Category: Tri-Town Calendar

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Brian Green, 5, (r) and Tyler Green, 6, show their true colors during the Memorial Day parade in Lakewood on Monday.

  • Bulletin Board Lakewood students mark Cinco de Mayo

    Bulletin Board Lakewood students mark Cinco de Mayo The second-grade classes at the Ella G. Clarke School in Lakewood celebrated Cinco de Mayo recently with a fiesta under the direction of elementary Spanish teacher Alice Singer. Parents and children prepared a variety of Spanish and Latin American dishes, including chiles, taquitos, enchiladas and numerous rice…

  • Bulletin Board Knights of Columbus to sponsor blood drive

    Bulletin Board Knights of Columbus to sponsor blood drive The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a community blood drive at New Egypt Elks Lodge No. 2457, 105 Lakewood Road, on June 5 from 2-8 p.m. Donations will be taken by appointment only. To make an appointment, call Vince Hogan at (609) 758-2344. New Egypt Elks…

  • Two-vehicle crash injures four

    JACKSON — One of four people injured in a two-vehicle crash on May 23 remained hospitalized earlier this week, according to police. Jackson police Sgt. John Kovak said Wednesday that Christine Simon, 17, of Jackson, had been moved out of intensive care, but still remained hospitalized at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. Simon, who was…

  • Bulletin Board Clifton Avenue math team earns honors

    Bulletin Board Clifton Avenue math team earns honors Sixteen students from grades five and six from the Clifton Avenue Grade School in Lakewood participated in the annual New Jersey Math League Contest March 19. This contest is made available to all elementary students in pubic and private schools throughout New Jersey. Among all of the…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Cleon Wilson (c), a member of the Lakewood High School Junior ROTC, marches through the squad’s drill team during a performance at the Memorial Day parade on Main Street, Lakewood, Monday. Soldiers from different wars throughout U.S. history were honored.

  • Grants support Plumsted projects

    PLUMSTED — A series of grants is allowing township officials to execute several projects. Plumsted will receive $125,000 to pay for the installation of an elevator and a senior citizen activity room in the new municipal building being constructed on Evergreen Road. The money is being provided from the Community Development Block Program administered by…

  • Board ponders budget cut

    HOWELL — Superintendent of Schools Dr. Enid Golden said the Board of Education has taken the Township Coun-cil’s recommendation for a $700,000 cut in the 2002-03 school budget "under advisement." In taking action on May 20, the council directed that the tax levy to support the board’s budget in the coming school year be reduced…

  • Learn photography at county college

    The Department of Continuing and Professional Education at Ocean County College, Toms River, is offering a variety of noncredit summer courses. Registration is currently in progress. Among the courses offered are the following new courses in photography: • Photographing People: Catching the Action, Thursdays, May 30 to June 27, 2-5 p.m., $133. Register by May…