2016-04-09 - The Howell Times

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MICROMEDIA PUBLICATIONS, INC.

T H E H OW E L L

Vol. 12 - No. 44

Your Weekly Hometown Newspaper | Serving Howell and Farmingdale

Residents Seek To Recall Deputy Mayor

Inside This Week’s Edition

Business Directory............................ 14 Classifieds......................................... 16 Community News.......................... 7-11 Dear Pharmacist ............................... 13 Fun Page .......................................... 15 Government ....................................... 6 Inside the Law .................................. 18 Letters To The Editor .......................... 5 Wolfgang ......................................... 19 WWW.MICROMEDIAPUBS.COM

April 9, 2016

Howell Communities Clean-Up Day

HOWELL – April 16 is Community Cleanup Day. Families, scout troops, sport teams and businesses are all invited to volunteer. Volunteers are to meet at Town Hall, 4567 Route 9 North at 9:30 a.m. Supplies will be provided. Lunch and awards will follow the cleanup. Last year’s event was a huge success and the township is expecting an even bigger turnout this year. Volunteers will meet at Town Hall at 9:30 a.m. for registration. Groups will be given a designated road to clean conducive to the children’s age along with gloves, bags and safety vests. Groups (Clean Up - See Page 4)

‑Photos from Howell Times archive A committee founded by three residents hopes to garner enough signatures to recall Deputy Mayor Robert Nicastro. Among the reasons is the opinion that local officials did not represent resident opinions opposed to PILOT approvals in town, such as for a West Farms road proposed development. By Jennifer Peacock and Catherine Galioto HOWELL – After three attempts at certification, the committee to recall Deputy Mayor Robert Nicastro finally submitted to the township clerk a petition that met muster. The petition is now available at TakeBackHowell.com in an attempt to gather the thousands of required sig-

natures to put a recall question on the November ballot. Township Clerk Penny Wollman rejected the first petition’s intent to recall, because the rebuttal provided by Nicastro wasn’t contained within the petition. With that corrected, the petition was rejected a second time by the clerk’s office due to group’s correction of Nicastro’s spelling

and grammatical errors. The third petition was approved March 28 by Wollman. Nicastro did not respond to several attempts to reach him for comment. Howell residents Charles O’Donnell, Stephen Charney and Paul Dorato head the nonpartisan recall committee, Take Back

pitcher Alberto Tirado (18th) and catcher Deivi Grullon (20th) open the season with Lakewood. Randolph, from Williamson, Georgia, was the 10th overall pick in last year’s draft. He will become the seventh Phillies first-round pick to play for the BlueClaws and the second-highest drafted player, behind only Gavin Floyd (a 2002 BlueClaw who was the 4th

By Shawn Smith HOWELL – Over 100 businesses in the township, as well as the local area, offer discounts to active duty military members and veterans. Barbara Dixel, a resident of Howell, put together the comprehensive list and presented it to the township at the March 21 council meeting. “There are businesses in Howell, and our local surrounding area, that will give a veteran’s discount or a military discount on purchases, membership fees, rentals, restaurants and Veteran’s Day special meals as per the policies of the participating businesses,” Dixel said. She said she put together the list of businesses for the council as a way of welcoming military members into the community. “All of these businesses will provide various types of military discounts that should

(BlueClaws - See Page 14)

(Discounts - See Page 14)

(Deputy Mayor - See Page 4)

BlueClaws Start Season Away

LAKEWOOD – The BlueClaws opened the season on April 7 in Lexington, Kentucky against the Legends (Royals). Opening Day at FirstEnergy Park, presented by Jenkinson’s

Boardwalk, is April 14 at 6:35 p.m. against the Greensboro Grasshoppers (Marlins). The roster includes 2015 Phillies firstround pick Cornelius Randolph and fellow top prospect Franklyn Kilome, both ranked among the top ten prospects in the system per Baseball America. Randolph, an outfielder, is ranked sixth in the system per Baseball America, while Kilome, a pitcher, is ranked seventh. Additionally, among the BA top 30,

CREATING A LIST FOR VETERAN’S DISCOUNTS

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