2016-09-03 - The Howell Times

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Vol. 13 - No. 13

Inside This Week’s Edition

Business Directory ........................... 18 Classifieds ........................................ 19 Community News ......................... 8-11 Dear Pharmacist .............................. 14 Fun Page ......................................... 20 Government ...................................... 7 Inside the Law ................................. 21 Letters To The Editor ......................... 6 Wolfgang ........................................ 23 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM

September 3, 2016

Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper | Serving Howell and Farmingdale

Cutting The Ribbon On Kent Road

–Photo courtesy Howell Township HOWELL – Township officials and road department personnel helped cut the ribbon to reopen Kent Road recently, after more than a month of closure for the road’s reconstruction and realignment. The project totaled $600,000 to repair 2,100 feet of road, add 4,400 feet of sidewalk and install two super elevated curves.

Police Discover Swastikas At Echo Lake

By Catherine Galioto HOWELL – A township park often visited by members of the Jewish community is the site of a bias incident, with vandalism such as swastikas spray painted in locations in the park. Howell Township Police are seeking the public’s help in these incidents, which were reported August 29. That day, a concerned citizen called police and provided photos of the vandalism, police said. “It appears the vandalism happened sometime within the past week,” said Detective Sergeant Christian Antunez, in a police statement. Police responded, and found nine swastikas spray painted in white, on benches, and on the backboards of the horseshoe pit area. “The horseshoes area is approximately three hundred feet from the roadway and parking lot making the vandalism partially visible but hard to distinguish from the road/parking lot,” said Antunez. The park, located at 1205 Maxim Southard Rd. attracts many people every day and is often visited by members of the Jewish community, said the detective sergeant. Also part of the vandalism were random, non-distinct spray painting on the gazebo floor. The Howell Township Department of Public Works painted over the vandalism that same day to remove it. (Police - See Page 17)

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By Bob Vosseller and Catherine Galioto With a push to open additional stores in the area, Quick Chek has recently demolished a vacant bank, leveled land and bought out homeowners. The convenience store chain has opened five stores to date in its current fiscal year, bringing the total number of stores to 144, and Quick Chek has three more stores planned for Ocean County.

Those sites include the spot of the former Crown bank at Route 70 and Brick Boulevard in Brick, demolished about a month ago. There’s also several parcels along the intersection of Fischer Boulevard, Route 37 and Adams Avenue in Toms River, for a store there. The lots where Quick Chek will go were the old candle shop, a furniture store and several single-family homes, which

now sit behind chain link fence awaiting demolition. With multiple planned or just-opened locations in the Ocean-Monmouth county area, Quick Chek’s continued growth and expansion isn’t county specific but part of the company’s stategy to fill a need for quality food and fuel at value prices, said Russ Mensch, of the public relations firm representing Quick Chek.

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Founded in 1967, Quick Chek is privately held. Its first location was Dunellen. The convenience store recently opened stores in Howell, Lakewood and Beachwood. The latest plan calls for expansion to Toms River, Brick and Jackson. The chain follows a similar business model to Wawa with electronic kiosks to order fully-customizable subs, salads, soups, sandwiches (Expansion - See Page 4)


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