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Tangled Threads ladies at Howell senior center love to help people feel good
Gerry George had no idea how her simple question — “Can I help some ladies learn to crochet?” — would impact the lives of so many people in such a positive way. George, 75, posed that question to Carol Zur, Howell’s director of senior services, in 2002. More...
Testimony continues on Hovbilt application for Jackson Valley

A proposed new connector road that would join Cassville Road (Route 571) and Perrineville Road was the focus of the latest session of Hovbilt testimony before the Jackson Planning Board. Hovbilt has proposed building Jackson Valley, a community of 965 age-restricted condominium home... More...

HOWELL — At the Dec. 5 Township Council meeting, one of the final times the current members of the governing body will sit together on the dais, its members spent the session the way they have spent most of the year — at odds with the public and one another due to political differences. More...


Ryan Totin, 14, tries to keep the ball in play during a teacher-student volleyball game at the Goetz Middle School, Jackson, on Dec. 8. The game was held to bring awareness to the issue of carbon monoxide safety and to raise money to purchase CO detectors to give out to people. The idea b... More...


HOWELL — The Planning Board has granted final approval to two applications totaling 28 new homes and preliminary approval to a subdivision which could bring 17 more homes to Howell. The board voted on the applications at its Dec. 7 meeting. More...


HOWELL — John Paff, a member of the New Jersey Libertarian Party who serves as what he called an “open government advocate,” has filed a complaint with the Monmouth County’s Prose-cutor’s Office regarding a discussion the Township Council had in January during a closed session. More...


• A Christmas Lantern Tour will be held Dec. 16 from 5-8 p.m. at Allaire Village in Allaire State Park, Route 524, Wall Township. Museum interpreters will escort groups on 90-minute tours. Advance purchase of tickets is required at a cost of $10 per person. Details: (732) 919-3500 or www.alla... More...
In a recent article on the hearing for the Hovbilt Jackson Valley project (“Analyst: Project Revenues Will Outweigh Cost to Town,” Tri-Town News, Dec. 7), Richard Reading of Richard B. Reading Associates made statements that are simply not accurate. More...
Tax reform: they’ve got some ’splainin’ to do
I wish somebody would explain some elements of this plan to reform property taxes in New Jersey, because there are parts of it I’m apparently too dumb to grasp. More...
HOWELL — On the same day, Anne Margaret and Mr. McGreevey came to the Taunton School. That’s children’s author Anne Margaret Lewis and her 90-year-old character Mr. McGreevey. Lewis, a do-it-all publisher, author and saleswoman, has run Mackinac Island Press in Michigan for 20 y... More...
Sean O’Reilly was beside himself last week. “I was coming home sleeping,” he said. “I didn’t know what else to do.” Howell High School’s longest, most successful football season had come to an end on the night of Dec. 3 when the Rebels lost to Hunterdon Central, 42-24, at Rutgers Stad... More...
PLUMSTED — Following months of negotiations, Dunkin’ Donuts became the latest business to have been recruited to Plumsted. According to a press release from Mayor Ron Dancer, Vernon Holdings Ltd. More...