The HOWELL Times
Vol. 23 - No. 9
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Farmers Market Is A Perennial Favorite
By Andrew Rice HOW ELL – T he Tow nship’s seasonal farmers market is back and open for business every weekend throughout the summer. A small group of vendors and food t r ucks meets ever y Sunday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Echo Lake Park, located off Maxim Southard Road. The farmers’ market features many small businesses owned by residents of the town and the surrounding area. While a few vendors vary from week to week, some remain the same and have become staples at the farmers’ market. The market typically features an average of around 15 vendors, with some weeks having significantly more. Howell’s Far mers Market is just one in a handful set up and managed by Jennifer Perkel. In addition to Howell, Perkel is the (Market - See Page 2)
Army Reserve Holds Change Of Command Ceremony
Photo courtesy Sgt. Salvatore Ottaviano Major Gen. Kris Belanger, outgoing commanding general for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, relinquished command to Major Gen. Laurence “Scott” Linton during the division’s recent change-of-command ceremony held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
Customers shopped at the Nuts for Birds stand.
Photo by Andrew Rice
Documentary Films Local Man’s Emotional Jersey Shore Journey By Stephanie Faughnan MONMOUTH COUNTY – What started as a school assignment has become a deeply human story - one of connection, perseverance, and finding light after darkness. Jenna Walker, a 22-yearold Seaside Park native and recent graduate of Temple
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University, never expected her college documentary project to touch so many lives. But when she set out to tell the story of Gregory Andrus - a Toms River man known for his Facebook page Portraits of the Jersey Shore - her vision evolved into something far more (Documentary - See Page 3)
Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Jenna Walker stands outside the Long Beach Island Foundation holding a poster for her documentary “A Walk Along The Jersey Shore,” which follows the emotional journey of Gregory Andrus as he walked the length of New Jersey’s coast to confront personal struggles and find healing.
By Bob Vosseller LAKEHURST – The Army Reserve recently held a change of command ceremony between two-star generals of the northeastern U.S. region. The Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division’s change of command service was officiated by Lt. Gen. Robert Harter, commanding general of U.S. Army Reserve, and feat u red Major Gen. Kris A. Belanger, the outgoing commanding general of the 99th Readiness Division and Major Gen. Laurence “Scott” Linton, as the incoming commanding general, of the 99th Readiness Division. The ceremony was held at the 99th Readiness Division headquarters
located on the Joint Base. The commanding general of the northeastern United States for the U.S. Army Reserve leads the division’s mission to integrate capabilities with Reserve Commands to provide programs and services that enhance individual and unit readiness for mobilization and deployment of Army Reserve forces. According to Sgt. 1st Class Deziree Lau of the 99th Readiness Division, Major Gen. Belanger stated at the ceremony that he wanted all to know “how much of an honor and privilege it has been to serve you and this great nation, and to end my career in the same place (Command See Page 9)
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