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      January 26, 2012  RSS feed

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      Howell High School’s Monet Masters competes in the pole vault at the Monmouth County Indoor Track and Field Championships held Jan. More...

      Breaking News - 01:56 PM

      Jackson, unions reach settlement regarding furlough dispute
      Workers to be compensated with time off
      Andrew Martins

      A potential unfair labor practice ruling that threatened to put the Jackson municipal budget in jeopardy has been avoided through a settlement with two local unions, officials announced during the Jan. 24 Township Council meeting, bringing to an end the dispute over the 2010-11 furlough days for those groups. More...

      Board moves school vote to November
      Jackson panel takes advantage of new state law; election will no longer be held in April
      BY ANDREW MARTINS
      Staff Writer

      Hours after Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law on Jan. 17 that permits New Jersey school boards to hold their annual election in November, the Jackson School District Board of Education passed a resolution to move its annual election from April to the date of the general election in November. More...


      Howell superintendent updates district’s goals
      BY JAMES McEVOY
      Staff Writer

      Enid Golden, the superintendent of schools in the Howell K-8 School District, provided the Board of Education and members of the public with an update of her goals for the district during the board’s Jan. 11 meeting. More...


      Club provides makeovers, friendship to local seniors
      BY ANDREW MARTINS
      Staff Writer

      JACKSON — Nail polish and makeup crossed generational boundaries recently when a group of Jackson Liberty High School students provided complimentary manicures to residents of the Bella Terra assisted living community on Kathleen Drive in Jackson. More...


       Bulletin Board
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      • See Broadway’s “Godspell” on March 23 with the Jackson Recreation Department. Buses will depart from the Jackson Senior Center, 45 Don Connor Blvd., Jackson, at 3 p.m. The price of $110 per person includes orchestra seats and charter bus transportation. More...
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      • ‘Men Are Dogs’ debuts in Toms River
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       Letters
      • More research, funding needed to fight pancreatic cancer
      Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer death in the United States; it is the most lethal cancer, with a five-year survival rate of just 6 percent. Despite that, pancreatic cancer receives the least amount of federal funding among the leading cancer killers. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
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      No more Twinkies? Now that’s a real nightmare
      Here are three stories you might have missed due to the 24/7 coverage of the South Carolina Republican primary and Newt Gingrich’s marital peccadilloes last week. We start with Zingers and Ding Dongs: More...
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       Obituaries
      • Len Teitel
      Mr. Teitel, of Jackson, died Jan. 15, 2012. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and resided in Hazlet and Holmdel prior to moving to Jackson. He was employed as the president of an electrical contracting firm that specialized in commercial and residential development. Surviving are his wife, Sheilah Teitel; four children, Sherri McMahon of Raleigh, N.C., Dr. Gregg Teitel and his wife, Dr. More...
      • Steven “Chap” Chapas
      • Paula Dunlop
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       Schools
      • Students take the plunge
      JACKSON — On Jan. 8 a record 215 plungers from St. Aloysius Catholic Church and St. Aloysius School braved the frigid January waters of the Atlantic Ocean to participate in the sixth annual Ancient Order of Hibernians Polar Bear Plunge at Sea Bright. More...
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       Sports
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      Howell High School’s Leondra Weems competes in a heat of the 400-meter dash at the Monmouth County Indoor Track and Field Championships held Jan. More...
      • Lions playing for bid to conference tourney
      • Warriors stay in race for basketball crown
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