Category: Tri-Town News

  • Residents rally against development

    More testimony on Pinewood Village expected on Oct. 17 BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer One week before a third hearing by the Jackson Planning Board is held, attorney Raymond Shea confirmed that he has yet to provide members with a revised list of waivers and variances being requested for Pinewood Village.…

  • Police await council vote on new deal

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer HOWELL — The mayor and Township Council members are expected to approve the adoption of a new police contract at Tuesday’s regular meeting. Council members and a spokesman for PBA Local 228 voiced satisfaction with the new pact when an amendment to the 2005 salary ordinance…

  • Program prompts energy conservation

    Ratepayer Advocate Seema M. Singh has announced she is launching a new statewide “Conservation For Kids” energy program to educate elementary and middle school students on the importance of energy and water conservation. The theme for the program is “It’s Cool to Conserve.” Singh is inviting schools throughout the state to participate in the program,…

  • Outpouring of support overwhelms La. family

    Community BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The community’s response to the story of a family that fled New Orleans just before Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on that southern city has been swift and stunning. On Sept. 14-15 two Greater Media Newspapers publications, the News Transcript in western Monmouth County and the…

  • Howell pupils pitch in on Katrina relief effort

    Taunton Has Your Back program proves effective civic lesson BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Taunton School, Howell, fourth-grader Anne Marie Bartow waits for her classmates to be called up so they can hand in the backpacks they filled for children in Louisiana who have been forced to leave…

  • Seminar takes inventions from idea to production

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer From an idea to a product and the marketing to make it sell, World Innovations helps its clients invent everything from a Tupperware organizer to a television pilot. World Innovations, a product development company operated by Lisa Ascolese and Phil Bertolo, will be hosting an “Inventing…

  • Board gets a split decision on Jackson projects

    Improvements OK’d, but voters reject plan for elementary school BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer Residents sent the Jackson Board of Education a mixed message on Sept. 27 when they voted to approve $11.7 million for school improvements, but not $32.5 million for the construction of a new elementary school. “I’m happy that the second question…

  • Church pumpkin patch offers fun, charity

    JACKSON — After the success of last year’s first charity Pumpkin Patch at the Jackson United Methodist Church, 68 Bennetts Mills Road, the church will once again host the event. Many new family events and activities have been added this year such as “Veggie Tales Family Movie Night,” which will feature an outdoor viewing of…

  • Plant upgrades geared to improving water

    Five-year plan includes upgrade of second plant, completion of new wells BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer A 3-million-gallon water storage tank (above) is part of the LTMUA’s infrastructure. Below, LTMUA Director Aaron Hoberman monitors the function of equipment that treats water as it moves through the authority’s plant. LAKEWOOD — There…