THE HOWELL
Vol. 14 - No. 4
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–Photo courtesy Newbury Elementary School Vice Principal Ray Gredder 3rd grader Phoebe Fox displays the chemistry behind bread making. By Sara Grillo HOWELL – The brain power in the Howell Middle School North Cafeteria earlier this month was astounding, as 155 elementary
school students in 2nd through 5th grade assembled for the 4th annual Knowledge Expo. The Expo is actually a year-long research project that kicks off
at the beginning of the school year in September – with a commercial. The one-minute video was created and narrated by group of students from Newbury
School’s Project GOAL classrooms, and invited the community to come out to the Expo in June to hear from “student experts” on topics such (Experts - See Page 5)
All Monmouth County High Schools Will Now Have Narcan
By Sara Grillo MONMOUTH COU NTY – On the recom mendation of Mon mout h C ou nt y Academy of Allied Health and Science student Josh Estin, the life-saving opioid antidote naloxone, more commonly known by
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its brand name Narcan, will now be available in all Monmouth County high schools. Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni recently joined medical and school officials from across the county to talk about the new pro-
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gram and the importance of county schools being ready and properly equipped in case of an overdose situation. “We have not had a drug overdose death at any school in Monmouth County. But with that said, one never knows whether an over-
dose could occur at or near a school. Having additional trained staff to administer naloxone, if necessary, can save a life,” Gramiccioni told school officials. “This training is precautionary, but a necessary safeguard in light of the (Narcan - See Page 5)
| June 24, 2017
Online Petition Responds To Affordable Housing
By Sara Grillo HOWELL – Some Howell residents have started a fi restorm on town-related social media pages and created an online petition after seeing the preliminary agenda for a recent council meeting. That agenda included an ordinance to create a new zoning district specific to affordable housing– which has been a hot topic in the town. Mayor Theresa Berger, council members and planning officials have so far held two public meetings to discuss Howell’s affordable housing situation, and are currently awaiting a court date to determine what their next round affordable housing obligation will be, although Township Attorney Andrew Bayer has pegged it at around 550 units. The new zoning district, Reserve Mount Laurel District 2 or R M LD -2 , is b ei ng created to allow for 100 percent affordable housing projects to be built, but says they cannot exceed 72 multi-family units. Out of the 17 developers that have so far approached Howell and offered up their site plans, only two projects have exceeded 72 affordable units.
Another ordinance on the agenda removes a block of land on the southeast cor ner of West Farms and Fort Plains Roads from the highway development zone and puts it into the RMLD-2 zone, making it ripe for 100 percent affordable housing development. If Howell accepts the project from the Walters Group as it is currently proposed, 72 total units would be built on what is now mostly woods – in its place building 14 one-bedrooms, 42 two-bedrooms and 15 three-bedrooms, with a community center and pool. The project is listed as 98.6 percent affordable. At the council meeting, resident Michael S a n cl i m e nt i a s ke d Mayor Berger what her plan is, claiming she ran on a campaign aimed at stopping affordable housing. “I cannot stop affordable housing – that is a mandate from the state,” she said. “What I ran on was high density housing, that I would personally not approve high density housing units. That’s what I ran on.” Both ordinances were only being introduced at the meeting. Public hearing and adoption (Housing - See Page 5)
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