The HOWELL Times
Vol. 20 - No. 29
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December 24, 2022
A Look Back Into Howell’s 2022
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Dear Pharmacist Page 11
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By Alyssa Riccardi HOWELL – Howell Township, like many other towns, have continuously worked on recovering from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. Throughout the year, the Township also welcomed some new faces to the council and school district. The year started off with the Township Council voting Councilwoman Pamela Richmond as the new Deputy Mayor at (Howell - See Page 12)
─Photos by Mark Bator, Stephanie Faughnan and Howell Township School District (Above): Howell BOE congratulated its elected members Jennifer Okerson, MaryRose Malley and Stephen M. Levine. (Center): From left, Commissioners Ross Licitra, Tom Arnone, Lillian Burry, Councilwomen Evelyn O’Donnell and Pamela Richmond, Chaplain Casey, Commissioner Sue Kiley and County Clerk Christine Giodano Hanlon were among the officials on hand. (Below): Police Chief John Storrow, shown here speaking at the ceremony remembering the attacks on September 11, 2001, became Howell’s new chief.
People Get Ready, There’s A Train Show Coming By Mark Bator what happened, and the
Howell Promotes Town Manager From Within
By Stephanie Faughnan HOWELL – The local governing body’s choice of its township manager bears no relation to an “out with the old and in with the new” decision. Indeed, it resembles quite the contrary. Deputy Mayor Pamela Richmond ran the December 13th Township Council meeting where the three members present unanimously voted to elevate Howell’s Interim Township Manager
Joe Clark to township manager. Clark became the acting township manager this spring after former Township Manager Brian Geoghegan was placed on a three-month leave. After Geoghegan’s departure in August, local authorities named Clark the township’s interim manager. Previously, Clark had been Howell’s full-time in-house township attorney (Manager - See Page 2)
─Photo by Mark Bator With painted backgrounds and three-dimensional buildings, the club’s displays represent hours and hours of artistic dedication.
LAKEWOOD - Little did anyone know that when the five founding members of a local hobby club first formed their group in 1987 that it would still be running strong 35 years later. But that’s exactly
Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders (O CSM R) r e c e nt ly had their open house Christmas Train Show on Dec. 10 and 11 to demonstrate to the general public just how (Train - See Page 3)
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