opportunities are available for residents who would like to serve on a variety of advisory boards and committees in Jackson. More...

DEP issues action plan on Oyster Creek tritium leak

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin has issued an action plan requiring the owner of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Township to take a series of steps to further investigate the 2009 leak of radioa More...

Letters

Unemployment is biggest concern, not housing

Gov. Chris Christie and the New Jersey state Legislature have made the responsible decision to cut spending and stop listening to special interest groups that previous administrations bowed to. More...

Teaching profession not questioned; salary expectations an issue

Chrissy Anderson should be commended for her dedication and the positive influence she has on our children in her teaching profession (“Teaching Is a Great but Misunderstood Profession,” News Transcript, Letters to the Editor, May 19). More...

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Columns

Readers weigh in on column on teachers’ union issues

CODA
GREG BEAN

When I wrote a column critical of the state’s teachers’ unions a few weeks ago, I girded my loins for what I expected would be the usual backlash to columns like that — notes from readers angry that I was bashing noble teachers and More...

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Schools

Teacher’s fight with MS inspires student to help

BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer

The most important lessons learned in school don’t always involve reading, writing and arithmetic or standardized tests and budgets. More...

Students’ artistic talents recognized

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — Students in the Jackson School District have been recognized for their artistic talents. More...

on campus

Angela Goydish of Howell was among 24 Fairleigh Dickinson University seniors who presented their honors theses and then attended a dinner in their honor at the college’sMadison campus. More...

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Members of the New Egypt High School softball team celebrate

Members of the New Egypt High School softball team celebrate after defeating Wood-Ridge High School, 3-0, to win the NJSIAA Group I state championship on June 5. More...

State Trooper dies after being struck by car

Marc K. Castellano was resident of Howell
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

Earlier this week authorities were not releasing all of the circumstances surrounding an incident on Interstate 195 in Howell that took the life of a New Jersey State Police trooper on June 6. More...

Voluteers’ skills help others

PLUMSTED — At Jensen’s Deep Run retirement community every Tuesday at 7 p.m., a group of volunteers get together with their knitting needles and crochet hooks to do their stitchery work. More...

Community effort will help veteran obtain service dog

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — Operation One of Our Own has been deemed a success. With the union of several local nonprofit organizations, the 501 Association was formed and recently linked arms to help a disabled veteran of the war in Iraq. More...

Council declines to fix error on deed to land

BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer

JACKSON — At a recent meeting, the Jackson Township Council failed to act on an ordinance that sought to correct what officials said was an error on a deed to property the township has acquired. More...

in the service

Army Pfc. Joseph P. Kemerle, son of Steven G. Kemerle and Margaret C. Pappas Kemerle of Howell, graduated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. More...

MMA event coming to Six Flags

JACKSON — A mixed martial arts (MMA) event will be hosted by Six Flags Great Adventure, Route 537, Jackson, on June 19. The event will be sponsored by the Jackson Policemen’s Benevolent Association No. 168 and Elite Wrestling. More...

Municipal taxes expected to remain stable in 2010

PLUMSTED

PLUMSTED — The municipal tax rate will remain unchanged at 11 cents per $100 of assessed valuation in 2010, according to a $3.1 million municipal budget that was the subject of a public hearing on June 2. More...

Bulletin Board

Animal facility hosts June 12 Pet-a-thon

JACKSON — The June Jamboree and Pet-a-thon at the Northern Ocean County Animal Facility, 615 Freemont Ave., Jackson, will be held June 12. Pets will be available for adoption. More...

Greenville students honored for project

For the second consecutive year, pupils at the Greenville School, Howell, were selected to present their winning entry, W.I.S.E. U.P. with U.S., at the New Jersey Department of Education’s annual Kid Tech Day in Trenton. W.I.S.E. U.P. More...

Food drive to benefit Howell Food Pantry

A food drive to benefit the Howell food pantry will be conducted on June 19 by Boy Scout Troop 258 of Howell. The Boy Scouts will drop off bags in their neighborhoods the week of June 12-16. They will return on June 19 between 10 a.m. More...

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Opinion

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Solving the real housing crisis

GUEST COLUMN
DIANNE BRAKE

New Jersey has not one, but three affordable housing crises. There is the real crisis. There is a huge backlog of need for work-force and special-needs housing in the right locations and no plan for the future. There is the temporary crisis. More...

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Sports

New Egypt H.S. claims Group I softball crown

BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent

It has been a memorable and historic month of June for Emily Bausher and the New Egypt High School softball team. More...

Jags fall to Randolph in Group IV title game

Jackson Memorial High School baseball squad ends season with sparkling 25-7 record

BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Getting to a state championship game is a great feeling, a great sense of accomplishment in high school baseball. More...

Members of the New Egypt High School softball team celebrate

Members of the New Egypt High School softball team celebrate after winning the NJSIAA Group I state championship on June 5 in Toms River. More...

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