Category: Tri-Town News

  • Judge: Spalliero can build in Howell

    Township BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer A state Superior Court decision handed down last week has paved the way for construction to begin on the 497-unit Colts Neck Crossing (CNC) age-restricted community on Route 33, Howell. In an action brought by Crawford Holdings, a company whose principals include developers Terry Sherman…

  • Couple wants club to unite residents with Dutch roots

    BY SHARON H. LEFF Correspondent BY SHARON H. LEFFCorrespondent Although they have lived in America since 1957, Arnold and MaryAnn van Ruitenbeek have started a Holland-America club in an effort to maintain their Dutch roots. The purpose of the new club is to find other people with similar histories and experiences. “We moved in from…

  • Jackson politicians settle 2003 defamation claims

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer JACKSON — Two years after Democratic Township Committeeman Michael Kafton sued his former Repub-lican opponents, the issue has at last been settled. Attorney Caroline Casagrande, who represents 2003 Republican Township Committee candidate Mel Schubert, said Monday that she would be filing legal papers by Jan. 25…

  • Pantry will distribute food

    JACKSON — The Jackson Food Pantry will be busy again in 2006. Last year the pantry provided many old and new services to the Jackson community as the Jackson Women of Today worked with community volunteers, organizations, clubs, schools, scouts and churches to operate the pantry. All of these groups showed their generosity with the…

  • Knights to host free-throw event

    All boys and girls ages 10-14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition for the 2006 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. The local competition will be held Jan. 28 at St. Aloysius gymnasium, 935 Bennetts Mills Road, Jackson. On-site registration will begin at noon; the competition will begin at 12:30 p.m.…

  • Committee changes course on choice of official papers

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer LAKEWOOD — Mayor Meir Lichten-stein has good news and bad news for the Gannett Co., which owns the Asbury Park Press and the Ocean County Observer. The good news is that the Township Committee has voted to reinstate the Observer as an official newspaper. The bad…

  • Bill to protect charity donors becomes law

    A bill sponsored by state Sen. Robert Singer (R-30) of Lakewood that would protect donors who give to charities from scams has been signed into law. The “Charitable Registration and Investigation Act” would require officers, directors, trustees or principal salaried executives of a charitable organization to disclose whether they have been engaged in an unlawful…

  • Essay winners announced

    Ten winners expressing 10 views on America were chosen for recognition in an essay contest for high school students sponsored by Lakewood attorney Sam Brown. The grand prize of a $1,000 scholarship will go to Lakewood resident Andrew M. Dwulet, who attends St. Rose High School, Belmar. In his essay, Dwulet stressed that change is…

  • Kimball offers residents many ways to volunteer

    LAKEWOOD — The use of volunteers in hospitals has been an age-old practice that brings immeasurable rewards, according to a press release from Kimball Medical Center. Volunteering provides the opportunity to open one’s life to many exciting experiences, like the joy and satisfaction from knowing that a person has made a difference in someone’s life.…