Category: Tri-Town Calendar

  • Bill gives public access to government records

    Bill gives public access to government records Acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco signed the landmark Open Public Records Act Jan. 8, greatly increasing public access to state government records. "This bill is about access and what government should be: Open government. Government of the people," DiFrancesco said. "This bill is truly unprecedented and historic. It…

  • In Brief Howell group collects 85 blankets, coats

    In Brief Howell group collects 85 blankets, coats The Howell Parent Advisory Council (PAC) for Special Education conducted a coat drive on Jan. 9 at the Aldrich School. Meredith Markov, a parent member of the PAC executive board, said this is the fourth year the PAC has organized the event. She said 85 coats and…

  • Jury rules in favor of committeemen

    JACKSON — A unanimous jury has ruled against former Township Clerk William Fox in his lawsuit filed against three Township Committee members. The decision was announced Jan. 9. Fox sued Democratic committeemen Michael Broderick, Joseph Grisanti and Marvin Krakower. He claimed the three elected officials refused to consider his reappointment as clerk for political reasons.…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI John Arney, a 2001 recipient of a Young Musicians Scholarship presented by the Jackson Council for the Arts, performs Sunday at the Jackson United Methodist Church. The Winter Concert of Peace and Harmony featured the Jackson Civic Chorus and the Young Musicians Scholarship winners.

  • Community Bulletin Board

    • Parent Advisory Council will hold its next meeting on Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m., at the Taunton School library, 41 Taunton Drive, Howell. Susan Levine will be the guest speaker focusing on siblings of special needs children. Details: Susan Skrobacz, (732) 840-9680. • Winter Birds Program is being offered at Allaire Nature Interpretive Center in…

  • Seaside Heights man injured in accident

    Seaside Heights man injured in accident HOWELL — A motor vehicle accident that occurred just before 7 p.m. Jan. 13 resulted in multiple serious injuries to the driver of the vehicle. According to Patrolman Matt Bishop, David A. Berrios, 34, of Seaside Heights, was traveling north on Route 9 when his vehicle struck the concrete…

  • Town still plans cleanup project at Aldrich Lake Part of permit process may take up to a year

    Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Town still plans cleanup project at Aldrich Lake Part of permit process may take up to a year HOWELL — Cabomba weed, a planting used in fish tanks, is one of the most daunting aspects of the cleanup project facing municipal officials at Aldrich Lake. And the irony is, the…

  • NJ Transit adopts package with 10-percent fare hike

    NJ Transit adopts package with 10-percent fare hike After holding public hearings throughout the state last week on proposed fare increases, NJ Transit adopted a compromised plan that still allows for an average increase of 10 percent on fares for trains and buses. Unlike its original proposal, however, the version adopted by the agency’s board…

  • Singer assumes leadership role in state Senate

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Singer assumes leadership role in state Senate LAKEWOOD — Beginning Jan. 8, when the 210th state Legislature convened, Sen. Robert Singer of Lakewood became one of the Senate’s two Republican majority leaders. Singer (R-Ocean), who has served in the Senate since 1993 and was a member of the Assembly for…