Category: Tri-Town Calendar

  • Trial emotional for jurors

    LAKEWOOD — A jubilant crowd gathered outside the Ocean County Justice Complex in Toms River on June 28 to cheer the three Lakewood police officers who had just been exonerated by a jury of 11 women and one man. Officers Steven Kelusak, Christopher Spagnuolo and Joseph Qualiano III had just been found not guilty of…

  • Donations sought by Suited for Success

    The Suited for Success boutique is a welfare-to-work program sponsored by the Lakewood Board of Education and administered by the Lakewood Community School. The boutique provides a retail-like environment where women without appropriate workplace clothing can find apparel. In addition, women without skills can be trained in retail. The boutique is in the Princeton Avenue…

  • Ocean County Park

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Ocean County Park VERONICA YANKOWSKI Harold Dahms of Toms River enjoys a game of tennis with a friend at Ocean County Park, Lakewood, on June 28.

  • Vacation Bible school under the big tent

    The Jackson United Methodist Church, 68 Bennetts Mills Road, is preparing for vacation Bible school July 8-12. This year, for the first time, the program will be held during the evening, from 5:30-8:30 p.m., with some activities taking place under a tent donated by Custom Party Rentals, Jackson. "We’re really excited about the changes in…

  • Free oil changes for single moms in Jackson

    Jackson Baptist Church, 360 Bennetts Mills Road, will be giving free oil changes to single moms July 13 from 3-5 p.m. Oil changes are scheduled in 15-minute slots. A professional mechanic will supervise. The oil and labor are free, but anyone who would like her oil filter changed as well should bring the proper one…

  • 2002 annual Torch Run helps Special Olympics

    2002 annual Torch Run helps Special Olympics Officers from the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement and corrections divisions participated in a state-wide charity event for the New Jersey Special Olympics summer games, running with men and women from police departments across Monmouth County as they carried the "flame of hope." Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley…

  • Full Reinstatement of three Lakewood police officers

    Full Reinstatement of three Lakewood police officers LAKEWOOD â014 According to Town-ship Committeeman Charles Cunliffe, the wheels are in motion for the full reinstatement of three Lakewood police officers who were exonerated by a jury last week. Now cleared of all charges against them, Cunliffe said he believes Steven Kelusak, Christopher Spagnuolo and Joseph Qualiano…

  • Lifesavers

    FARRAH MAFFAI Lifesavers FARRAH MAFFAI New Egypt High School students put together a team called the Lifesavers and took part in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event at the high school on Friday and Saturday.

  • 2,124 graduate in FRHSD

    A record number of students from the Freehold Regional High School District graduated under sunny skies on the evening of June 20. A total of 2,124 graduates in the class of 2002 received their diplomas at six separate graduations. "The class of 2002 represents a record number of graduates who have set records in our…