The HOWELL Times
Vol. 23 - No. 22
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Photo courtesy Homes For Our Troops Volunteers gather with Dolly after completing the landscaping work. By Andrew Rice HOWELL – Around 80 volunteers showed up to help landscape a home for an injured veteran. Homes For Our Troops, a publicly funded national nonprofit dedicated to building and donating specially adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 veterans, hosted the volunteers. They came to help landscape the specially made house for Army Major Darlene “Dolly” Harris, who was severely
injured during her time serving our country in Iraq. Due to the injuries she sustained during her service, Dolly has needed a wheelchair just to get around her own home and has faced a lot of struggles because of it. Volunteers at the event were responsible for preparing the outside of the house by doing the lawn care and landscaping that had to be done before Dolly moved in. They did such things as laying down sod, planting flow-
ers, and spreading mulch around the yard. Dolly’s new house will give her more independence in her own life as it comes specially equipped with more than 40 major accessibility modifications, including widened doorways, an open floor plan, roll-under countertops and sinks, a roll-in shower, automatic door openers, pull-down shelving, generators, and safe rooms. All of the veterans get to decide where their new house is located, and
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Dolly chose to set up her primary residence right here in Howell. Dolly shared how this new, handicap accessible house will help her out in her daily life. “It is going to be so much easier to get around. My current house is not easy to get around in. I have damaged the walls and doorways in my current house because it is hard to move around in,” she said. “It is going to make a big difference for me; it will (House - See Page 2)
By Andrew Rice HOWELL – Residents who live near Aldrich Road have told township officials that the speeding is dangerous and out of control. They came out to the September 16 Township Council meeting to express their concerns over the rampant speeding they experience on that road and to request that the speed limit for Aldrich Road East be dropped to 25 miles per hour. Many of the residents who spoke at the meeting said that they have had a lot of difficulty getting in and out of their driveways and that speeding is a constant safety issue that must be addressed. At the most recent Town Council meeting, on October 21, more residents from around the township brought up traffic related issues that they have been enduring. The first resident to speak at the most recent meeting was Karen Macleod. She detailed an issue she had experienced that same day. When she was pulling onto Ford Road to go home, she was almost struck by a driver who pulled into the shoulder lane of oncoming traffic. The driver themselves were trying to go northbound on Route 9, but pulled into the shoulder of the southbound lane. It was this action that nearly led to the accident. She recalled hearing other people having issues in that area, and had even seen some herself, but this was the first time she was (Speeders - See Page 2)
Toms River Halloween Parade Full Of Surprises By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – What can you expect when you go to the Halloween parade in Toms River? No matter what you think you might see there, nothing will prepare you for the surprises in store. The streets are flanked with people ready to see the 2nd largest Halloween parade in the country, put on by Toms River Fire Company No. 1. They’ve been
waiting for an hour or more. The weather was chilly but not as windy as was expected, considering the nor’easter that blew through earlier in the week. People kept warm with pizza, soft pretzels, and perhaps an alcoholic beverage. The windows of the shops are covered in paintings of the macabre by High School South students. Scarecrows are
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attached to every pole, as part of a competition held by the Downtown Business Improvement District. The parade is famous around these parts, but you’ll always find people who are here for the first time. For example, Maryanne Donaue of Photo by Chris Lundy Berkeley and Lucille Donaue of As- Lucille Donaue of Asbury Park (witch), Maryanne bury Park. They were brought here for Donaue of Berkeley (J-walker) and Patty Devin of (Halloween - See Page 3) Jackson (teabag) watch the parade.
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