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Vol.13 - No. 26
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POLICE DELIVER MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED
–Photos courtesy Howell Police HOWELL – Township police continued their Thanksgiving tradition with delivery of holiday meals to residents in need for the holiday. This year, about 40 Howell police officers volunteered to deliveer 150 meals to local needy, most from the senior community. The event is organized by Dr. Hal Ornstein and his wife Anna; Gene Young, owner of Young’s Appliance, the Howell PBA, Howell Senior Services Director Melanie Decker, local children who decorated the bags, and the generous volunteers who donated all the food.
Cook’s Christmas Lights Hope To Meet Last Year’s Record
By Jennifer Peacock JACKSON – Visitors who flocked to Michael Cook’s Christmas light display last year donated $5,800 to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. That well exceeded his goal of $1,600, which is what he hopes to raise this year. It’s personal for the Cooks, whose now20-year-old son was diagnosed with MS
seven years ago. The family had been decorating the house with light displays set to music for two years before their son received his diagnosis, Cook said. Because the display gets visitors, the family put a voluntary donation box outside their house. All donations go to the Society. The big change to the display, Cook said,
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is a pixel matrix, which will sit on the porch to provide scrolling lettering and other effects. He and his family started working on resequencing the songs and the pixel matrix the last week of August. Photos on the Cook’s Christmas Facebook page show the displays being erected on the lawn at the end of October. (Lights - See Page 5)
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December 3, 2016
In Howell, Food Truck Desires Spur Debate
By Daniel Nee HOWELL If you want to sell food in Howel l, you better have four walls around you and no wheels underneath you. The township’s zoning ordinances effectively prohibit food trucks from operating in most points within the township’s borders, a facet of the township code that at least one resident would like to see changed. But she is facing backlash from some on the governing body who say allowing food trucks to operate “What about in town would be unfair to tradithe person tional restaurant that’s paying owners who pay thousands in rent $6,000 in rent, or property tax- 200 feet away, es to maintain a to have a food physical building. “I recently had establishment?” a great idea that I –Councilman wanted to start a Robert Walsh food truck business in Howell, only to find out that our ordinance now states that you have to move every hour,” said Colleen Matus, who said she has lived in town for 25 years and would like to bring the food truck craze sweeping the nation to her hometown. Matus asked the council at its recent meeting to consider changes to rules. Mayor William Gotto said officials have recently had discussions on the ordinances governing food trucks, but no decisions have been made. The request by Matus for the township council to look into allowing food trucks in town spurred a lengthy debate at a recent council meeting, with some members raising objections to allowing the mobile businesses to permanently operate within Howell’s borders. “I have a serious problem with it,” said Councilman Robert Walsh. “What about the person that’s paying $6,000 in rent, 200 feet away, to have a food establishment? This is where my difficulty lies. They’re paying (Food - See Page 5)
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