Category: Tri-Town Calendar

  • Local crochet guild seeks yarn donations

    Local crochet guild seeks yarn donations The Lakewood Community School’s Pine Needlers Crochet Guild’s October meeting welcomed Mary Petrow, director of Providence House of Catholic Char-ities, the Ocean County shelter for victims of domestic violence, and Theresa Jones, supervising case worker at the shelter. Guild members were treated to a video tour of the women’s…

  • Ronald McDonald performed for Scouts

    Ronald McDonald performed for Scouts Recently, grades pre-K through fourth at the St. Aloysius School in Jackson, and the students of Nellie Bennett Elementary School in Point Pleasant were treated to a performance by Ronald McDonald. As a way of saying thanks to the Girl Scouts and their loyal supporters for collecting one million soda…

  • Halloween contest winners announced

    Halloween contest winners announced Lakewood annual Halloween Fun Festival for Lakewood children took place Oct. 31 in Town Square. The event was sponsored by the Township Committee in cooperation with the Lakewood Police Department, Lakewood PBA, Lakewood SOA, Lakewood dispatchers, the Lake-wood Fire Department and the Lakewood Community School. The winners of the Halloween Costume…

  • Child identification packets available

    The Jackson Police Department offers free child identification to all Jackson children. The process takes about 10 minutes to complete and families receive two ID cards, digital fingerprints and a digital photograph. The information would be provided by the family to law enforcement agencies in the event a child is missing. For more information call…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Marty Silverman, of Jackson, creates a piece of artwork from lava rock, using a small chisel and hammer at the Jersey Shore Arts Festival, held at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, on Saturday.

  • Dancer re-elected to Township Committee

    PLUMSTED — Republican Ron Dancer was re-elected to the Township Committee for a fourth term on Nov. 5. The final tally was 1,755 votes for Dancer and 288 votes for Democratic challenger Howard Nadell, president of the new Plumsted Democratic Party. Dancer attributed his victory to his faith in God. "I thank the Lord and…

  • State funds to pay for gym

    JACKSON — The Jackson School District will receive a $940,000 grant from the New Jersey Schools Construc-tion Corporation (SCC), Gov. James E. McGreevey announced last week. "The state is committed to improving school facilities for New Jersey students in a cost-effective, streamlined and efficient manner," McGreevey said. "School building design must provide access to modern…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Emergency personnel examine the wreckage of a one-car accident that occurred on Route 33, Howell. Police said that at about 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9, the Chevy Impala hit a telephone pole and overturned after the driver lost control of the vehicle. Karen H. Nowak, 36, and Alfred E. Nowak Jr., 38, of Manville,…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Briana Farrell, 5, practices her cheerleading during Saturday’s varsity football game between Burlington City and New Egypt high schools in Plumsted Township.