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THE HOWELL
Vol. 13 - No. 28
HOWELL APPROVES CELL TOWER
By Catherine Galioto HOWELL – A Verizon wireless cellular tower was approved recently for Route 9. The site, north of the park and ride, will have an unmanned wireless telecommunications facility, with a 100-foot high pole. The pole will have 12 antennas and a 5-foot lightning rod installed, according to the resolution the zoning board approved for the minor site plan. At the base of the pole will be a 50-footsquare area enclosed by fence, in a compound that will house cabinets, a transformer, standby generator and other equipment. The zoning board passed its resolution of memorialization recently after deliberating on the site plans at its September 26 meeting. In other news between the zoning and planning boards of Howell: Mixed Use Near Yellowbrook The Planning Board approved a plan to build a mixed-use facility on Adelphia-Farmingdale Road and Yellowbrook Road, to feature a drive-thru business, homes, affordable housing apartments and a two-story commercial building. The board granted a final site plan and final major subdivision at its August meeting but the developer, Elon Associates LLC, recently published the notice of the approval this week. The plans contain: a mixed-use development of 69 single-family residential lots; a 5,400 square foot multi-family residential building of 10 affordable housing units; a 22,050 square foot two-story building commercial-business building. The ground floor of the building was approved for commercial/retail use, including a drive-thru business, and the second floor would be office use. Yeshiva The Executive Accreditation Council of the Association of Institutes of Jewish Studies will decide whether to accredit a Yeshiva in Howell at its meeting December 20. The council will decide the accreditation of Yeshivas Emek Hatorah, 395 Ken Road (Approve - See Page 4)
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December 17, 2016
Yule-Tide Ca rol s Being Sung By A Choir
–Photo Kathleen Martin HOWELL – The township tree lighting showcased the musical talents of local students, such as choral performances of holiday favorites. Shown above is the Howell Memorial Middle School fifth grade chorus.
A Day T hat Will Live In Infamy
By Judy Smestad-Nunn LAKEWOOD – A local WWII veteran was honored, and was also a guest speaker during a ceremony held on the 75th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lakewood resident, Jim DiPiazza, 91, who served in the Pacific theater during the war, was presented with a proclamation by Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari that called the December 7, 1941 attack “a defining moment in the history of the United States.” During a two-wave, two-hour attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese warplanes, which
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began at 7:55 a.m. on a Sunday, over 2,400 people were killed, another 1,000 were wounded, 21 American ships were sunk or damaged, and 300 airplanes were damaged or destroyed, most of which were still on the ground. Nearly half of the casualties were on the naval battleship USS Arizona, which was hit four times by Japanese bombers and eventually sank. The next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan. Before introducing DiPiazza, Head Ref-
erence Librarian Elizabeth Cronin said that “commemoration requires remembrance,” and that many who were there during the attack are “fading from living memory.” A group called Pearl Harbor Survivors Society officially disbanded in December 2011 since there too few survivors left to keep the organization running, Cronin said. The Society transferred their assets to the nonprofit Pacific Historic Parks to fund educational programs focused on the attack and the lasting effects it had on the United (Veteran - See Page 4)
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